Pirate Life California Pale Ale 355ml Can

Country: Australia

Brewery: Pirate Life Brewing

Style: American Pale Ale

Format: 355ml Can

ABV: 5.8%

‘Whale Tale’ (aka Kyle Armstrong) is an Adelaide based artist. He’s also the winner of the inaugural ‘Can of Art’ competition held last year in collaboration with SALA and the Gilbert Street Hotel.

Kyle’s prize? An epic one-off tin wrapped in his work. You might have seen the original piece on the Gilbert’s Russel Street façade.

Inside the can you’ll catch a California Ale with a clean malt bill and liberal amounts of Mosaic, Strata, and Idaho-7 hops. Yep, we’ve used them before. Yep, they’re bloody good strains.

It pours golden with a fluffy head of foam. Expect aromas of stone fruit, black currant, and sticky pine. To drink, it’s clean and hoppy, with bright carbonation, and an assertive back palate bitterness.