Its stout season and the Velvet Sledgehammer is back. Its better than ever, and ready to ease you through the winter darkness with its 8% syrupy, roasted-malt goodness.

We said wed never make an IPA, because Moo Brew (and Mona) owner David Walsh isnt into IPAs. Then we made a Limited Release IPA and made Walshie drink it. He did not fire us. Plus it sold like hot cakes (and won a bunch of stuff). So we added an IPA to our core range. And its a lighting-strike tempting 6.66% alc/vol.The Moo Brew IPA is light in colour, using a well-balanced pale base malt bill with some specialty malts from Germany thrown in to give it some complexity. The hops present big, fruit-driven notes coupled with a piny, resinous backbone that makes your tongue furry (in a good way, promise). This sprightly, heavily hopperised (thats a technical term) brew is guaranteed to stand tall even in this most oversaturated of beer categories.