Stone & Wood and Mountain Culture have come together for the first time to create the Backpack Ale, a hazy pale ale described as “the kind of beer you’d want to stick in your backpack on an adventure”.
Stone & Wood brand manager Patrick Coulson said the Backpack Ale was designed to represent the best of both breweries.
“The team know how to bring hops to the front and make these big juicy, vibrant hop-forward beers. It’s been really fun working with the Mountain Culture crew,” said Coulson.
Mountain Culture founder DJ McCready said Stone & Wood travelled to the Blue Mountains with its signature Galaxy hops (the main hop used in its Pacific Ale), with the final product having all the hallmarks of Mountain Culture with a pillowy mouthfeel and hazy appearance.
“Stone & Wood are the trailblazers of Aussie craft beer and a real inspiration for us.
“We really wanted this beer to be something that represents the best of both breweries, full of flavour but highly sessionable. The exact kind of beer you’d want to stick in your backpack on an adventure into the mountains or to the coast,” said McCready.
Compared to Stone & Wood’s 16 years on the scene, Mountain Culture opened just four years ago in Katoomba, and is one of Australia’s fastest-growing beer brands. In that time, production has increased by over 4000 per cent, and its hazy pale ale, Status Quo, was voted Australia’s number-one beer two years in a row by craft beer fans in the GABS Hottest 100 competition.
