Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips & Bacon Strips Who doesnt love it. Lets celebrate bacon, morning, noon and night (and match it with this tasty beer). Can he swing from a web? No he cant, cause hes a pig. Lookout. He is a .Official Release at Beervana 22-23 August 2014, Westpac Stadium, Wellington6.3% ABV Smoked IPABacon is so nice we have partnered with Freedom Farms who have made a bacon and beer sausage which we will be serving at Beervana with this beer.A surprising first sip, the smokey bacon character drops back after a few tastes. The colour is a very bright burnish orange copper. The aroma is sweet yet smokey. The taste is smokey bacon with sweet caramel malt, kind of like candied bacon in a glass.A beer with this much flavour is robust enough to match with food that are also strong in flavour including smoked ham, smoked pork, smoked salmon, smoked sausages or smoked cheeses.