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| One of my all time favourite local beers |
The History
Let me tell you a story about how a special local beer got its name.
Wizard Smith, a Tasmanian living in the 1920’s, had his dream job, working at the Boag’s Brewery. His job was a drayman (a person who delivers beer for a brewery) and also to collect the malt, to do this he had James Boag III’s heavy draft horses in his charge.
A severe flood came through and wiped out most of the low laying infrastructure around what is now known as Invermay, in Launceston. The horses stable was going to go under, so Wizard waded through the rising flood waters, rescued the horses, moved them to higher ground and saved them.
In recognition of his actions, Wizard Smith was granted by James Boag’s III a job for life, and later on a beer in his name, Wizard Smith’s Ale.
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| Named after the hero, Wizard Smith |
The Beer
A legendary pale ale in the English style, crafted from a traditional malt brew and dry hopped process.
This is very unique compared to the many amazing beers that Boag’s has released in recent times. It has a beautiful rich pale ale flavour and leaves a fruity after-taste in your mouth.
It is only found in Tasmania and is considered one of the finer quality beers you can find here.
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| Such a strange and awesome animal |
Wizard has now helped more than horses
In 2007, on the year of its launch, J. Boag & Son pledged to donate $1 for every carton of Wizard Smith’s sold for the first 8000 cartons to fund a devil enclosure to help increase the population in Northern Tasmania after a deadly facial tumour disease swept across the state and decimated the population.
The Tasmanian Devil is unfortunately still suffering from this plight; their numbers are low but many people are working hard to make sure that we don’t lose another irreplaceable Tasmanian icon.
I encourage you to drink Wizard Smith’s Ale and do what you can to help keep the Tasmanian Devil above ground.
Cheers,
Dave
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