Young Henrys release ANZAC biscuit beer

This year you'll be able to drink your ANZAC bikkie thanks to a collaboration between Young Henrys and Sydney's Marrickville council.

The inner west craft brewery created the ANZAC biscuit-inspired ale, called Winged Victory, in honour of a Marrickville World War I memorial statue. Both the beer and a new interpretation of the original statue – also called Winged Victory – were unveiled on Sunday, April 19 at Marrickville Town Hall.

The original statue was removed from Marrickville Town Hall in 2008 for repair work, before being installed at the Australian War Memorial's World War I Galleries. It's one of Australia's most significant war memorials, and the largest known bronze casting memorial in the country.

As part of the council's ANZAC centenary commemorations this year, artists Peter Corlett and Darien Pullen created a new interpretation of the four-metre statue.

"Council staff came up with the idea of a commemorative beer, and Young Henrys embraced the idea enthusiastically and wholeheartedly," says the mayor of Marrickville, councillor Mark Gardiner.

The Young Henrys Winged Victory ale is made with oats, honey, allspice, malt smoked with rosemary (a symbol of remembrance) and Australian and New Zealand hops.

It will be available in a handful of Marrickville venues in the days leading up to ANZAC Day on April 25, including Vic on the Park, the Henson and LazyBones Lounge. After ANZAC Day, it will wing its way to pubs and bars throughout Sydney's inner west. It will also be available to take home in growlers from Young Henrys in Newtown.

So does the beer actually taste like our favourite war-related baked goods?

"I really like it – [the flavour] definitely relates to an ANZAC biscuit," says Young Henrys co-founder Richard Adamson. "Oats give it a creamy base, a bit more full body. It's got a nice subtle spice to it and a little subtle hit of that smoked rosemary as well,."

"It's quite unusual, but still very drinkable. I think it's crazy enough that it actually goes with an ANZAC biscuit."

The mayor of Marrickville agrees: "It's delicious, with a pronounced honey note. I'm sure ale aficionados will love it," Gardiner says.

But get in quick – Young Henrys have only brewed a small batch, and Adamson doesn't expect it to last much beyond ANZAC Day.