Brewery: Moon Dog in Abbotsford, VIC Style: Black Forest Sour ABV: 6.5% IBUs: 34 Rate Beer: 65/100 Pour: Dark chocolate colour with a thin tan head Sweet milk stout with hints of chocolate and sour cherries. It reminds me of birthday time and rich, delicious Black Forest cake from Michel’s Patisserie. Damn that was a good cake. Mmmm cake. Continue reading Moon Dog – Cake Hole
Brewery: Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium Style: Belgian Strong Golden Ale ABV: 10.5% IBUs: 23 Rate Beer: 93/100 Pour: Tangerine gold in colour with a big fluffy head. Straight up, that typical Belgian smell of sugar bananas. Big bold flavours on first sip dominated by sweetness and smooth alcohol. I seriously look forward to the day I go spend a few days in Belgium. … Continue reading Brouwerij Van Steenberge – Piraat
Quaint little pub with a cozy and friendly atmosphere for after work drinks. Over 20 taps across the different sides of the centre bar but all serving the same 6 beers. No real craft option and closest being 150 Lashes or what I grabbed while there, Furphy Refreshing Ale. Standard pub menu, a TAB and pokies room. Out back looks like would have a DJ … Continue reading New Hampton Hotel in Kings Cross
Brewery: Wolf Of The Willows in Victoria Style: Sour ABV: 5.7% Rate Beer: no rating yet Pour: Pale golden light colour with no real head A collab beer for GABS 2018 and a take on the classic Tom Collins cocktail. This is a light, easy sipper of a beer that harks back to classic gin joints and jazz bars of the 1930s. Continue reading Wolf Of The Willows – Tom Collins Sour
Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York Style: Summer Ale ABV: 5% Rate Beer: 33/100 Pour: Pale yellow in colour. Head doesn’t hold well Crisp, light, fruit driven summer ale. Some Pilsner and wheat malt flavours come in at the tail end. Definitely a beer I can see getting smashed during those hot summer days in New York on a rooftop in Brooklyn looking out across … Continue reading Brooklyn Brewery – Summer Ale
A brewery inside a sports club with 25 taps. Half their own brews made onsite and half rotating taps. It’s a very cozy and comfortable atmosphere for catching up with friends and enjoying a few good brews. Food is found throughout the rest of the club with a multitude of bistros and restaurants. You can also watch sports, have a punt or play the pokies … Continue reading Basement Brewhouse @ Bankstown Sports Club in Bankstown
Brewery: Black Font Brewhouse in Marrickville, NSW Style: IPA ABV: 5.8% Rate Beer: Not listed on Rate Beer Pour: Hazy yellow colour with a small slither of head If it looks like a NEIPA, smells like a NEIPA and tastes like NEIPA, you’d swear it’s a NEIPA. However Black Font just call it a IPA. And nice, easy drinking, juicy beer that makes you wish these … Continue reading Black Font Brewhouse – Cirrus IPA
Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Co in San Diego, California Style: IPA ABV: 7% IBUs: 70 Rate Beer: 95/100 Pour: Golden citrus orange colour. They call it their hazy IPA. I assume their take on a NEIPA. It doesn’t look hazy and not much different to their unfiltered Sculpin. Strong citrus flavours with orange, mandarin, grapefruit and tangerine. Juicy and easy drinking. A few of these on … Continue reading Ballast Point – Aloha Sculpin
