Wednesday 31 December 2014

Garage Project - Trip Hop Pale Ale

This beer has a sweet bitter flavour at the start.  It has a really nice bed of caramel malt that is slightly floral.  Being a malty beer its still a surprisingly light beer.

8/10

Garage Project - Death From Above Pale Ale

This is a really interesting beer.  There is a yeasty creaminess to this beer but it is clean.  It has a crisp citrus note at the start and a mild warming chilli flavour at the end.

8/10

Thursday 25 December 2014

KJD Brewing Company - Chocolate Cherry Porter

This beer is dark and chocolaty.   It has a subtle sour note.  It has a coffee texture and an underlined maltiness.

8/10

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Saturday 20 December 2014

McCashins Family Brewery - Stoke Bomber Bohemian Ale

This is really well drinking beer.   There us nothjng exciting about this beer apart from the fact it's is tasty and great on a hot day.

6/10

8 Wired Brewing Company - Semi Conductor Session IPA

This is quite a malty beer with a mild citrus notes.  It has quite a sharp yeast flavour and a full body.

5/10

Friday 19 December 2014

Tuatara Brewing - Delicious Neck Immortal Pale Ale

Fijoia and with a sharp creaminess.  It is clean with a fresh sharp flavour. 

6/10

Holgate Brewhouse - Millennium Falcon Imperial IPA

Number 47 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

Every yeasty beer.  Creamy body with stone fruit.  It is quite sour.  It is quite a big beer.

6/10

Sunday 14 December 2014

Saturday 13 December 2014

Murray's Craft Brewing Company - Angry Man Pale Ale

Number 77 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

Sour cream with a light peach note.  Round vanilla creamy like ice cream.

5/10

Murray's Craft Brewing - Whale Ale

Number 98 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

Very tart and has an odd mouth feel.   Waxy with with a clean finish.   Not a fan.

4/10.

Friday 12 December 2014

Moon Dog Brewing - Love Tap Double Lager

Number 63 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

Lychee and yeast up front.  Nice medium body with almond.

7/10

Burleigh Brewing Co - My Wife's Bitter

Creamy with a bit of citrus.  Not alot of flavour and not that bitter. 

4/10

Mornington Peninsula Brewery - Imperial Stout

Number 65 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

This is a massive beer.  I would almost class it as a meal.  The best way to describe it is a thick choclate Guiness.   Delicious but a big big beer.

8/10

Sunday 7 December 2014

Feral Brewing Company - Boris Russian Imperial Stout

Number 41 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

Smooth and thick stout.  Creamy kind of like a chocolate syrup.  Slight bitterness at the back of the pallet.  Tasty.

8/10

Saturday 6 December 2014

Moon Dog Brewing - Black Lung IV American Oak-Aged Smokey Stout

Number 84 of the Local Taphouses Top 100 Australian Craft Beers.

There is alot if smoke in this beer.  There is a charcoal malt that has some nice texture.  Coffee and burnt toffee.

7/10

Garage Project - Tournesol Spiced Saison

Buttery and floural with slight spice.  There is a round yeast.  Kind of creamy and citrus.

5/10

Thursday 4 December 2014