Category: Beer

Beers 9/3/17

Stone Brewing – Who You Callin Wussie Pilsner.  5.8% with strong malt and strong hops, not really a pilsner anymore, really. Its not a bad beer, but its like many other Stone beers, just another big malt big hops beer. All that I assume makes this a pilsner at all is hop and malt choices. Is it even lagered??  Like I said, its not a bad beer, its just not a pilsner.

Feral – Fanta Pants. Pretty sure I had this on tap and a Feral event…just cant remember now. This is an Imperial Red IPA. Smells malty sweet and citrusy. Tastes sweet malt and then just all hops. Considerable malt. Hopping seems very similar to Hop Hog. Its good beer, but its just kind of another IPA again.

Cheeky Monkey – Imperial Monk Red IPA. “Southern Wailer” Limited Release…I have had this a few times before, unsure if I actually reviewed it, though. First time it was very fresh and stung from hoppyness. This is a bit more subdued but in no way lacking. Its made just down the coast, so freshness isnt an issue. Dry maltyness, a nice dry bitterness too. Smells sweet and a bit dank, a bit fruity. Theres a nice alcohol bite that melds very well with the hop bitterness, its 8.5%. Its good.

 

 

Beer 6/3/17

Finally got some of this. Yeah they were bought out a year or so ago, and every second person says the recipe has/hasnt changed…

Ballast Point Sculpin India Pale Ale. This is a good IPA, though something I am very over searching for these days, its like a Torpedo, or something from Stone. Is this thing “old style” now?. Its strong bitter, intense grapefruit pith, a sweet almost viscous maltyness.  Yes this is good, and its been around forever and a classic of its style since its creation.

Beers 4/3/17

La Sirene – Saison. Nice very funky smell on opening, cloudy, theres a fair bit of yeast floating around in this, its bottle conditioned. Lemony on the first sip, then a yeasty spice typical of a Saison.  Kinda dry finish, a little wine-like. The nice lemony taste grows. This is good.

Brasserie de Saint-Sylvestre – 3 Monts Bière de Flandre. Ok, this is a Bière de Garde (“beer for keeping”), its clear, looks like a lager, smells like a lager, its not a lager and its 8.5%. I have no idea about the age of this bottle or the condition its been kept in (was in a fridge when I purchased it) . There is a light malt flavour in there, a little woodyness (looks like this was fermented in wood barrels from online notes?) and some wine, though its rather obscured by the alcohol taste and the yeast until it warms up. This does need to warm up to show more than the alcohol/yeast. The yeast has a saison character, peppery etc. Its not a bad beer, but seems like a Saison with too much alcohol present and less carbonation and anything else is rather hidden, probably not kept well?. One glass is more than enough.

Oscar Blues – Ten Fidy. Imperial Stout. My god this is a dense and thick as hell head, it is dark brown as hell. 10.5% and malty, burnt, dark malt, burnt sugar, all kinds of dark, rich, thick, viscous. I dont get any coffee, or molasses, just malt. There is a hoppyness in there, you can kinda sense it, 98IBU. This is good. Damn good.

Boston Brewing – Nut Brown Ale. Ok, I drank this the other day, but didn’t review at the time and for some reason thought it was worth getting again to do so…must have been the next beer I’m about to drink, but this is good, this is not bad and no hate. This is a nut brown ale, simple and this does it. Its got good malt, a nice mineral character, the hops are subdued…its good. This is good, worth drinking again regardless.

Fox Hat Brewing – Phat Mongrel. A Oatmeal Stout. Ok as I said above/below I got a few beers I didnt review and maybe this was the one I wanted to. This is nice, its good, its almost viscous enough to say oatmeal, but yeah its also OK. roasty, very easy. Lovely malt smell, cant detect hops unless its in the aftertaste. This isnt bad, its good,  but no stand out.

Beers – 19/11/16

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Barrel Aged Amber Ale.Has a bit of a musty smell, it tastes dead-hops bitter, maybe oxidized, like it may be quite old. Apart from the bitterness I think I can taste coconut which may be a residual of the vanilla flavour meant to be in here.

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Black Market Black IPA. Ok this is better, nice strong hoppyness, not too overbearing, nice dark malt flavour, not too roasty or burnt as can be common with this style. Good carbonation. Its black, opaque.

Mash Brewing Freo Doctor Lager. Had this on tap a few weeks back, cant say there is much difference between it and this bottled one, maybe a little funk?. Very Aussie lager, has a good “real” malty taste, compared to the mass produced stuff. Not overbearing, very sessional, Nice hoppy bitterness too. This is good.