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.

Feral Brewing in CANS FINALLY

Warhog, Perth Local, Sly Fox

Sly Fox Summer Ale. This is, as always, a nice easy beer, cant notice too much difference between cans and bottles on this one. Its a slight bit more hoppier, maybe? the smell has a bit more range, maybe? Its very sessional, which is the point of a summer ale and I guess the cans here are more of a convenience factor.

Warhog American IPA. This is great, and as good from a can [a rather fresh new can] as when I have had it on tap. Smells fruity like passionfruit, has a lemony hop bitterness, obviously hop forward but still has a nice light malt that doesnt challenge the great hopping. Having this in cans for hop freshness and as a regular is a great idea.

Perth Local Lager. This is great. I think if distribution is good and its easy to get to it will probably be my regular [currently anything is my regular, but its mainly Coopers Sparkling or Pale Ale].Its a lager but unike most on the shelf here it has good real character. A nice hoppy interesting bitterness and a good mild yet flavorful malt taste.

Anchor Brewing – California Lager. This is good, but todays didnt remind me of my first – which I thought was amazing. Maybe this one was a bit old. It felt a bit dulled and the malt was down and the bitterness quite one note. I will try this again, as it is great and Im sure this was just a bit of a dud.

Mornington Peninsula –Mosaic Single Hop IPA. This is Tinnage 007. A nice single hop IPA. I do like mosaic hops but more for smell/flavour etc, the bitterness is there and it OK but not that enjoyable to me.

Deschutes Brewery – Fresh Squeezed IPA. This smells a bit funky hops and its just Mosaic with Citra. A bit old this one, the hops are dull, the smell could be better. The beer itself seems pretty reliant on it being hoppy, theres not much else I can see going on, and the age had left the hops with only a blah bitterness. Will have to try again with a fresher bottle.

Cheeky Monkey – Southern Wailer Hop Flinger West Coat IPA. Still good, still fucking hoppy.

Anderson Valley – Briney Melon Gose. Still great.

Tennents – Export Original Larger

Brains – Black Welsh Stout

Both of these were good. The larger has a maltyness I dont want to say sweet but, sweeter than a usual larger. A definite lagered yeast flavour, if thats a thing – not a funk but something like that.

The stout was nice and malty, again it has taste to it that wasnt crazy strange but had a different maltyness for a dark malt than I can pin on other beers of this style.