Yeastie Boys at The Wheaty / Wheatsheaf Hotel
We have had it in bottle for a while and it has been one of my personal favourites. Now we are getting it on tap. Yep it’s the very awesome Pot Kettle Black from Yeastie Boys on tap from the Friday at The Wheaty. It should be going on about 1700 this Friday and I recommend that you don’t miss it. If the bottled product is anything to go by it is going to be amazing from the tap. Also coming up over then next month on tap there are plenty more interesting beers. From Yeastie Boys the Hu-da-wa, and 100% peat malt Rex Attitude will be making appearances.
Over the month the Yeastie Boys will be joined by some other breweries from across the Tasman. 8Wired and Tuatara will be returning to the taps with their Tall Poppy and APA respectively. For something a little closer to home a pallet of kegs is on it’s way from Bridge Road Brewers.
A bunch of new bottles are coming too. The most exciting of which is the first batch of Sierra Nevada beers to be legitimately imported into the country. All the SN beers imported to this country in the past have been grey imports and may not have been treated as they should be. These should be fresh and tasting great. Also coming is beers from Invercargill, Renaissance and Murray’s so there is plenty to look forward to.
Do yourself a favour and get down to the Wheaty.
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Check Out the Crown and Sceptre
It appears we have a new beer venue in town. Well it’s not a new venue. The Crown and Sceptre has been around for ages serving cocktails, high end spirits and wine. However, they have just taken the leap into serving great beer. Check out this recent tweet and have a look at their new beer menu. It has me ready to run down there for a beer or two. I plan on doing just that in the next couple of days. Has been a while since I was there so will be able to give a better update on what it’s like then.
Focusing on the beer. They have beers from Murray’s, Bridge Road Brewers and 8Wired. This is some of the best beers being produced in Australia and New Zealand right now. Though it does pain me to admit it the New Zealanders are doing a fantastic job. If you wanted to start with trying one beer from each brewery to start with, but lets face it you should try them all I will give you a quick run down of my picks. From 8Wired my pick is the Hop Wired IPA. This beer has entered my all time favourite list and is truly stunning. Nice dry finish great smack of hops and a good strong bitterness without being harsh. It’s just sensational. From Bridge Road Brewers my pick is the Bling IPA, though I haven’t tried the Chestnut pilsner yet which sounds very interesting. The Bling is a great IPA with a huge whack of hoppy goodness backed up by a strong malt backbone so there is something for everybody. From Murray’s I can’t go past The Icon 2IPA. Seeing a theme here? The dark night porter is also an amazing beer but you just can’t go past the Icon. One of Australia’s great beers and one of the first double IPA’s made here. In the immortal words of Ford Prefect “Your mouth will love you for the rest of your life”.
Check out all of these guys on Twitter too @thesceptre, @8wiredbrewing, @NakedNed and @murraysbrewing. So get down to The Sceptre and support a venue that is supporting good beer. With their great all round drinks menus there has to be something for everyone here. Will give a fuller report once I have visited in the next couple of days. Get There!
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A Night at the Taphouse Sydney
Another post from the road. Headed into the Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst after work to have a couple of beers. It ended up being more than a couple as I found some great beers on tap. I was even lucky enough to find a Mikkeller on tap. I thought I was going to miss out on that as they were launching at the Wheaty back in Adelaide while I was there.
The evening started with a local that I haven’t had before. The Murrays Grand Cru was a fantastic example of a Belgian Tripel. Though not completely authentic to stye it has a lot of great Belgian qualities. It has wonderful malt qualities and the bitterness level is just right. Be careful wit this one as it is scarily easy to drink for such a large beer. After that I moved on to a Mikkeller Stateside IPA. I have had this beer from bottle before but it’s much better and has a great fresh hop flavour and aroma. The bitterness is assertive but well balanced and not over the top. Try this beer if you get the chance. Onto another local next in the form of Five Islands Rust Amber. Without being amazing it was a very drinkable and I really enjoyed my pint. Great toffee like malt flavours with a good bitterness and some nice hop flavours. Next up was the Murrays Dark Knight Porter. This was a good beer with some nice chocolate flavours. However, I found this beer to sweet for my taste. Perhaps if it had been matched wit the right food it would have worked better for me but it was just too sweet for me. From there out I stuck with the Mikkeller Stateside IPA, I don’t remember how many though.
After all that beer I also managed to sneak in their 3 beef burger which is marinated in Schlkerla. It’s a great burger and helps to soak up some of the booze.
This is a really good pub with some great staff that know something about beer and seem to care. Gets thumbs up for food, beer, service and ambience from me.
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