In Focus...beer & cider
Good Beer Month...enjoy one.
Dawnie Ginger Beer, Flowerdale Victoria
A first for us - featuring a Ginger beer! It seems ginger beer has gained a following around town. We're pretty happy with this locally made recipe, Dawnie's recipe in fact. She isn't going to burn your palate too much, a more mellow ginger, with a soft citrus backbone & a touch of sweet. |
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500ml
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$8.00
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Buxton Wild Boar IPA UK
This brewery wins no awards for great labels, but the beers certainly make up for it in flavour. Fantastic aroma of grapefruit - palate is quite fruity, developing towards grapefruit & pineapple. Fruity bitter aftertaste with a soft creamy mouthfeel. Damn tasty.
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500ml
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$12.00
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Marble Earl Grey IPA UK
A collaboration brew between Brewery Emelisse & the Marble Brewery. Really well made, sweet & bitter with a long duration. Good balance, mellow fruity fresh citrus & floral.You don’t get huge tea elements, it’s just adding some floral magic to this beer.
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750ml
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$26.00 |
Traquair Jacobite Ale Scotland
"The famous Bear Gates guarding Traquair House, have been closed since 1745 - when the last person to pass through them was Bonnie Prince Charlie". Wonderfully dark with a hint of ruby red. A full bodied ale with lots of dark plums, currants & dates. Delicious & sip slowly. |
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330ml
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$11.00 |
Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp USA
"Like a stamp on a tramp, this beer is about not so subtle seduction" Rings true once you pop the lid, a lusty Belgian IPA hybrid. A touch on the heavier side but it’s very easy to drink & has a biting lemon bitterness & fruity fresh hoppy finish. This tramp is unique! |
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354ml
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$7.00 |
Harbour Porter No. 6 UK
Harbour is another great new world Uk craft brewery. Their No 6 is a fine tasting, full-flavoured porter & it does have some great complexity. A nose of black chocolate & burnt wood. Flavours of light roast malt, dark fruits, coffee, light hops & smudge of dark chocolate.
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330ml
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$7.00 |
Bridge Rd Dark Harvest Victoria
This beer was one of 2012's best & it's back! A dark ale developed by Ben & Mikkel (of Mikkeller).Pretty simple here, fresh locally grown hops - lots of them - in a full bodied dark porter style ale.There is rich dark chocolate, coffee & of course superbly balanced piney hop bitterness. |
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330ml
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$7.50 |
Mornington Peninsula Brewery
Imperial Amber Ale, Victoria
Another local seasonal brew is revealed for 2013. A staff favourite last year at Blackhearts & a word from AG himself, "tasting better than last year". Lots of toffee & malt - gentle grapefruit bitterness & rich dark caramel hide the booze well. Good strong American style amber ale. |
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$7.50 |
Coronado Idiot DIPA USA
"even the most intelligent have become "idiot" after a few pints of this super hopped up beer!"
Vibrant grapefruit & black pepper wafts up from my glass. Sweet caramel malt & viscous resinous hops; hide its strength well. This is one huge west coast beer with a long bitter finish. |
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650ml
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$17.00 |
The Blackhearts Growler
North Fitzroy 2000ml
The take away growler of beer is going strong; over 1000 BHS bottles in circulation. Draught beer filled instore at North Fitzroy every day. Featuring locals - Mt Goat, Holgate, Bridge Rd, Forrest, Red Hill, Mornington, Moo Brew, Cavalier - Internationals from Rogue, Mikkeller, Sierra Nevada etc
East St Kilda fills coming soon!
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what's on this week
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$POA
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