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FESTIVAL BEERS
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Oatmeal Stout Character: Roasty
ABV: 6% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
SHENANIGANS BREWING NSW
102 Lime in the Coconut
An IPA (India Pale Ale) loaded up with New World
and experimental hops, a twist of lime, plenty of
toasted coconut and a hint of vanilla. Put the lime
in the coconut and drink it all up!
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: IPA (American) Character: Hoppy
ABV: 7% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
SIX STRING BREWING COMPANY NSW
103 MOR LAM
These brewers have creatively put the elements of
Thailand into a hoppy citrusy IPA (India Pale Ale)
amplified with Thai flavours of lemongrass, kaffir
lime leaves and coriander.
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: IPA (American) Character: Hoppy
ABV: 7% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
SOUTHERN BAY BREW CO. VIC
104 Wolfgang Chang
A deliciously rich rye Dunkelweizen spiced with
hand roasted Chinese five spice. It’s half German,
half Chinese but all good!
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Dunkels Weissbier Character: Fruity/Spicy
ABV: 5.6% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
STOMPING GROUND BREWING CO VIC
105 Inception
This Pale Wheat Lager pours a golden straw colour
with a crisp, malt body. Fresh tropical fruit and
pine aromas complement a juicy hop flavour and
clean, even bitterness. The new brewery and beer
garden from the guys behind The Local Taphouses
is expected to open in Collingwood later this year.
EASIER DRINKING
Style: Pale Lager Character: Crisp
ABV: 5.5% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
TEMPLE BREWING CO. VIC
106 Blacklisted
A Spiced Imperial Dark Lager with a combination
of aromatic American hops and 5 secret spices to
add depth of flavour and an aromatic sensation
second to none.
MORE CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty Beer Character: Fruity/Spicy
ABV: 7.5% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
THIRSTY CROW NSW
107 Surf n Turf
Brewed with water sourced from a local spring in
Wagga Wagga and malt entirely from NSW, this
pale, refreshing ale is then dumped with a barrel
of hops and fermented with a Pacific Ocean yeast
strain. Designed to sip, slop and slurp!
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Pale Ale (Australian) Character: Hoppy
ABV: 6% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
108
THORNBRIDGE BREWERY
United Kingdom
Imperial Spiced Stout
A fabulously full bodied Russian Imperial Stout
with added spices. Its chocolatey, malt flavours
with a coffee and spiced finish combine to produce
a medium to full bodied complex Stout.
MORE CHALLENGING
Style: Russian Imperial Stout Character: Roasty
ABV: 8.5% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
TOWNSHEND BREWERY New Zealand
109 Big Time Rush
A beautifully zesty summer cask ale, this is hopped
with loads of whole cone hops in the hop back
(basically a big tea bag of hops). No bittering hops
were added. Sessionable, with a malty backbone.
Served on hand pump.
EASIER DRINKING
Style: Blonde/Golden Ale Character: Crisp
ABV: 4.5% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
TUATARA BREWERY New Zealand
110 Carl’s Precious
Rich dark malt, spicy rye malt and US citric hop
aroma. The full flavour of dark malts and rye is
balanced with plenty of bitterness and the fruity
flavour of American hops. It is unfiltered to retain
all of its character and fullness.
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty IPA Character: Hoppy
ABV: 8% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
TWO BIRDS BREWING VIC
111 Pina Colada
Combining beer and cocktails, this IPA is heaped
with American hops and then layered with a
truckload of pineapples and a lovely bunch of
coconuts. It’s brewed so you feel like you’re in
Puerto Rico wherever you are.
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: IPA (American) Character: Hoppy
ABV: 6% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
VALE BREWING SA
112 Pie Cart
The Pie Cart was a South Australian institution
after a late night pub crawl. Taking inspiration from
an article written by Paul Mercurio about adding
Porter to split green pea and ham soup, this is a
split green pea and ham Porter.
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Porter Character: Roasty
ABV: 7% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
VAN DIEMAN BREWING TAS
113 One Night In A Black Tent
Black Ale brewed with Tasmanian black truffles,
native pepperberries and fennel seeds then barrel
aged in Tokay port barrels for six months. This
incredible ale is rich, fruity, spicy with a velvety
smooth roast texture.
MORE CHALLENGING
Style: Wood-Aged Beer Character: Roasty
ABV: 8.5% Festival Glass: 4 tokens
WAYWARD BREWING COMPANY NSW
114 OATIS
An ultra smooth Golden Oatmeal IPA (India Pale
Ale) bursting with grapefruit, pineapple, lime zest
and apricot hop aromas, perfectly balanced by
a malt backbone of sweet toasted malt and silky
smooth oatmeal.
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty IPA Character: Hoppy
ABV: 6.5% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
WHITE RABBIT BREWERY VIC
115 Bock Bock
Overtones of smoked Manuka nestled nicely in a
veil of deep velvety malt. The lush, delicate yeast
whispers of carefree days in a grassy meadow while
the rich warmth of the entwined alcohol tiptoes
gently across your tongue…
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Doppelbock Character: Malty
ABV: 7.5% Festival Glass: 8 tokens
WILLIE THE BOATMAN NSW
116 Ruben’s Roast
It may look pale in colour but this beer is packed
to the brim with malt, hops and ‘cold brew’ (not
cold drip) Ethiopian Fair Trade Coffee. It has
enough caffeine to make a can of V shake in its
boots!
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty IPA Character: Hoppy
ABV: 6.5% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
YEASTIE BOYS New Zealand
117 Not Kettle Black
Two years ago a mystery wild yeast made its way
into the brewery’s Pot Kettle Black. Beer was
dumped and tears shed but some kegs remained,
tasting greater every day but unable to be tamed.
Now having vented its rage within a Pinot Noir Port
barrel, the result is a happy accident!
MODERATELY CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty IPA Character: Tart/Funky
ABV: 6% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
YOUNG HENRYS BREWING CO NSW
118 Midnight in the Carpark
of Good and Evil
This is a blend of two interesting beers. One is a
rum barrel-aged cherry Flanders ale, which is a
complex, sour, red wine-like Belgian-style ale. The
other is a velvet chocolate Stout.
MORE CHALLENGING
Style: Specialty Beer Character: Tart/Funky
ABV: 6.5% Festival Glass: 3 tokens
38 THE GREAT AUSTRALASIAN BEER SPECTAPULAR 2015 gabsfestival.com.au