ANNOUNCEMENTS
First of all, thank you to everyone who supported us during our Sunday trading trial last month. We are very happy to announce that it was an overwhelming success, which means that we will be open every Sunday from midday - 6pm indefinitely. Cheers.
Our sale is still going strong, although we have seen the last of some of the more popular lines, including Riegeler and Courage Directors. There's still some fantastic bargains to be had, including some fresh additions to the sale - Schmucker, Youngs Bitter and a great deal on the Weihenstephaner World Cup Gift Packs. Check out all the details below.
NEW ARRIVALS
We had some exciting new arrivals this week, some are detailed below and some will be saved until next week's newsletter! As many products are in very limited supply, we ask the online shoppers amongst you to please call through orderson 08 9381 1202, and ask for stock to be put aside. We won't check our email over the weekend, so this will ensure you don't miss out. Also, we haven't had a chance to our website with some of the new products, or updated pricing. Hopefully everything will be up to date by tomorrow night.
Stone & Wood
We were delighted to receive stock of Byron Bay based Stone & Wood Brewery's much anticipated Draught Ale and Stone Beer earlier this week. The effortlessly drinkable and full flavoured 4.4% Draught Ale, is bursting with Galaxy hop aroma and flavour and supported by a lovely biscuity malt character.
We also received very limited quantities of Stone Beer - an historic style of ale, brewed with the addition of red hot rocks to the wort. This once common technique superheats and caramelizes the wort during the boil. Stone & Wood then add these caramel coated rocks to the fermenter as a special treat for the yeast.
Draught Ale is available in 330ml bottles for $4.50 each, $21.95 per 6 pack, or $77 per carton (24).
Stone Beer is available in 500ml bottles for $9.50, $32 per 4 pack, or $85 per carton (12).
Little Creatures Brown Ale
No doubt the hop heads out there will already be savvy to the new Little Creatures Small Batch release - a series of one off limited release beers. Creatures' latest offering is an innovative American / Australian style Brown Ale. An unusual grain bill (including pale ale, Munich, crystal, rye and roast malts) provides biscuit and traditional malt flavours, as well as a unique spiciness and mouthfeel from the rye malt. The beer is said to be a showcase of Australian hops, and certainly does provide plenty of hop aromas and firm bitterness. We are expecting to sell out of our first allocation by the weekend, but should have some more early next week. As with all limited stock, pre-orders are recommended.
Chatoe Rogue Dirtoir Black Lager
Rogue's latest "Chatoe Rogue" estate release is a Schwarzbier brewed using Rogue's own farm-grown hops, and base malt grown on their own micro-barley farm. Jet black in color with a tan head, medium to full bodied, deftly balanced with seamless dark roasted chocolate malt flavors, a smooth bitterness and lingering finish. According to the reliable ratebeer.com, Dirtoir Black Lager is the best Schwarzbier currently produced anywhere in the world.
Also back from Rogue is the Morimoto series Soba Ale and Black Obi Soba Ale.
BrewDog
Tactical Nuclear Penguin
We have just received a few more bottles of Brewdog's 32% ABV Uber-Imperial Stout Tactical Nuclear Penguin. TNP starts off as a respectable 10% ABV Imperial Stout, before spending 8 months in Isle of Arran whisky casks, and a further 8 months in an Islay whisky cask, before being stored at -20C for three weeks. The beer was periodically decanted to remove ice, leaving behind a super concentrated, super complex super-stout of 32% alcohol by volume. Check out a video of the process at: http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article.php?id=214
Our first delivery of TNP sold out entirely on presale, so be quick if you'd like to try this amazing beer. Be warned though, the roughly 2 year process from start to shelf does come at a price - single 330ml bottles of TNP are retailing for $144.99.
Sink the Bismarck!
And if 32% doesn't quite sound like enough, we can confirm that we will soon be getting very limited stock of the world's strongest beer: Brewdog's 41% ABV quadruple IPA - Sink the Bismarck! . Like TNP, Bismarck is fortified by freezing to remove ice, leaving behind a beer with an ABV higher than most whiskys! Sink the Bismarck! is expected instore in around 2 weeks time, if you would like to reserve a bottle please contact us with payment details or stop by the shop to place a $50 deposit. Bismarck! will be $210 a 330ml bottle, although we are offering an early bird special of $200 for all members who secure stock with a deposit.
St Peter's
St Peter's Wheat Beer
St Peter's spring seasonal offering for 2010 is an English style Golden Ale brewed with a high proportion of premium wheat malt and balanced by Challenger and Goldings hops. This unique hybrid of German wheat, Belgian yeast and English hops has created a clean and refreshing ale best drunk at its freshest - ie right now!
Nail Brewing
Limited Edition NS1032 Celebration Nail Stout 750ml Bottles
We have very limited numbers of Nail Brewing's collector's edition 750ml Nail Stout. These bottles come from batch NS1032, which won a Gold Medal winner, and award for Best Packaged Stout at the 2010 Perth Royal Beer Show. Batch NS1032 also won a silver medal at England's International Beer Challenge 2010. If you have the self control, we recommend cellaring this amazing WA beer for a year.
SPIRITS
Limeburners M23
We have very limited stock of Great Southern Distilling Company's newest release - Barrel M23. This 61% ABV barrel strength single malt whisky is made in Albany from local barley, matured in an American oak Brandy cask before being finished in small bourbon casks.
For those interested in quality Sake and Plum Wine, we have just received 7 of Japan's best from the Kiuchi Brewery - more info soon..
*** SALE ***
Schmucher Bio Pils
Although we've sold out of Riegeler, we just received stock of an unfiltered, organic German Pilsner from the same brewery (Fursteberg). A very refreshing beer, but with some added complexity and smooth mouthfeel from the presence of live yeast in the bottle. Our stock has a BB date of 29/9/10, and is heavily reduced at:
$3.50 (330ml), $17.99 (6 pack) or $62.99 (carton 24).
Weihenstephaner World Cup Gift Packs
The World Cup may be over, but there is still reason to celebrate with the last remaining stock of Weihenstephaner's World Cup Gift Packs, a limited edition pack containing:
1 x Weihenstephaner Hefe 500ml
1 x Weihenstephaner Dunkel 500ml
1 x Weihenstephaner Kristall 500ml
1 x Weihenstephaner Limited Edition World Cup Glass
All for just: $14.99 each
Crest Super Lager
Save 20%+ on this Super Strong English lager, with blue 500ml cans priced at:
$5.80 each / $19.99 4PK / $108 Case (24)
BACK INSTORE
We received a few favourite beers back instore this week. More info on each beer, including prices is up on our website by Saturday. The new arrivals include:
Sierra Nevada
Limited stocks of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Porter.
Tusker
This favourite Kenyan Lager is available in 500ml bottles.
Innis & Gunn
We have just received fresh stock of Innis & Gunn Triple Matured - a limited edition whisky barrel aged Scottish ale.
Efes Pils
Turkish Pilsner
Hitachino
More info next week.
TASTINGS
We've lined up tastings every Friday and Sunday for the next few months, so if you're instore on either day just ask us for your free samples.
Cheers
The International Beer Shop Team
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