Stacks of fantastic new beer due to arrive in January, including:
Scotland
Brewdog Bashah Reserve Imperial
Brewdog Bashah Reserve Highland
Brewdog Smokehead Paradox
Brewdog Abstrakt AB:03
Brewdog Abstrakt AB:04
Brewdog Dogma
(NB: Brewdog stock very limited)
14 different lines from Denmark's Amager Bryghus including:
Summer Fusion
IPA
Rugporter
3.Akt
Julebryg 2010
Fru Frederiksen
Hr. Frederiksen
Imperial Stout
Hr. Frederiksen Portvinslagret
Galanthus Nivalis
Citra Weiss
Black Nitro
Hr. Frederiksen Vaesel Brunch
Christianshavn Pale Ale
NZ
8 Wired Rewired Brown
8 Wired Tall Poppy American Amber Ale
Epic / Dogfish Head Portamarillo
Emersons Bookbinder Bitter
Croucher Pilsner
Yeastie Boys His Majesty
Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black
Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black Remix 2010
Invercargill Boysen Beery
Australia
Boatrocker Alpha Queen
Grand Ridge Supershien
Kooinda Pale Ale
Three Troupers Pale Ale
Three Troupers Amber Ale
Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale
Hargreaves Hill ESB
Hargreaves Hill Stout
+ loads more!!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
NEW YEAR, NEW BEER
First of all from everyone at the International Beer Shop, a belated but resounding Happy New Year!!! Thank you for all of your support in 2010, it was another fantastic year for craft beer in Australia with literally hundreds of groundbreaking releases and new arrivals. So cheers to all of our members and our best wishes for 2011.
There has been heaps of new beer arriving over the past two weeks. We’ll focus on the top Aussie craft beer this newsletter, including arrivals from Murrays, Moo Brew, Red Duck and Nail. Check out all the information on the breweries and beers below.
Other top beer/cider which arrived includes:
Gwynt Y Ddraig Orchard Gold Cider
Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon Cider
Gwynt Y Ddraig Vintage 06
(fantastic funky, scrumpy welsh cider)
Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve
Rogue Yellow Snow
Rogue Mogul Madness
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Dry Hopped Red
Rogue Brutal IPA
Rogue American Amber Ale
Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
Renaissance Discovery APA
Renaissance Paradox Blonde
Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Southern Tier Pale Ale
Southern Tier IPA
Epic Armageddon IPA
Emersons Pilsner
Emersons IPA
Tuatara APA (limited release)
8 Wired Hopwired IPA
8 Wired Big Smoke
Meantime IPA 750ml
St Peters IPA
St Peters Autumn Strong Ale
And plenty more on the way!
SPECIALS
We have some great specials to kick 2011 off with a bang! (Just) out of code stock of two phenomenal summer quenchers, both reduced below cost price:
Weihenstephaner Kristall: $65 / CTN (20 x 500ml bottles)
BB: 22/12/10
Stassen Pear: $12 / 4PK or $60 CTN (24 x 330ml bottles) + a free hat
BB: Dec 10
MURRAY’S
Back in spring our first Murray’s shipment in almost 3 years took only a few short weeks to sell out. Hardly surprising given the outstanding quality and reputation of these ‘ales with attitude’. We’re very pleased to have just received an even bigger shipment of Murray’s entire core range.
Current stock is super fresh and tasting incredible. At the risk of repeating ourselves (the brewery was profiled only a few newsletters back) check out information on all the returning Murray’s beers here: http://www.internationalbeershop.com.au/beer_news.asp?topic_id=&article_id=202
Brand new however is limited stock of the just released Anniversary Ale No.5. December 2010's Anniversary Ale marks the first major change in the base recipe since the inaugural batch.
Brewed in collaboration with original head brewer Graeme Mahy, the AA5 is still a wheat and barleywine at heart and still oak aged. It is darker, with the addition of chocolate malt and roast barley to give the beer a solid bite and even more complex malt character, with flavours of coffee and caramel. The hop profile has also changed significantly with extra additions throughout the brew and a new blend of Green Bullet, Pacifica, Motueka and NZ Cascade used.
The result is a beautiful dark ruby hued beer with aggressive hop aroma and flavour and a more assertive bitterness than previous batches. Classic American oak character comes through in the flavour and aroma further adding to the complexity of the brew.
More than any previous year, this year's batch is designed to age. While it is amazing now, given time the hop aromas and flavours will recede and the malt character will become even rounder and more vinous. Stock is limited.
We also have a few very limited bottles of Murray’s Anniversary Ale No.3, the batch inoculated with wild yeast. These wild ‘bugs’ give tart characteristics and rustic barnyard aromas and flavours. Get in quick if you’d like one of these museum bottles – they will not last long!
MOO BREW
15 minutes north west of Hobart, in the heart of Moorilla Estate you’ll find one of Australia’s most modern and highly regarded craft breweries – Moo Brew. Producing a core range of only 4 beers, Moo Brew has won numerous awards and medals for their brews and John Kelly designed labels. All come highly recommended, particularly when they are this fresh! From Moo Brew we have:
Pale Ale
A modern American style Pale Ale, fusing pungent floral and citrus aromas with a complex malt palette and refreshing late bitterness. Like all good Pale Ales, this perfectly treads the line between complexity and drinkability, and is undoubtedly one of our favourite Aussie brewed Pales.
Hefeweizen
Inspired by the classic Bavarian wheat beers, Moo Brew’s Hefe balances a clean, bready malt character with spicy yeast phenols of banana, clove and vanilla. A wonderful example of one of the world’s classic styles.
Dark Ale
Like the Pale Ale, this is a floral and citrus hop driven ale, however a proportion of dark roasted malt adds caramel and chocolate flavours. The result is a textured and balanced ale, which like the Pale Ale is drinkable yet full of flavour. This style is rapidly gaining popularity in the US where it is known as American Brown Ale.
RED DUCK
Victoria’s fantastic Red Duck Brewery finished 2010 off in style – releasing three seasonal one-off batches within one week! Only 500L of each beer was brewed so stock is limited and won’t last long!
White Garden
The story of two old-world wheat beers. The specialty of Berlin, Berliner Weisse is an artisanal German style, a pale wheat beer soured during fermentation by lactobacillus. Brewed with a hefty dose of unmalted wheat, BW are tart, refreshing and rarely available outside of Northern Germany.
Belgian witbiers are similarly historic and rustic ales. Rather than relying on lactic sourness to balance the soft, bready malt character, traditional Belgian yeast strains give spicy and citrus flavours to the beer.
White Garden is an homage to both classic styles. The beer begins with a classic old-world wit/BW grain bill, but rather than using fermentation and yeast to add flavour, Red Duck adds a hefty dose of Raspberry & Rhubarb jam. The sugars are stripped out during fermentation, resulting in a soft pink ale; cloudy, flavoursome and slightly tart. Very refreshing, and highly recommended for summer.
Burton Strong Bitter
Red Duck’s tribute to the famous English style. The water is first adjusted to match the infamous Burton-on-Trent profile. The hardness of Burton’s water lends a mineral quality to their beers, accentuating the bitterness for which the local beers are so well known.
Although Burton was the birthplace of the IPA, this beer takes inspiration from the original Burton Pale Ales, with relatively low carbonation, and great balance between herbal hops and toasty malts.
Red Admiral
Red Duck’s Christmas offering, a rich festive ale inspired by the traditional Suffolk strong ales. Deep red, with rich malt character evocative of rich plum pudding, a deft hand of Glacier hop is noticeable in the aroma. Glacier is a new American hop, with low co-humulones and alpha acids – which in this case means lots of flavour with relatively low bitterness.
Like many top festive ales, the rich character of Red Admiral will age superbly, as it becomes more vinous and complex.
We also still have a few bottles left of Red Duck Loch Ness – a 6.7% ABV whisky barrel aged scotch ale.
NAIL STOUT
A beer that needs no introduction, we have finally received more stock of the multi-gold medal winning Nail Stout. This rich and luxurious oatmeal stout never lasts long so get in quick to avoid disappointment.
Cheers
The International Beer Shop Team
There has been heaps of new beer arriving over the past two weeks. We’ll focus on the top Aussie craft beer this newsletter, including arrivals from Murrays, Moo Brew, Red Duck and Nail. Check out all the information on the breweries and beers below.
Other top beer/cider which arrived includes:
Gwynt Y Ddraig Orchard Gold Cider
Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon Cider
Gwynt Y Ddraig Vintage 06
(fantastic funky, scrumpy welsh cider)
Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve
Rogue Yellow Snow
Rogue Mogul Madness
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Dry Hopped Red
Rogue Brutal IPA
Rogue American Amber Ale
Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
Renaissance Discovery APA
Renaissance Paradox Blonde
Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Southern Tier Pale Ale
Southern Tier IPA
Epic Armageddon IPA
Emersons Pilsner
Emersons IPA
Tuatara APA (limited release)
8 Wired Hopwired IPA
8 Wired Big Smoke
Meantime IPA 750ml
St Peters IPA
St Peters Autumn Strong Ale
And plenty more on the way!
SPECIALS
We have some great specials to kick 2011 off with a bang! (Just) out of code stock of two phenomenal summer quenchers, both reduced below cost price:
Weihenstephaner Kristall: $65 / CTN (20 x 500ml bottles)
BB: 22/12/10
Stassen Pear: $12 / 4PK or $60 CTN (24 x 330ml bottles) + a free hat
BB: Dec 10
MURRAY’S
Back in spring our first Murray’s shipment in almost 3 years took only a few short weeks to sell out. Hardly surprising given the outstanding quality and reputation of these ‘ales with attitude’. We’re very pleased to have just received an even bigger shipment of Murray’s entire core range.
Current stock is super fresh and tasting incredible. At the risk of repeating ourselves (the brewery was profiled only a few newsletters back) check out information on all the returning Murray’s beers here: http://www.internationalbeershop.com.au/beer_news.asp?topic_id=&article_id=202
Brand new however is limited stock of the just released Anniversary Ale No.5. December 2010's Anniversary Ale marks the first major change in the base recipe since the inaugural batch.
Brewed in collaboration with original head brewer Graeme Mahy, the AA5 is still a wheat and barleywine at heart and still oak aged. It is darker, with the addition of chocolate malt and roast barley to give the beer a solid bite and even more complex malt character, with flavours of coffee and caramel. The hop profile has also changed significantly with extra additions throughout the brew and a new blend of Green Bullet, Pacifica, Motueka and NZ Cascade used.
The result is a beautiful dark ruby hued beer with aggressive hop aroma and flavour and a more assertive bitterness than previous batches. Classic American oak character comes through in the flavour and aroma further adding to the complexity of the brew.
More than any previous year, this year's batch is designed to age. While it is amazing now, given time the hop aromas and flavours will recede and the malt character will become even rounder and more vinous. Stock is limited.
We also have a few very limited bottles of Murray’s Anniversary Ale No.3, the batch inoculated with wild yeast. These wild ‘bugs’ give tart characteristics and rustic barnyard aromas and flavours. Get in quick if you’d like one of these museum bottles – they will not last long!
MOO BREW
15 minutes north west of Hobart, in the heart of Moorilla Estate you’ll find one of Australia’s most modern and highly regarded craft breweries – Moo Brew. Producing a core range of only 4 beers, Moo Brew has won numerous awards and medals for their brews and John Kelly designed labels. All come highly recommended, particularly when they are this fresh! From Moo Brew we have:
Pale Ale
A modern American style Pale Ale, fusing pungent floral and citrus aromas with a complex malt palette and refreshing late bitterness. Like all good Pale Ales, this perfectly treads the line between complexity and drinkability, and is undoubtedly one of our favourite Aussie brewed Pales.
Hefeweizen
Inspired by the classic Bavarian wheat beers, Moo Brew’s Hefe balances a clean, bready malt character with spicy yeast phenols of banana, clove and vanilla. A wonderful example of one of the world’s classic styles.
Dark Ale
Like the Pale Ale, this is a floral and citrus hop driven ale, however a proportion of dark roasted malt adds caramel and chocolate flavours. The result is a textured and balanced ale, which like the Pale Ale is drinkable yet full of flavour. This style is rapidly gaining popularity in the US where it is known as American Brown Ale.
RED DUCK
Victoria’s fantastic Red Duck Brewery finished 2010 off in style – releasing three seasonal one-off batches within one week! Only 500L of each beer was brewed so stock is limited and won’t last long!
White Garden
The story of two old-world wheat beers. The specialty of Berlin, Berliner Weisse is an artisanal German style, a pale wheat beer soured during fermentation by lactobacillus. Brewed with a hefty dose of unmalted wheat, BW are tart, refreshing and rarely available outside of Northern Germany.
Belgian witbiers are similarly historic and rustic ales. Rather than relying on lactic sourness to balance the soft, bready malt character, traditional Belgian yeast strains give spicy and citrus flavours to the beer.
White Garden is an homage to both classic styles. The beer begins with a classic old-world wit/BW grain bill, but rather than using fermentation and yeast to add flavour, Red Duck adds a hefty dose of Raspberry & Rhubarb jam. The sugars are stripped out during fermentation, resulting in a soft pink ale; cloudy, flavoursome and slightly tart. Very refreshing, and highly recommended for summer.
Burton Strong Bitter
Red Duck’s tribute to the famous English style. The water is first adjusted to match the infamous Burton-on-Trent profile. The hardness of Burton’s water lends a mineral quality to their beers, accentuating the bitterness for which the local beers are so well known.
Although Burton was the birthplace of the IPA, this beer takes inspiration from the original Burton Pale Ales, with relatively low carbonation, and great balance between herbal hops and toasty malts.
Red Admiral
Red Duck’s Christmas offering, a rich festive ale inspired by the traditional Suffolk strong ales. Deep red, with rich malt character evocative of rich plum pudding, a deft hand of Glacier hop is noticeable in the aroma. Glacier is a new American hop, with low co-humulones and alpha acids – which in this case means lots of flavour with relatively low bitterness.
Like many top festive ales, the rich character of Red Admiral will age superbly, as it becomes more vinous and complex.
We also still have a few bottles left of Red Duck Loch Ness – a 6.7% ABV whisky barrel aged scotch ale.
NAIL STOUT
A beer that needs no introduction, we have finally received more stock of the multi-gold medal winning Nail Stout. This rich and luxurious oatmeal stout never lasts long so get in quick to avoid disappointment.
Cheers
The International Beer Shop Team
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