Here you will find the
BSF Programme entry for 2011
New World Beer bar:
Bottled Beers:
American Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
Ballast Point | Big Eye IPA | 7.0% | American Centennial hops are used exclusively to bitter, flavour, finish, and dry hop Big Eye IPA. Its full hop flavour is guaranteed to please the palate of the true hop head. |
Ballast Point | Black Marlin Porter | 6.0% | Like dessert? You’ll love this. Black Marlin is a rich, dark and chocolaty porter with a distinctive American hop character. |
Ballast Point | Calico Amber Ale | 5.5% | This beer uses distinctive American hops, which give not only the crisp bitterness to balance the malt, but also a hint of floral aroma. |
Ballast Point | Sculpin IPA | 7.0% | Sculpin IPA showcases bright flavours and aromas of apricot, peach, mango & lemon. The lighter body also brings out the crispness of the hops. |
Ballast Point | Wahoo Wheat | 4.0% | Brewed to be light and refreshing with a unique citrus character that comes from adding orange peel and coriander to the boil. |
Ballast Point | Yellowtail Pale Ale | 4.6% | This is actually a Kölsch and is brewed with German hops and German and American malts and 5% wheat. |
Deschutes | Black Butte Porter | 5.2% | "Dark and distinctive, Black Butte uses chocolate and crystal malts, crafting a rich in flavour, yet easy to drink ""dark"" beer." |
Deschutes | Cascade Ale | 4.5% | Cascade Ale is crisp and refreshing. Generous herbal hop character and just a hint of caramel malt create a perfect balance. |
Deschutes | Green Lakes Organic Ale | 5.2% | Made with 3 types of 100% ORGANIC malted barley and balanced with Palisades, Brewers’ Gold, and Crystal hops, this amber ale is as kind to you as it is to Mother Earth. IBU’s: 45 |
Deschutes | Inversion IPA | 6.8% | Inversion IPA defies the ordinary, with layers of soft caramel notes and generous amounts of our favourite Northwest hops for a bright, sunny, citrus finish. |
Deschutes | Mirror Pond Pale Ale | 5.3% | A classic American Pale Ale. Mirror Pond uses generous quantities of Cascade hops, offering a lush floral aroma with a balanced malt body. |
Deschutes | Obsidian Stout | 6.4% | Smooth and black, Obsidian Stout is a solid, satisfying beer with underlying espresso and chocolaty flavours. |
Deschutes | The Abyss 2010 | 11% | A deep, dark Imperial Stout, The Abyss has almost immeasurable depth and complexity. Hints of molasses, liquorice and other alluring flavours make it something not just to quaff, but contemplate. |
Deschutes | The Dissident 2010 | 10.5% | The Dissident is an Oud Bruin, a distinctive Flanders-style sour brown ale, with a fruity aroma and flavour. Brettanomyces are used to give The Dissident its characteristic sour taste. |
Firestone Walker | Double Jack Double IPA | 9.5% | Has a big malty middle to cloak the high alcohol and mouth puckering hop bitterness. Huge tangerine, grapefruit and juicy fruit aroma blossom over the herbal blue basil and malt earthiness of this aggressive beer. |
Firestone Walker | Parabola | 12.5% | This beer features bold bourbon and tobacco aromas and a rich dark chocolate, charred oak flavour. Parabola is best enjoyed in moderation. |
Firestone Walker | Union Jack IPA | 7.4% | An aggressive IPA, citrus, pineapple and a full, chewy malt profile finish clean on your palate, over 70 IBUs. |
Flying Dog | Doggie Style Pale Ale | 5.3% | This beer is a pale amber in colour and a citrus hop character which is balanced with malty undertones. |
Flying Dog | Gonzo Imperial Porter | 9.4% | A deep and complex beer brewed with black, chocolate and crystal malts, and hopped with Cascade and Millennium hops. Savour slowly. |
Flying Dog | Raging Bitch | 8.3% | An American IPA augmented with Belgian yeast has a delicate hop bitterness. |
Flying Dog | Snake Dog IPA | 7.1% | A Colorado-style IPA, power hopped with speciality hops from the Pacific Northwest. This is a hop monster and the citrus fruit aroma will hypnotise your senses. |
Fordham Brewing Company | Copperhead Ale | 4.7% | A Düsseldorf-style Altbier which blends caramelized malted barley with pronounced hop character to create a subtle copper hue. It has a balanced flavour & impeccable smoothness. |
Fordham Brewing Company | Helles Lager | 5.7% | Clean & refreshing, this Bavarian-style lager uses four different German grains & three hop varieties to create an intricate flavour profile & a beautiful deep golden colour. |
Fordham Brewing Company | Tavern Ale | 5.5% | This American Pale Ale’s hop profile is complimented with an ample amount of malt flavour. It’s cold-conditioned on fresh whole-leaf Cascade hops creating an unmistakable citrus-like aroma. |
FX Matt | Adirondack Lager | 5.3% | A classic German-style lager with a rich amber colour, medium body, and a perfect balance of caramel malt sweetness |
FX Matt | Black Forest Lager | 5.3% | A Bavarian-style black beer with distinctive caramel malt sweetness and rich, creamy head. Very drinkable |
FX Matt | Saranac IPA | 5.8% | A hop lover's delight. This brew is very hoppy in both aroma and flavour from the generous amounts of cascade hops used in brewing. Look for a medium to full body and golden straw colour. |
FX Matt | Saranac Pale Ale | 5.5% | This true English Pale Ale is rich and fruity, yet finishes crisp. You'll love the copper amber colour and medium body. |
Goose Island | 312 Urban Wheat Ale | 4.2% | Hazy, cloudy appearance. A spicy aroma of Cascade hops, followed by the crispy, fruity ale flavour delivered in a smooth, creamy body. |
Goose Island | India Pale Ale | 5.9% | Quite simply a hop lover’s dream, this classic ale adds a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, to ensure that the long hop finish is one you’ll remember. |
Goose Island | Matilda | 7.0% | Matilda is made with a rare yeast that suggests a fruity and spicy flavour. There is complex maltiness balanced with a profuse amount of hops. |
Goose Island | Pepe Nero | 6.0% | A black rye saison that combines a roasted/smoky malt character in balance with a pepper spice from the yeast. Finishes dry with a refreshing level of carbonation. |
Goose Island | Pere Jacques | 8.0% | Strong, rich Belgian style Abbey Beer. |
Lagunitas | Hop Stoopid | 8.0% | Fruity and floral hops in the aroma. Lots of sweet caramel malt in the flavour but perfectly balanced with hop bitterness. |
Lagunitas | IPA | 5.7% | Made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts this redolent ale will likely float your boat. |
Lagunitas | Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale | 7.7% | Way smooth and silky with a nice wheaty-esque-ish-ness. Just the little sumpin' we all need to kick summer into full swing! |
Lagunitas | Pils | 5.3% | A Czech-style pilsner, a slightly hoppy, grassy aroma leads into a slightly malty-sweet, flavour. |
Lagunitas | Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale | 9.75% | An especially bitter ale in dedication to all the world’s would-be astronauts, in remembrance of the 2005 St. Patrick’s Day Massacre on the Brewery Party Grounds and also in joyous celebration of their 20-day suspension that following January. Do the crime. Do the time. Get the bragging rights. Cheers! |
Left Hand | 400 Pound Monkey | 6.8% | An English-style IPA using hops of a different colour, earthy and herbal, well balanced by bready malt. |
Left Hand | Imperial Stout | 10.4% | Silky smooth, very flavourful beer. The malty sweetness of the beer is tempered by a medley of roasted malt and the aggressive use of hops. |
Left Hand | Milk Stout | 5.9% | Strong roasted malt and coffee flavours build the foundation of this classic cream stout. The addition of milk sugars mellows the intense roastiness and gives this beer the most incredible creamy mouth feel. |
Left Hand | Sawtooth Ale | 5.3% | An English-style Extra Special Bitter. It is an extremely well balanced beer, with significant hop character, medium body, and a maltiness which increases in evidence as the beer warms. |
Moylans | Chelsea Moylan's Porter | 5.0% | A rich, robust porter, crafted to integrate the aromas and flavours of espresso coffee malt and bitter-sweet chocolate malt. This is an American-Irish style Porter that dark beer drinkers will love. |
Moylans | Dragoon's Dry Irish Stout | 5.0% | Dry, roasty and incredibly rich in flavour, made with a unique blend of imported hops and malted barley. |
Moylans | Hopsickle Imperial XXXIPA | 9.2% | Enjoy the blast of fresh Cascade, Simcoe, Columbus, Ahtanum, and Chinook Hops as they stimulate the taste buds in a truly Imperial Fashion. Pucker Up! |
Moylans | Ryan Sullivan's Imperial Stout | 10.0% | Chocolate truffles, cocoa, espresso coffee, burnt currants, the sweetness of a sherry - all come to mind when enjoying this Imperial Stout. A big, strong, malty stout. |
Odell | 90 Shilling Ale | 5.3% | An irresistibly smooth and delicious medium-bodied amber ale. |
Odell | Cutthroat Porter | 4.8% | Inspired by the London porters this beer has a deep, rich colour and flavour that hints at chocolate and coffee. |
Odell | Double Pilsner | 8.1% | Double Pilsner is a tribute to the pilsner style, heavily hopped but balanced with malt. |
Odell | Myrcenary Double IPA | 9.3% | Brewed with a blend of hops containing the highest levels of Myrcene, this double IPA prevails with a tropical fruit-like flavour, a pungent floral aroma, and a clean getaway. |
Odell | St Lupulin Extra Pale Ale | 6.5% | This dry-hopped extra pale ale has a pleasing floral aroma and a clean, crisp finish. |
Old Dominion Brewing Company | Oak Barrel Stout | 6.1% | "Smoked and peated malts create an intricate malt foundation. ""Dry hopping"" with vanilla beans and oak chips pushes the depth of this stout’s flavour spectrum even further." |
Rogue | Brutal IPA | 6.0% | An imperial bitter style using exotic traditional floor malts, citrus hoppy flavour, stupendous hop aroma. Full-bodied, deeply flavoured, intensely hoppy brew. There is nothing brutal about the rich, deep, mellow taste. Its crackling but not sharp… |
Rogue | Hazelnut Brown Nectar | 6.0% | Dark brown in colour with a hazelnut aroma, a rich nutty flavour and a smooth malty finish. |
Rogue | Juniper Pale Ale | 5.2% | A pale ale, saffron in colour with a smooth malt balance, floral aroma with a dry spicy finish from whole juniper berries. |
Rogue | Morimoto Soba Ale | 4.8% | The delicate flavour of roasted soba brings a nutty finish to this light and refreshing ale. |
Rogue | Shakespeare Stout | 5.5% | Ebony in colour, with roasted nut and earthy hop aromas on the nose. It has a medium body of chocolate, citrus peels, spice and nut flavours. This finish is of dark chocolate. |
Shipyard | Bluefin Stout | 5.0% | A classic Irish stout with a deep, almost black body and a creamy white head that is always pleasing to drink. |
Shipyard | Chamberlain Pale Ale | 5.0% | This is a classic, English-style pale ale with a golden copper colour. It is dry and crisp upfront with an aromatic, hoppy finish. |
Shipyard | Double Old Thumper | 11.2% | Double Old Thumper has a brilliant deep copper hue and spicy hop aroma with a complex malty finish featuring a dry Simcoe Hop bite. |
Shipyard | Imperial Porter | 7.1% | Imperial Porter is a full-bodied, very dark, malty beer with a good roasted character coming from the Crystal, Chocolate and Black Patent Malts used in the mash. Warrior, English Fuggles, and East Kent Goldings Hops balance the malts with a good hop bite. |
Shipyard | XXXX IPA | 9.3% | A non-traditional American IPA with a brilliant copper colour and the classic citrus nose of Cascade hops. This beer demonstrates a unique balance of malt-inspired, delicate red grapefruit sweetness and lingering hop dryness. |
Sierra Nevada | 30th Anniversary Brewers Reserve | 9.2% | A marriage of oak-aged Bigfoot, Celebration Ale, and fresh Pale Ale blended together and generously dry-hopped. |
Sierra Nevada | Bigfoot | 9.6% | An award-winning barley wine beer with a dense, floral bouquet, an extremely rich, intense palate and a deep reddish-brown colour. This ale is superbly balanced between an almost overpowering maltiness and a wonderful bittersweet hoppiness. |
Sierra Nevada | Glissade Golden Bock | 6.4% | With restrained sweetness, subtle malt flavour, balanced against delicate aromas of spicy and floral European hops. This complex balance helps Glissade slide across the palate. |
Sierra Nevada | Kellerweis | 4.8% | The nose is full of orange and other citrus fruits. The body is nicely balanced with a hint of malt and a bunch of alcohol, and perhaps a hint of honey. The beer lingers nicely with beautiful hop dryness. |
Sierra Nevada | Pale Ale | 5.6% | This beer has a deep amber colour and an exceptionally full-bodied, complex character. Generous quantities of hops give the Pale Ale its fragrant bouquet and spicy flavour. |
Sierra Nevada | Porter | 5.6% | Dark and rich, Sierra Nevada Porter is a delicious, medium-bodied ale with a creamy head. The Porter's smooth flavour (malty with hints of caramel) comes from a blend of deep-roasted barley malts. IBUs: 40 |
Sierra Nevada | Southern Hemisphere Harvest | 6.7% | Using freshly-picked hops from New Zealand, this beer has a robust hop character with an intriguing floral-citrus aroma leading to layers of fresh-hop spiciness. |
Sierra Nevada | Stout | 5.8% | Creamy, malty, and full-bodied, the Sierra Nevada Stout is satisfyingly rich. Caramel and Black malts give the Stout its deep, dark colour and pronounced roasted flavour. |
Sierra Nevada | Summerfest | 5.0% | Summerfest is a refreshing, pilsner-style lager. Its incredible smoothness comes from an extra-long lagering period. Lighter in body than an ale but just as complex in character, Summerfest quenches your thirst with big aroma and a tangy hop bite. |
Sierra Nevada | Torpedo Extra IPA | 7.2% | This is a big American IPA, bold and assertive and full of flavours and aromas highlighting the complex citrus, pine and herbal character of whole-cone American hops. |
Smuttynose | Big A IPA | 9.3% | The nose is full of orange and other citrus fruits. The body is nicely balanced with a hint of malt and a bunch of alcohol, and perhaps a hint of honey. The beer lingers nicely with beautiful hop dryness. |
Smuttynose | Old Brown Dog | 5.7% | "Dry-hopped with Crystal especially for GBBF. Old Brown Dog has been cited as a classic example of the ""American Brown Ale"" style of beer. Compared to a typical English Brown Ale, Old Brown Dog is fuller-bodied and more strongly hopped." |
Smuttynose | Robust Porter | 5.8% | Full-bodied and malty with undertones of coffee and chocolate and a bright, hoppy finish. |
Smuttynose | Shoals Pale Ale | 5.0% | Copper-coloured, medium-bodied and highly hopped. Its flavour is delightfully complex: tangy fruit at the start, with an assertive hop crispness and a long malty palate that one well-known beer writer has compared to the flavour of freshly-baked bread. |
Southern Tier | Pale Ale | 6.0% | Aggressively hopped with immense overtones of grapefruit and tangerine wrapped in a delicately refined body of pale barley and wheat. |
Southern Tier | Unearthly Imperial IPA | 9.8% | Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewer's art. Smell the enchanting aromas of the hops waft forward as you take your first sip. |
Stone | Arrogant Bastard Ale | 7.2% | "This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. ""You are not worthy""." |
Stone | Levitation Ale | 4.4% | This modest alcohol deep Amber Ale has a deep malt profile and big hop overtones showing off big citrus flavours. Dry-hopped with Amarillo hops. |
Stone | Smoked Porter | 5.9% | Stone Smoked Porter aged with American Oak that provide a strong vanilla and woody character. |
Stone | Stone IPA | 6.9% | A medium-bodied refreshing ale with a light-medium malt character and a heavy dose of over-the-top hops. Two full weeks of dry-hopping give this beer an abundant hop aroma and crisp hop flavour. |
The Bruery | Mischief | 8.5% | Belgian-style ale, golden and hoppy. Not quite evil, yet not to be trusted, this Golden Ale is effervescent, dry, hoppy and crisp-you’ll want to keep an eye out. |
The Bruery | Rugbrød | 8.0% | Brewed with three types of rye malt, this robust brown ale showcases the earthy, spicy character of the grain, complemented by bready, nutty barley malts and a hint of roast. |
The Bruery | Saison de Lente | 6.5% | Light blonde in colour with a fresh hoppiness and a wild and rustic Brettanomyces character. Lighter in colour and alcohol than Saison Rue, yet equally complex in its own way. |
The Bruery | Saison Rue | 8.5% | Belgian Style Ale brewed with rye and brettanomyces. A rustic, deep golden California farmhouse ale. |
Victory | Hop Wallop Double IPA | 8.5% | This vivid, lively pale ale celebrates the hop harvest with loads of aromatic splendour and bitter beauty draped over a lean malt body. |
Victory | Hopdevil | 6.7% | Bold, spicy and menacingly delicious, this American-hopped India Pale Ale offers an aromatic punch, and then follows through with a lasting full-bodied finish. |
Victory | Storm King Stout | 9.1% | With a huge Pacific Northwest hop aroma and character upfront, Storm King subsides into a massive, roast malt complexity. More flavour than mere words can adequately describe. Rich and substantial, it will warm your heart. |
Australian Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
Cooper's | Original Pale Ale | 4.5% | "This beer has a fruity character and robust flavour. Naturally fermented in the ""Burton-on-Trent"" style, a secondary fermentation creates the trademark sediment that gives 'Pale' its fine cloudy appearance. The nose has peppery hops, oranges and peaches. On the palate tangy fruit and spicy hops dominate and the finish comes through with hop bitterness and tart fruit." |
Cooper's | Sparking Ale | 5.8% | With its famous cloudy sediment and its distinctive balance of malt, hops and fruity characters, the old 'Red Label' is a tasty slice of Cooper's history. |
Cooper's | Vintage Ale | 7.5% | This strong ale imparts full rich flavours that are suitable for maturation. Brewed with choice malts and extended top fermentation this is a beer suitable for aging up to 18 months. |
Little Creatures | Pale Ale | 5.2% | Little Creatures is a pale ale made for those who want real flavour, yet still want a beer that displays great balance of flavour and refreshment. It has lovely fresh floral hop aromas which are joined by a mouth-filling explosion of clean full rich malts and citrus hop flavours on the palate to balance the firm bitter finish. A very complex yet highly drinkable beer. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Heart of Darkness | 9.6% | An imperial Stout in style but with a stronger accent on chocolate malt over the roast barley, some rummy, port notes, and underpinning it all, some classic Belgian esters and very light phenolics from the yeast. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Icon 2IPA | 7.5% | Extensive hopping creates intense citrus, passionfruit and peppery characters in the flavour and aroma balanced by sweet biscuity malt, which finishes with full bodied, rich and with a rounded bitterness. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Nirvana Pale Ale | 4.5% | Nirvana Pale Ale is a hybrid of an American Pale Ale combined with the classic English Pale Ale style to produce a New World Pale Ale. A brilliant golden colour, it has a fresh citrusy/spicy aroma and flavour, balanced with biscuity/toffee flavours from the malt and finishes full-bodied with a complex character and bitterness. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Punch and Judy's | 3.9% | Strong British malt flavour with the rich, nutty caramel flavour of the dark crystal malt is balanced by the strong hop flavour and aroma of the NZ Riwaka and Motueka hops. At 3.9% it results in a great, full-flavoured, hoppy session ale. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Spartacus Imperial IPA | 10.0% | too many hop additions to count, aromas of tropical fruit and pine. More citrus in the flavour which is balanced by a sweet maltiness and then the warming alcohol comes through. |
Murray's Craft Brewing | Wild Thing Imperial Stout | 10.0% | Impossible to see through even when held up to the light. Aromas of strong, dark chocolate, a little fruitiness from the hops and yeast and some rum notes from the alcohol. The flavour is an intense hit of mocha – bitter, dark chocolate bordering on coffee. Some malt sweetness but an aggressive hop bitterness and roast grain bite to balance. |
Danish Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
Amager | Hr. Fredriksen | 10.5% | 8 different types of malts were used, and it is the dark and heavily roasted ones that give the beer its colour and almost extreme full body. The bitterness is also delivered by the heavily roasted malts backed up by the American Centennial hops. This is an experience which should be enjoyed slowly, but in return will last all night warming you with its alcohol and challenging charm. |
Amager | Rugporter | 8.5% | With a rye content of 16% it gives this beer a fantastic sweet flavour with a titillating spicy edge, which, combined with a discreet and balancing acidity, is not surprisingly reminiscent of rye bread. |
Evil Twin | Yang | 10.0% | Here is one half of a 'Black and Tan beer. Not any Black and Tan, but where a pompous, thick bastard and a laid-back, hoppy guy meet and the perfect beer-balance occurs. Mix with Yin Yang, or enjoy this evil Imperial IPA solo. |
Evil Twin | Yin | 10.0% | Here is one half of a 'Black and Tan beer. Not any Black and Tan, but where a pompous, thick bastard and a laid-back, hoppy guy meet and the perfect beer-balance occurs. Mix with Yin Yang, or enjoy this evil Imperial Stout solo. |
Mikkeller | Big Worse | 12.0% | The nose is malty with a lot of alcohol. The flavour is more of the same but with herbal no9tes from the hops. |
Mikkeller | Big Worst Barrel Aged Bourbon Edition | 19.2% | Lots of bourbon on the nose and also vanilla and toffee with a slight sour, woody note. Very complex flavour including, caramel, vanilla, bourbon, cherries, with a smooth finish. |
Mikkeller | Black (Islay Edition) | 17.5% | Aged for 4 months in Islay whisky barrels. Plenty of peat and smoke on the nose. On the palate lots of dark chocolate and a hint of whisky and quite sweet. A very intense beer. |
Mikkeller | Black Extra Strong (Whisky Edition) | 17.5% | The strongest beer in Scandinavia. This imperial stout is the craziest, wildest, strongest beer from Mikkeller to this date. Not for sissies.......! Sample it fresh or store it for many many years to come! |
Mikkeller | Black Hole | 13.1% | Daring, vulgar and extreme, this warming, intense imperial stout has a high bitterness from the hops and a sweetness from the malt and alcohol, creates a good balance which makes Black Hole an explosion of nuances, but also leaves a feeling of a perfect and complex beer – in the heavyweight category. |
Mikkeller | Cream Ale / Revelation Cat | 5.0% | Inspired by pre-prohibition America, this beer has an aroma of caramel and vanilla, the taste is lightly sweet with a nice crisp hoppiness. Refreshing. |
Mikkeller | Drikkeriget GIPA | 6.6% | Yeasty, citrusy aroma. Medium-bodied with a light, dry hoppiness. |
Mikkeller | Funky E-Ster | 9.39% | Fruity, spicy aroma. Slightly funky taste with a bready sweetness. |
Mikkeller | George (Bourbon Edition) | 11.1% | Aroma of dark chocolate, bourbon and vanilla. Flavour is roasted malt with bitter chocolate and a long, bourbon finish. |
Mikkeller | Not Just Another Wit | 7.6% | A hybrid, IPA and witbier? Lots of citrusy fruits on the nose with more of the same in the taste along with notes of cloves and coriander. |
Mikkeller | Santa's Little Helper 2009 | 10.9% | Sweet aroma with hints of chocolate, nutmeg and other spices. Flavour is malty with more chocolate, cinnamon and tar. |
Mikkeller | Spontanframboos | 7.7% | A funky, fruity aroma predominantly raspberries. Tart, with more raspberries, citrus and woody notes. Very refreshing. |
Mikkeller | Spontankriek | 7.7% | Aroma is sweet with cherries and yeasty notes. Sour with a light, cherry flavour and woody hints. |
Mikkeller | The American Dream | 4.6% | A pilsener style beer hopped like an IPA. A herbal, hoppy aroma, a nice refreshing beer. |
Mikkeller | USAlive! | 8.0% | The aroma is grapefruity and piney hops. Sweet maltiness is well balanced by citrusy hops on the palate. |
Japanese Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
Baird | Angry Boy Brown Ale | 6.2% | Fleeting malty sweetness and warmth hide complexity, a barely controlled bitterness, and, naturally, a bit of an angry edge. |
Baird | Kurofune Porter | 6.0% | This classic dark English ale is flinty, oily and wonderfully smooth. It is teasingly acrid with notes of bitter chocolate and coffee. The inclination is to resist; the result is acquiescence and embrace. |
Baird | Rising Sun Pale Ale | 5.1% | In the American west-coast style. It sports a beautiful, soft, citrus hop aroma which gives way to a round, honeyed-fruit flavour. The finish is crisp and refreshing. |
Baird | Suruga Bay Imperial IPA | 7.5% | This beer has a dryness of character and a powerful hop aroma through dry-hopping twice. Notes of grapefruit, pineapple, oranges are balanced by a sweet maltiness. |
Baird | Teikoku IPA | 6.0% | This brew bursts with hop character while still achieving a sublime balance due to a firm, robust malt backbone. It is a cross between an English-style and American-style India Pale Ale that is full-bodied and refreshing all at once. |
Hitachino Nest | Espresso Stout | 7.5% | Caramel, roasted, black and chocolate malts provide an explosion of coffee like flavours. The strong espresso character comes from the addition of espresso beans to the boil. Notes of vanilla, dark fruit, cocoa and chocolate. Aromas of chocolate, roasted bitterness, blackcurrants and dark fruits. |
Hitachino Nest | Japanese Classic Ale | 7.5% | Brewed following the original India Pale Ale brought to Japan in the 19th century . It is slowly matured in Cedar casks which are commonly used in the brewing of traditional Japanese sake. |
Hitachino Nest | Nipponia | 6.5% | "Brewed using two Japanese original materials; ""Kaneko Golden,"" the Japanese ancient barley, and ""Sorachi Ace,"" the hop which once was bred in Japan. Enjoy the citrus flavour, golden colour and the complex taste." |
Hitachino Nest | Red Rice Ale | 7.0% | Brewed with special red rice which had been cultured in ancient times in Japan. Please enjoy the complex taste and beautiful natural colour. |
Hitachino Nest | White Ale | 5.5% | Hitachino Nest White Ale is brewed in the tradition of a Belgian style white beer with coriander, nutmeg, orange peel and orange juice. |
New Zealand Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
8 Wired | Rewired Brown Ale | 5.7% | Malty aromas with hints of caramel and citrus hops. The flavour has a solid roasted malt backbone with hints of coffee. |
Epic | Mayhem | 6.2% | This beer’s fresh earthy aromas and rich flavours taste like they have more in common with darker beers than this golden coloured brew. It’s big on green fresh hoppy flavours with an interesting bitter twist at the very finish stretching out the taste to a lingering conclusion. |
Epic | Thornbridge Stout | 6.8% | Smooth, voluptuous, rich and dark, brewed with 8 different malts this is a silky, decadent yet hoppy stout. |
Mike's Organic Brewery | Organic Ale | 4.0% | A full-strength mild which is less bitter on the palate than fully hopped beers, with malt and barley tones dominating the flavour. |
Mike's Organic Brewery | Organic Double IPA | 9.0% | Inspired by the hoppy English pale ales but leaning toward the highly hopped American variety. The aroma is complex with tropical fruit including passion fruit, pineapple and melons all vying for attention. The flavour has sweet tropical fruits balanced out by the strong biscuity malt flavour and absolutely intense hop bitterness. The very full mouth feel and glowing warm aftertaste serve to further keep the hop bitterness in check. |
Mike's Organic Brewery | Organic Lager | 4.8% | A crisp beer with citrus undertones, a full malt character and a dry, crisp taste. |
Mike's Organic Brewery | Organic Pilsner | 5.0% | This beer is bursting with fresh zesty aroma, the New Zealand aromatic hops are proudly presented in their full glory. The crisp bitter flavour is complimented by a full malt body and rounded mouth-feel. |
Renaissance | Discovery American Pale Ale | 4.5% | Brewed using native Cascade and Willamette hops this beer displays honeyed characteristics and the subtle hop flavours lead to a slightly sweet finish on the palate. |
Renaissance | Elemental Porter | 6.0% | A classic English Porter. It is a medium-bodied beer with chocolate and roasted notes. Extremely well balanced and hopped with a native hop variety. |
Renaissance | Perfection Pale Ale | 5.0% | With an aromatic hoppy nose, creamy, biscuity, and toffee followed by 45 IBU’s don’t miss this one. |
Renaissance | Stonecutter Scotch Ale | 7.0% | 9 malts are blended together to produce layers of caramel, toffee, liquorice, chocolate and roasty flavours. These are balanced by a tart, raisiny frutiness that gives way to a lingering dry finish. |
Norwegian Beers:
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
Haandbryggeriet | Bestefar | 9.0% | Complex aroma with coffee, cocoa, chocolate. Bittersweet flavour with roasted malts, dark fruits and toffee. |
Haandbryggeriet | Norwegian Wood | 6.5% | A woody and smoky aroma dominate this beer. On the palate it has a bold bitterness and hints of juniper berries. |
The following beers have all been supplied courtesy of the International Beer Challenge. They are all extremely rare beers and are in very limited quantities.
International Beer Challenge Beers:
Country | Brewery | Beer | ABV |
Australia | Bridge Road Brewers | Beechworth Pale Ale | 4.8% |
Australia | Bridge Road Brewers | Bling India Pale Ale | 5.8% |
Australia | Bridge Road Brewers | Robust Porter | 5.2% |
Australia | Degrees Brewery | Dubbel | 6.1% |
Australia | Degrees Brewery | Rauchbier | 5.2% |
Australia | Endeavour | 2010 Reserve Amber Ale | 5.2% |
Australia | Endeavour | 2010 Reserve Pale Ale | 4.5% |
Australia | Hawthorn Brewing Co | Amber Ale | 4.7% |
Australia | Hawthorn Brewing Co | Pilsner | 4.6% |
Australia | Hawthorn Brewing Co | Premium Pale Ale | 4.7% |
Australia | Mclaren Vale | Vale Ale | 4.5% |
Australia | Mclaren Vale | Vale Dry | 4.5% |
Australia | Mountain Goat | Australian Pale Ale | 6.2% |
Australia | Mountain Goat | Double Hightail | 6.8% |
Australia | Mountain Goat | Surefoot Stout | 4.9% |
Australia | Nail Brewing | Clout Stout 2011 | 10.6% |
Australia | Nail Brewing | Nail Brown Ale | 4.4% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Baltic Porter | 8.7% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Bitter | 3.5% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Framboise Froment | 5.0% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Oktoberfest Lager | 5.8% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Porter | 5.0% |
Australia | Redoak | Redoak Special Strong Bitter | 5.6% |
Chile | Kross | (Curaca) Abbey Ale | 7.5% |
Chile | Kross | Golden Ale | 5.0% |
Chile | Kross | Kross 5 | 7.2% |
Chile | Kross | Kross Lupulus | 5.5% |
Chile | Kross | Kross Maibock | 6.5% |
Chile | Kross | Kross Pilsner | 4.9% |
Chile | Kross | Kross Stout | 5.2% |
Greece | Septem | Septem Friday Pale Ale | 4.7% |
Greece | Septem | Septem Mondays Pilsner | 5.0% |
Greece | Septem | Septem Sundays Honey Golden Ale | 6.5% |
Italy | Amarcord | Riserva Speciale | 9.5% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Bitterland | 5.0% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Brass Weiss | 4.5% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Mahogany IPA | 6.0% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Oak Pils | 4.8% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Old Jack | 6.3% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Rust Ale | 5.5% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Stone Ale | 6.5% |
Italy | Doppio Malto | Zingibeer | 4.6% |
Italy | Ducato | Bia Bitter Ale | 4.2% |
Italy | Ducato | Bia Golden Ale | 4.5% |
Italy | Ducato | Bia IPA | 6.5% |
Italy | Ducato | Bia Oatmeal Stout | 4.5% |
Italy | Ducato | Sally Brown Caffè Baracco | 5.2% |
Italy | Ducato | Via Emilia | 5.0% |
Italy | Statalenove | Kristal | 3.5% |
Italy | Statalenove | Miss Kartola | 5.5% |
Italy | Statalenove | Ponente | 6.0% |
Italy | Tenute Collesi | Ambrata Fiat Lux | 7.5% |
Italy | Tenute Collesi | Bionda Alter | 6.0% |
Italy | Tenute Collesi | Bionda Ego | 6.0% |
Italy | Tenute Collesi | Imperiale Nera Maior | 8.0% |
Italy | Tenute Collesi | Ubi Rossa | 8.0% |
Italy | Turbacci | Black | 6.5% |
Italy | Turbacci | Quinn | 4.8% |
Italy | Turbacci | Strong Ale | 8.8% |
Italy | Turbacci | Super | 7.5% |
Italy | Valscura | Fich | 8.0% |
Italy | Valscura | Matrimoni Ale | 7.5% |
New Zealand | McCashin Family Brewery | Stoke Amber | 4.5% |
New Zealand | McCashin Family Brewery | Stoke Dark | 4.5% |
New Zealand | McCashin Family Brewery | Stoke Gold | 4.5% |
Singapore | Archipelago | Belgian Wit | 4.7% |
Singapore | Archipelago | Bohemian Lager | 4.8% |
Singapore | Archipelago | Hickory Smoked IPA | 5.6% |
Singapore | Archipelago | Irish Ale | 5.0% |
Singapore | Archipelago | Summer Ale | 4.5% |
Singapore | Asia Pacific Breweries | ABC Extra | 7.0% |
Ohhh hope i get to try some of those japanese beers and EPIC mayhem amongst others.
ReplyDeleteyeah pretty much those beers are high up, my take home list. I recon im gonna find more than i can carry again this year.
ReplyDeleteIs it all bottled? I've got a long list of stuff to try from here, may have to prioritize...
ReplyDeleteyeah all the beers on this list is bottles as far as i understand
ReplyDeleteAustralia - Mclaren Vale - Vale Ale - 4.5%
ReplyDeleteCracking beer. Wins loads of awards in Oz. Always seek it out when visiting the relatives!
Murrays beers from Australia are worth trying too.
Wish I was heading down now... still time I guess.
I will try remember to add that to my list of beers to pick up then :-)
ReplyDeleteNice post.Yeah pretty much those beers are high up,Lychee Beer Singapore and Fruit Beer Singapore
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