Picked this up last night. I think most amber or dark ales I've tried have been malt driven. This one was much hoppier ( is that a word). It had a nice caramel malt flavour under the hops.

At 7% it felt like I'd drunk more than I did.

Yep, "hoppier" is most definitely a word, and also a valid descriptor for a lot of hoppy beers.

Based on the name of the beer, I suspect you should also be tasting some nutty characters (some sort of nut flavour/ dryness).

I visited the Bent Spoke last time I was in Canberra, and was keen to visit ever since I saw it under construction during a visit to Canberra to judge at the Homebrew National titles a few years back.

Great beer, great brewer, great venue.

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by Uncle Seth

Thanks @Uncle Seth .   You're probably right about the nuttyness. I'll have to go back for another one to make sure. ?.

 

Unfortunately my palate doesn't extend much past 'hoppy' or 'malty.  I got right into homebrew a few years back and learned to pick a few hop varieties by taste. I remember taking a shine to Amarillo hops 

 

Bcak to the Red Nut. Another thing I liked about it was, on opening the wide mouth can, you could see some of the sediment that had been disturbed.  I like beer that hasn't been filtered to buggery. #realbeer   

This is a good website:

https://craftypint.com/breweries?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Whats Happening Brother&utm_content=Whats Happening Brother+CID_08bac078eda9684bc68ca194231b519e&utm_source=Email marketing&utm_term=BREWERIES

All that talk of beer, happened to pass the Belair emporium on way home from the Dr  and ;

 

26 minutes ago, frankn said:

All that talk of beer, happened to pass the Belair emporium on way home from the Dr  and ;

 

Nice, go Frank!!

 

Hope you are on the mend...

All that talk of beer, happened to pass the Belair emporium on way home from the Dr  and ;
 

Who needs Drs when you have so much medicine

Drinking a glass of the Fullers London Pride while listening to a suitable London band of my yoof:

The Who - Live at Leeds. 

52 minutes ago, frankn said:

All that talk of beer, happened to pass the Belair emporium on way home from the Dr  and ;

 

Sorted for the night!

Good to see audio content in the post....... the isolation platform.

23 hours ago, Luc said:

<snips>Will be in South Oz soon so will try to chase up some new IPA's while there.

 

Any Croweaters know of some good bottleshops for small brewery beers and independents?

A bit of a ways (but not a long way) from Glenelg is the Wheatie--the Wheatsheaf Hotel (http://wheatsheafhotel.com.au) where they have their own "brewing corps" as well as a huge selection on tap.

 

You can both taste and take-away. Open fires, live music, comfy chairs, no pokies.

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by GregWormald

duplicate post--sorry

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by GregWormald
duplicate post--sorry

3 minutes ago, GregWormald said:

A bit of a ways (but not a long way) from Glenelg is the Wheatie--the Wheatsheaf Hotel (http://wheatsheafhotel.com.au) where they have their own "brewing corps" as well as a huge selection on tap.

 

You can both taste and take-away. Open fires, live music, comfy chairs, no pokies.

 

Yep. Another vote for the Wheaty. Fantastic beers ,mostly brewed on the premises. No pokies and fantastic live bands which are often free. Nice friendly atmosphere and no drunk bogans

23 minutes ago, GregWormald said:

A bit of a ways (but not a long way) from Glenelg is the Wheatie--the Wheatsheaf Hotel (http://wheatsheafhotel.com.au) where they have their own "brewing corps" as well as a huge selection on tap.

 

You can both taste and take-away. Open fires, live music, comfy chairs, no pokies.

Greg. Thanks for this knowledge, it sounds wonderful.

17 minutes ago, rantan said:

 

Yep. Another vote for the Wheaty. Fantastic beers ,mostly brewed on the premises. No pokies and fantastic live bands which are often free. Nice friendly atmosphere and no drunk bogans

RT. You already know that we're both on the same wavelength with most things.

Further proof if needed is this: no drunk bogans

 

 

Lovely little number from NZ and some Radiohead, chur.?

2 hours ago, Luc said:

Further proof if needed is this: no drunk bogans

 

 

I guess you should not attend the establishment to ensure the "reputation" remain intact......

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by The Fez

On 18/07/2018 at 9:48 PM, enikoy said:

So I take it that it is slighty hoppy ?

 

I might have a crack at brewing that, if I can source those hops.

 

The results are in. Mine turned out a bit darker and less aromatic due to reduced dry hopping. Two nice, vaguely similar beers in those glasses ?

 

 

I went looking for more hoppy dark ales. This one is a porter.

Now this is nice. Very easy drinking. I don't know who comes up with the silly blurb on the back though.

To @Pops110 Dad.

 

 

 

 @Darren69 Cheers ? 

 

ps. I still haven’t had one. 3 years and 3 months yesterday. 

11 minutes ago, Pops110 said:

 @Darren69 Cheers ? 

 

ps. I still haven’t had one. 3 years and 3 months yesterday. 

Awesome will power.

Working on my desktop PC, getting it back up and running...while having a Beer of course: Menabrea, very smooth..I'm enjoying it, onto my second.

 

Currently in the French Alps and found this local Blonde to my liking. I enjoyed her with Mme T

39 minutes ago, proftournesol said:

Currently in the French Alps and found this local Blonde to my liking. I enjoyed her with Mme T

I thought you were going to say its was an Au Pair- seems to be all the rage in Oz at present

2 hours ago, proftournesol said:

Currently in the French Alps and found this local Blonde to my liking. I enjoyed her with Mme T

I looked up Mme T and it's a test for dementia.