Monday, 21 May 2012

Kozel Dark, Plzensky Pradzdroj, Plzen, Czech Republic

3.8%
500mL crown seal
Armik Group Pty Ltd, Dandenong, Victoria

Light and easy drinking for a dark - surprisingly light, given the colour and style, mild. If you were going gto go for a session dark, this would be a good choice, but there's not much flavour to back it up.

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Bedfordshire, England

5.2%
 500mL Crown sealed bottle

Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Wells and Young's
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

It's a bit of a novelty beer, given the added "chocolate flavour", but it's an easy drinker, and it does the job as a substantial, creamy, mellow beer to round off the night.

Little Creatures Single Batch, Big Dipper, Western Australia

7.8%
568mL Crown seal

Hopped up, a double hopped IPA, but doesn't suffer for it. Maybe a bit too hoppy at the end - as a schooner it'd do nicely. Columbus, Cascade, Chinook, Stella, Centennial, Citra and Simcoe hops.

If you want to go for a hopped beer, this is a better option than a lot of the blow your head off IPAs.

Estrella Damm Inedit, Barcelona, Spain

4.8%
750mL Crown seal

Wheat beer designed in conjunction with Ferran Adria (!) to be versatile to pair with a lot of dishes, and suffers for its attempt at versatility. It's a flat drinker - no real flavour to it, but gives the grassy wheat beer aftertaste. Decently priced and looks good in the bottle, but that's about it.

Mad Brewers Hoppy Hefe, Malt Shovel Brewery, Sydney

7%
640mL crown seal

A hybrid - hopped up (US-style), wheat beer (German style). The extra hopping kills off the grass flavour that normally sours the wheat beers. Motueka and Citra hops.