SLOWBEER'S NEWS, REVIEWS & ARRIVALS - SCANDI MADNESS!

Hectic week as usual, with an endless amount of crazy new beers coming through the doors from our favorite Scandi producers. Fresh off the back of winning Champion Exhibitor at this years AIBA, Nogne O have a number of brilliant new beers & also Mikkeller are doing the same at a ridiculous rate, given he doesn’t actually have a brewery. Last but not least we will be tapping a delicious, fresh keg of Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable IPA for growlers!

SCANDI MADNESS!
NEW FROM MIKKELLER (DEN)
1000 IBU 375ml $32.00 – Theoretical IBU (bitterness) of 1000, to say this Imperial IPA is a hop bomb would be an understatement!
Big Worst Bourbon 375ml $41.00 – A big, bruising 19% abv barley wine aged in bourbon barrels
Black Hole Red Wine 375ml $29.00 – Black Hole (coffee, honey & vanilla imperial stout) aged in red wine barrels
Black Hole Bourbon 375ml $29.00 – As above + aged in bourbon barrels
Black Hole Peat 375ml $29.00 – As above + aged in peated whisky barrels
Black Hole Rum 375ml $29.00 – As above + aged in rum barrekls
Black Tie 500ml $32.00 – The 007 of beers, 11.5% abv imperial stout brewed with smoked malt & honey + aged in whisky barrels
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Bourbon 500ml $44.50 – Imperial Oatmeal Coffee Stout aged in bourbon barrels
Beer Hop Breakfast 500ml $19.50 – A robustly hopped version of their Beer Geek Breakfast Imperial Oatmeal Coffee Stout
Ten IPA 330ml $10.00 – A blend of all 10 beers in the Single Hop IPA series
George! 250ml $19.50 – A bold & heavily roasted 11% imperial stout
Yeast Series US Ale 330ml $10.00 – The next of Mikkeller’s education series & a home brewers delight
Yeast Series Belgian Ale 330ml $10.00
Yeast Series Brettanomyces 330ml $10.00
Yeast Series Hefeweizen 330ml $10.00
Yeast Series Lager 330ml $10.00

NEW FROM NOGNE O (NOR)
Sunturnbrew 500ml $19.50 - An interesting spin on the classic barleywine. Brewed with rye & smoked malt
Red Horizon 250ml $19.50 – American strong ale brewed with sake yeast
Sweet Horizon 250ml $17.00 – Sweeter style Coffee Imperial Stout
Dark Horizon #2 500ml $64.00 – Last years 2nd Edition of this legendary imperial stout has been released from the cellar!
#500 500ml $17.00 – Imperial IPA brewed for specially for their 500th batch!

FRESH STOCKS
Mikkeller Black Hole 375ml $20.00
Mikkeller Black 375ml $23.00
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast 500ml $16.00
Nogne O Imperial Brown Ale 500ml $14.50
Nogne O IPA 500ml $14.50
Nogne O Imperial Stout 500ml $16.00
Nogne O #100 500ml $16.00
Nogne O Andhriminir Barleywine 500ml $17.00
Nogne O Sahti 500ml $17.00

FILLING ON GROWLERS
Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable IPA
We’ve been waiting on this one for a while & its finally here! The Corne du Diable is a US style IPA, with rich caramel & toffee malt presence but a big citrusy, piney bitterness on the finish. Certainly one for the hopheads & given we only have 1 keg, you’ll have to be quick. We will start filling growlers of it on Saturday & continue until the keg is dry! $25 for the fill, $40 including growler.
UP NEXT WEEK: Bridge Rd B2Bomber

BEER & BREWER MAG BEST BEER VENUE – VOTE FOR US!
The brilliant beer & brewer mag is running a competition to find the best beer venue in Oz! There are a number of categories, of which we fit into the Bottle Shop (300+ beers). We would very much appreciate if you could show us some support & vote for us. After all, we are the only 100% dedicated craft beer store in Oz & also the only non-brewery in the country to be offering growler fills. If only they had categories for that! Unfortunately they don’t, so be sure to mention this & all that is great about slowbeer :)

If you love us as much as we hope & your keen to show it, then simply click on the link & fill in required fields:
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SLOWBEER'S NEWS, REVIEWS & ARRIVALS

Its been a busy few weeks, with plenty of punters coming in off the back of our feature in The Age Epicure. The demand for growlers has been so high that I have gone ahead & organized the next few months worth of kegs, so as not to run out! Rest assured there are plenty of exciting brews on the way. Of course not to be forgotten is our ever increasing bottled range, with a great selection arriving this week!

NEW RELEASES
FROM AUSTRALIA
Beard & Brau (SA) Bon Chiens 330ml $4.00 – French style farmhouse ale
Beard & Brau Black Snout 750ml $13.00 – Delicious milk stout with mocha & vanilla notes
Bootleg (WA) Oatmeal Stout 330ml $5.00

FROM CANADA
Dieu du Ciel Equinox du Printemps 341ml $9.00 – Scotch ale brewed with maple syrup
Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt 341ml $9.00 – 10.5% abv Belgian style quadruple
Les Trois Mousquetaires Maibock 750ml $16.00
Les Trois Mousquetaires Kellerbier 750ml $16.00
Les Trois Mousquetaires Sticke Altbier 750ml $16.00

FRESH STOCKS
FROM AUSTRALIA
Brewboys (SA) Ace of Spades 330ml $5.00 – Excellent foreign export style stout, roasty & bittersweet on the finish
Brewboys Seeing Double 330ml $5.50 – Rich, malty & mildly peaty Scotch Ale
Lobethal Bierhaus (SA) Choc Oat Stout 330ml $4.50 – Lovely winter tipple, rich & full of flavor but not too over the top
Steam Exchange (SA) Truffels 330ml $5.50 – Strong ale fortified with bourbon, attributing a nice vanilla character

FROM CANADA
Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel 341ml $8.50 – Rich & robust Imperial Coffee Stout
Dieu du Ciel Aphrodisiaque 341ml $8.00 – Coca & vanilla infused stout
Dieu du Ciel Route des Espices 341ml $6.50 – Rye ale brewed with black & green peppercorns

BEER & BREWER MAG BEST BEER VENUE – VOTE FOR US!
The brilliant beer & brewer mag is running a competition to find the best beer venue in Oz! There are a number of categories, of which we fit into the Bottle Shop (300+ beers). We would very much appreciate if you could show us some support & vote for us. After all, we are the only 100% dedicated craft beer store in Oz & also the only non-brewery in the country to be offering growler fills. If only they had categories for that! Unfortunately they don’t, so be sure to mention this & all that is great about slowbeer :)

If you love us as much as we hope & your keen to show it, then simply click on the link & fill in required fields:
http://www.beerandbrewer.com/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=4

BREWDOG PUNK IPA ON GROWLER FILLS!

BREWDOG PUNK IPA ON GROWLER FILLS!

After some great press & seemingly a long absence (it was only 1 week!), we now have a great new beer on growler fills. Many know Scotland’s Brewdog for their outlandish attitude towards brewing & perhaps it is quite apt that we are now offer their Punk IPA.

Much like many Brewdog offerings, this brew isn't your normal IPA. Being very much in the modern style, brimming with lychee, kiwi & passion fruit notes from chinook, simcoe, athanum & nelson sauvin hops. However the use of an ultra pale malt variety attributes some very delicate honey notes, letting the hops do the talking. In typical IPA fashion, the finish is long with a grassy, herbaceous bitterness.
Specs: IBUs – 68, ABV - 6%, Std drinks – 9

FILLS ARE $25 IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A SLOWBEER GROWLER

Cellar Notes - St Bernardus

Prior 8
Vintage: best before June 2010
Consumed: August 2010

Probably about 3 years old. Holding up well if a little unspectacular. Shows all the usual dubbel traits and also has a nice, albeit it mild, chocolate overlay. Carbonation is a little softer than I remember. Lacks some punch in the flavour department and I'm not sure cellaring any further will benefit.

Cellar Notes - Emersons

Old 95 Old English Ale
Vintage: 2007
Consumed: August 2010

Glad I hung onto a few bottles of this. Looking really good at 3 years although clearly a less malty / porter-like beer than I remember. Hops are in very good shape across the nose and palate although the malt lends a nice sweet supporting hand, albeit in an elegant fashion. Still very fresh to my tastes. Should see out 5 years.

SLOWBEER'S NEWS, REVIEWS & ARRIVALS

Short & sweet again this week. The addition of some great limited releases from a local, a chance to try some of Japans best craft beers & a reminder of our Mikkeller showcase session on Sunday. Also, our good friend James Smith (aka The Crafty Pint) has been busy spreading some love for us!
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/takeaway-draught--what-next-20100802-11336.html

FEATURE BEERS
RED DUCK (VIC)
Ugly Duckling Braggot 330ml $19.50
Great to see red duck back onto the small batch releases. Braggot has been somewhat of an unknown quantity among many brewers, being that it is no more beer, than it is mead. In essence, Braggot is a spiced honey & malt beverage, with hops sometimes utilized. Certainly a common misconception about “honey beers” is that they are all sweet. On the contrary, honey is highly fermentable & often the sweetness is lost in the brewing process, while an earthy honey character remains. In this case that earthiness compliments the array of spices & traditional hops employed. As the name states, this is somewhat of a dirty looking brew, couple that with the rather high abv of 14.3% (for beer at least, not so much for mead) & you have a really intriguing & quite endearing brew!

Loch Ness Whisky Aged Scotch Ale 330ml $6.00
Indeed a match made in heaven. The guys have sourced old whisky barrels from the local Timboon Distillery & housed this brew in them for 6 weeks. The result is a beer with rich caramel/toffee notes, a hint of dark roasted malt & some lovely, subtle oak/whisky notes. Exceptional value for a barrel aged beer.

BAIRD TASTING!
NEXT FRIDAY 13th August 5-7pm
Somewhat surprisingly the Baird range of beers have flown under the radar since arriving in store. I often think that some have the mentality that US craft beers are the be all & end all, thus some real gems can go unnoticed.

In a bid to give these brews the chance they deserve, we will be having 2 of their best on tasting next week:
Baird Dark Sky Imperial Stout 650ml $19.00
Baird West Coast Wheatwine 650ml $20.00

Come by for a chat & a sample of these brilliant brews, you wont be disappointed!

MIKKELLER WINTER WARMER SHOWCASE - REMINDER, THIS SUNDAY!
Line-up includes:
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel – Imperial Oatmeal Stout brewed with kopi luwak, the world’s most obscure & expensive coffee (RRP $32.00)
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Highland Edition – As above + aged in Highland Whisky casks (RRP $40.00)
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Islay Edition – As above + aged in Islay Whisky casks (RRP $40.00)
Black – Huge, thick & rich Imperial stout fermented with champagne yeast to get to a heady 18%abv (RRP $23.00)
Black Whisky Edition – As above + aged in French Whiskey casks (RRP $42.00)
Black Peated Edition – As above + aged in Peated Whiskey casks (RRP $42.00)

When: Sunday 8th August 7pm
Cost: $30.00 to try ALL beers ($210 value!)
+ Attendees receive 10% DISCOUNT on any purchase that night
IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP!

THE BEER LOVERS GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA
Stocks of this brilliant book have just arrived in store. The guide provides comprehensive info on Australian beers, breweries, bars & stores (of which we are included!). At $30.00 each, this annual release truly is great value & the perfect gift for any self respecting beer nerd.

SLOWBEER'S MIKKELLER WINTER WARMER SHOWCASE - THIS WEEK!

MIKKELLER WINTER WARMER SHOWCASE - THIS WEEK!
After the success of our recent Barrel Aged tasting, I figured we’d better get cracking & decide on a theme for our next in August. With some careful consideration (of the weather) & in keeping with what we originally promised we have decided to offer the following:

Beer Geek Brunch Weasel – Imperial Oatmeal Stout brewed with kopi luwak, the world’s most obscure & expensive coffee (RRP $32.00)
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Highland Edition – As above + aged in Highland Whisky casks (RRP $40.00)
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Islay Edition – As above + aged in Islay Whisky casks (RRP $40.00)
Black – Huge, thick & rich Imperial stout fermented with champagne yeast to get to a heady 18%abv (RRP $23.00)
Black Whisky Edition – As above + aged in French Whiskey casks (RRP $42.00)
Black Peated Edition – As above + aged in Peated Whiskey casks (RRP $42.00)

When: BOTH Wednesday 4th August 7pm (FULL!) & Sunday 8th August 7pm
Cost: $30.00 to try ALL beers ($210 value!)
+ Attendees receive 10% DISCOUNT on any purchase that night

+ 20% DISCOUNT on any purchase of the beers on tasting that night
IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP AS IT IS THIS WEEK!

email: sales@slowbeer.com.au if your keen :)