Interesting. I tried a couple of their brews at the Bitter & Twisted festival (http://www.bitterandtwisted.com.au) last year and found them quite interesting and palletable.
There are quite a few Tassie microbreweries now.
Two Metre Tall makes some nice beers and Dark Isle Brewery sounds like it has an interested range.
You could always lobby for the Moo Brew Imperial Stout too!!
I'll definately be mentioning the problem to the HBS where I bought it from. I'llleaveituptohim todecideifhewants totake itup with the distributor.
I'll definately be sticking to Fermentis dry yeasts from now on....
Interesting.... and I see that you're from the Central Cost - I'm from Newcastle. Maybe the batch that got delivered down our way was a bit off?
Also, and I can't believe that I forgot to mention this in the OP, I brewed this beer as a kind of experiment with a mate. He brewed exactly the same...
First post here - been reading for a while. Thanks to everyone for the great resource you've created here. It has really helped me out.
I brewed an APA a few weeks back with a very standard recipe (DME+Crystal+Chinook+Cascade) and the wort smelled/tasted great. I pitched the Brew Cellar...