waggastew
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Had a great time, highly recommended to all who are yet to venture there.
Quite a few beers were had over the week, particularly after I found the Freo Doctor bottleshop (Arundel St, near the hospital). What a very well kept secret! I found it by accident and was blown away by the choice of beers, best I have seen in Oz. Think of a beer on your bucket list and its probably there. Not cheap but they weren't BUL around the corner.
Some photos of the bottled beers I had:
Best of those beers were the Westmalle Tripel, New Belgium Ranger IPA and the Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale.
Worst by a country mile was the Matso's Mango Wheat, sweet fruity yuk.
The 'WTF' award goes to the Brewdog Sorachi Ace, very hard to finish, not a good hop for a single-hop IPA IMO.
I also got to the three main beer destinations in Freo.
Little Creatures - Awesome location and food. Disappointed that there was no Dreadnought left, and the dry-hopped PA was only on later in the afternoon.
The Monk - Had a tasting paddle. Octoberfest Marzen was very good, Rauch was quite subtle in a good way. Wheat was way too much at 6%. Overall the beers were good but not that exciting.
Sail and Anchor - Also had a tasting paddle. S&A IPA - Really nice to drink a strong non-US IPA, lots of blackcurrent hops. S&A Oatmeal Stout - Nothing special. Nail Ale - Pale Ale for beer snobs, lots of hops but a bit out of balance for mine. Kooinda Black IPA - Don't know what all the fuss is about, very tropical fruit aromas. Nogne-O Brun - Yum, like drink liquid 'wine cellar'. Mikkeller Big Worse - A 12%ABV US Barleywine, a big beer but beautifully made, all caramel sherry sweetness with a nice lingering hop bitterness, the best of the lot!
Stew
Quite a few beers were had over the week, particularly after I found the Freo Doctor bottleshop (Arundel St, near the hospital). What a very well kept secret! I found it by accident and was blown away by the choice of beers, best I have seen in Oz. Think of a beer on your bucket list and its probably there. Not cheap but they weren't BUL around the corner.
Some photos of the bottled beers I had:
Best of those beers were the Westmalle Tripel, New Belgium Ranger IPA and the Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale.
Worst by a country mile was the Matso's Mango Wheat, sweet fruity yuk.
The 'WTF' award goes to the Brewdog Sorachi Ace, very hard to finish, not a good hop for a single-hop IPA IMO.
I also got to the three main beer destinations in Freo.
Little Creatures - Awesome location and food. Disappointed that there was no Dreadnought left, and the dry-hopped PA was only on later in the afternoon.
The Monk - Had a tasting paddle. Octoberfest Marzen was very good, Rauch was quite subtle in a good way. Wheat was way too much at 6%. Overall the beers were good but not that exciting.
Sail and Anchor - Also had a tasting paddle. S&A IPA - Really nice to drink a strong non-US IPA, lots of blackcurrent hops. S&A Oatmeal Stout - Nothing special. Nail Ale - Pale Ale for beer snobs, lots of hops but a bit out of balance for mine. Kooinda Black IPA - Don't know what all the fuss is about, very tropical fruit aromas. Nogne-O Brun - Yum, like drink liquid 'wine cellar'. Mikkeller Big Worse - A 12%ABV US Barleywine, a big beer but beautifully made, all caramel sherry sweetness with a nice lingering hop bitterness, the best of the lot!
Stew
