Murrays Nirvana Pale Ale- Now Bottled

[Doc]

I was driving back from Qld end of Dec with the family and had hinted that there was a cool micro around the Macksville area.
My wife spotted the sign and we turned off at Macksville and consulted the GPS.
Didn't look too far, then we hit the gravel road.
A few more turns and signs hinting we were still going in the right direction.
Finally made it late arvo on the 30th and popped in for some take aways as the family was getting a little touchy.
Grabbed some Sassy Blonde and Nirvana Pale Ale as that was all that was bottled.
Another half hour or so of silence on dirt roads to get back to the highway and back on track to Port Mac. There were several hints that the beer better be damn great. Thank god they are.

Top job Shawn and Murrays

Beers,
Doc

PS. the branch manager at work (whos last name is Murray) has discovered Murrays Nirvana Pale and and had it at work for the final branch meeting last year. Awesome.
Complimented him afterwards and he passed on the thanks to the person responsible for ordering, so it should be a regular now :beerbang:

Doc

 

[glennheinzel]

I dropped into their on the way up to Coffs for Christmas. Lets just say that they should call the place The Pub With No Food. It was my mistake as I assumed that they'd have something. Luckily SWMBO (+ Rukh Jr) survived on packets of chips whilst I had a quick sampler of the hefe, the dark ale, the 2IPA...

The sun in Coffs must've gone to SWMBO's head as she even suggested that we drop in on the return journey. I politely declined as she wouldn't have been impressed if I slept all the way home.

FYI - I think that they offer food at lunchtime, Fri/Sat nights and probably on special occassions. I also noticed that they offer 10l kegs of their beer ranging from about $70 up to about $110 for their 2IPA (which is cheaper than buying it by the bottle). Presumably you pay some sort of deposit for the keg. I wonder if they'll fill a corny keg for me?

 

[Tony]

Was in dans today and bought a bottle of sassy blond to try.

Much enjoyed it.

I guess our old mate gough is too busy to read all this these days though.

cheers and keep it up mate

 

[Gough]

Bloody hell... I take a fortnight off over Xmas and half of AHB decides to visit!! Thanks for the feedback fellas and glad you enjoyed the beers. I'm back at work on Monday for any others that are thinking of dropping in. Let me know you are coming and I'll make sure you get looked after... As for the dirt road Doc - it aint that bad mate , you must've come the long way round... It is an experience working at Taylors Arm for a city boy like me but after the last 17 months I'm starting to get used to it :lol: If you turn left at Macksville and follow the signs it is 30 kms of winding but definitely sealed country road to the pub...

And Rukh, I'm glad to hear you finally made it mate and again it was just bad timing on my part not being out there... The pub does lunches 7 days a week and dinner on Fri/Sat nights but outside those hours it does indeed close for meals for those thinking of staying. If you let us know you are coming and stay at the pub however we can arrange meals outside normal hours and the kitchen does a mean fry up for breakfast. I think it kept Keith and Les full when they visited a few months ago anyway

Back to work Monday and looking forward to more brewing. Thanks again for the feedback and looking forward to seeing more of you soon - just let me know you're coming!!

Shawn.

 

[Weizguy]

Bloody hell... I take a fortnight off over Xmas and half of AHB decides to visit!! Thanks for the feedback fellas and glad you enjoyed the beers. I'm back at work on Monday for any others that are thinking of dropping in. Let me know you are coming and I'll make sure you get looked after... As for the dirt road Doc - it aint that bad mate , you must've come the long way round... It is an experience working at Taylors Arm for a city boy like me but after the last 17 months I'm starting to get used to it :lol: If you turn left at Macksville and follow the signs it is 30 kms of winding but definitely sealed country road to the pub...

And Rukh, I'm glad to hear you finally made it mate and again it was just bad timing on my part not being out there... The pub does lunches 7 days a week and dinner on Fri/Sat nights but outside those hours it does indeed close for meals for those thinking of staying. If you let us know you are coming and stay at the pub however we can arrange meals outside normal hours and the kitchen does a mean fry up for breakfast. I think it kept Keith and Les full when they visited a few months ago anyway

Back to work Monday and looking forward to more brewing. Thanks again for the feedback and looking forward to seeing more of you soon - just let me know you're coming!!

Shawn.

I'm happy to say that Keith and I felt the entire brunt of the hospitality at Taylors Arms.

Very happy to state that fact. A very special experience.

Les

P.s. I'm looking forward to arranging a keg for a work function this year. :beer:

 

[sama]

was up there a week ago and found the establishment very nice indeed,and the beer wasnt half bad either ....not a bad brewery considering the head brewers a kiwi .Good stuff,a lovely drive from macksville, took two 4 packs of pale ale back to the relos at macksville for the barbie that night.A great little pub and really enjoyed the brewery tour.even sussed out the grain bag stockpile..hehehe

 

[beers]

We stopped in twice over the holidays. Once on the way up to Coffs, for an overnight stay, & again on the way home (the Elephant Head was off tap on the 1st visit so we had to return ). The beer was fantastic... & so was Katies bacon & egg roll & Les & Harry are the perfect bar hosts. It's a damn fine setup & well worth checking out. A special experience indeed B)

 

[joshuahardie]

Slightly off topic but i was in palm beach just before christmas, and bottle-o, had about 6 bottles of the 1st Anniversary ale for sale there.

Seeing it is sold out at the pub, there might not be too many bottles left in retail circulation.

 

[berapnopod]

2 weeks ago, I was very pleased to see the Nirana Pale Ale and Sassy Blonde at a bottle shop in Townsville. Good to see the beers coming up this far north!

Berp.

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Got the Pale Ale and Blonde at Dans in the Gabba while on holidays, good stuff.

 

[mattemmo]

Just got my first case of the Nirvana Pale Ale yesterday, only two left. Very tasty indeed. Am looking forward to getting my hands on the Sassy. Might have to plan a road-trip down to the brewery to see how it's done! Great to see awesome craft beers on sale in Brisbane, keep them coming up!

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

Rejoice, found the Nirvana in Dan Murphys at Norlunga. Bloody nice drop it is too, really well balanced. The Sassy Blonde was also in stock.

Nice work Murrays and Gough :beer:

C&B
TDA

 

[bonj]

I grabbed a 4 pack of this a few weeks ago. Very nice beer. I'm looking forward to taking a trip down there and emptying their kegs.

 

[winkle]

Dude, we should organise a road trip betweens swaps :icon_drunk:

 

[bonj]

Definitely! I've already talked to Screwy about the same thing! I reckon there'll be a few that will be keen. Might attract AHBers from both directions too.

 

[glennheinzel]

I'm keen to do the trip. Name the time/date and I'll see you there.

Is there any other Hills brewers coming?

Edit: How is mid-March?

 

[winkle]

Definitely! I've already talked to Screwy about the same thing! I reckon there'll be a few that will be keen. Might attract AHBers from both directions too.

Stopped off on the way to Brisbane from Sydney last night for a couple of tasters, much to the female contingent's dismay. Nice friendly pub and staff, not to mention good beers. Elephant Head was particularly tasty and got a Icon to go. Definately up for a road trip down for a fully blown tasting session + crash o'nite. Date suggestions Bonj?

 

[Screwtop]

As mentioned to Bonj, I'm in for the road trip, trouble is SWAMBO is scheduled for joint reconstruction surgery and will be in a wheelchair for 6 weeks from 25th of March. This basically puts me out until June, would love to do a trip though, Northern Rivers, Taylors Arm and Potters in the Hunter Valley.

Could be at Northern Rivers by mid morning and Taylors by late afternoon. Overnight? Next day Potters for lunch/overnight then home next morning. Would need 2 nights/ 3 days.

Thoughts ?

 

[Ross]

I'm in

Cheers Ross

 

[Jazman]

Love the nirvana ..i had it a few weeks back glad it was at murphs