Weird, I thought i jumped on as soon as I got back to blow sunshine up the butts of the brewers at the Blue Sky.
I dont know where the post went.
We go to the Blue Sky a couple of times while up in Cairns.
I was really quite impressed with the venue.
THe look of the place is modern, but not a scary formica beer barn.
The windows to peek in at the brewery were nice, and while I couldnt be arsed with waiting around for tour time, the asistant brewer was kind enough to spend some time talking to me about his beers and what was going on with them.
We had a jug of each of the beers there and a couple of spares of the favorites, which were the Pilsner, Weisen and the outstanding LoCarb beer.
All the beers there were good, but the Weisen stood out as the most intersting of the bunch to me, with all the weisen buttons being pressed, even if maybe it was a little dark, but it certainly didnt effect the flavour any.
The LoCarb was the most impressive because LoCarb beers are usually rubbish. Now I dont know if it is because the temperature outside is around 30 degrees and it is nearly always 99% humidity, or what it was, but this beer was a ripper. Crisp, dry, clean and with a massive hop aroma.
I was a little underwhelmed by the cask on the counter, and while I thought it was a good idea, and a nifty selling point, the beer that came out of it was a little on the medium side of exceptional.
I would have liked to see a stout on the menu, or some belgian specialities, but this is Cairns and nearly everywhere still only sells xxxx in cans, so I reckon its a brave man that tries to get his clients into a Bier de Gaurd or a Saison.
We had a good time, my grotty teenage kids won some prizes at trivia, and apart from them stuffing up a bowl of french fries, thought the place was great.