I've noticed that
Aussie and Kiwi IPAs tend to be darker and more malty than their
British or American cousins. Not much darker, maybe a couple of
shades. If you had them side by side you'd see a difference. With
masses of Antipodean hops used as standard, they are far more
fragrant with more pronounced tropical and citrus notes.
Evidence of the tap
takeover was was nearly non-existent. With only one Black Dog Brewery
beer on. Most had been replaced with the usual ones plus a couple of
guests. I saw a Berliner Weiss which I couldn't ignore. Then I got an
IPA just to see what it was like, how it compared to the others I've
had here. Both from 'Hargreaves Hill' a brewery hailing from the
Yarra Valley in Victoria.
The IPA was around
standard, hoppy, dark but with well rounded bitterness and well
balanced. The Berliner Weiss or 'Small Beer' as the brewer or whoever
had decided to call it was good, really good. Exactly what I was
after, an ice cold tart and refreshing beer that happens to be
incredible and go down exceptionally well on a blisteringly hot
summer (in this case early autumn) afternoon.
It was a shame the pub
was so busy. With it being the Thursday before the long Easter
weekend, people used it as an excuse to get smashed an party. Good
Friday had some stupid, bizarre and archaic laws still governed by
the Church. A ridiculous law stating that no takeaway alcohol was
allowed to be purchased and that all licences premises had to stop
serving alcohol at 10pm. Like serving alcohol after 10pm and allowing
takeaways is going to stop people finding Satan and give themselves
over to God whole heartedly... Bollocks it is. For such a secular
country, that is an incredibly stupid law.
However, it does
explain why Thursday evening/night was so busy.
We were due to have
dinner soon so after finishing off my 'Small Beer'. I could have and
wanted to stay for longer, perhaps I should have.
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