We did a story back in May 2008 about Red Duck Beer. http://www.hoppsy.com/australia/red-duck-handcrafted-beers/ Red Duck is a small microbrewery from Purrumbete which is in the Western District of Victoria Australia. Since our story the brewery has grown from strength to strength and has even opened a beer tasting room in the nearby township of Camperdown. The beer is all hand crafted and only natural ingredients are used. We were re-introduced to Red Duck at a Food and Wine Festival in Lara, about ¾ of an hour south west of Melbourne Australia. Red Duck had some amazing new beers which absolutely blew us away including a the American style Pale Ride an amazing Strong Bitter English style pub ale called Burton but the favourite and one of the most unique beers we have ever tasted was called White Garden. This beer was a classic whit beer which contained a little raspberry and believe it or not rhubarb. The beer was absolutely delicious. Sadly the 4.1% beer is only a limited release but it was amazing. In fact we bought our self a Quack Pack of it and enjoyed it when we got home.
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Posted in: Australia.
Tagged: Limited Release · Microbrew · Red Duck · Wheat Beer · Wit Beer
After talking about Beez Neez yesterday we thought we would feature a few more sensational beers from Australia this week and today we have a ripper!. Mountain Goat Brewery is a small independent brewery situated in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond and has been going for about 10 years. They are making a huge name for themselves with a magnificent range of beers with a real rememberable name. The brewery makes four main beers, Hightail ail which is their original brew, it is an English Style Ale and has one some pretty prestigious awards including the Best Draught Ale in 2000. They have an India Pale ale which was Australia’s first 100% certified organic beer. Surefoot Stout a rich dark beer which has won the Best Victorian Beer award in both 2004 and 2006 and our favorite the Pale Ale which has won that many trophies the cabinet must be full. This small brewery has huge distribution, with over 500 venues in the country selling bottled beer and over 30 in Melbourne serving it ice cold from the tap- If your having a beer in Australia- keep you eyes out for it and get on the goat! For those people in or visiting Melbourne make sure you drop into their new brewery at the corner of North and Clark Streets in Richmond for one of the tastiest and freshest beer your will ever taste- check their website for opening hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Australia.
Tagged: Melbourne · Microbrew
