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About The Local Taphouse The Local Taphouse opened in St Kilda East in 2008. Inspired

by European neighbourhood taverns, it specialises in craft beers and exceptional food, events and hospitality. Twelve months later, we opened The Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst, Sydney.

With a passionate and dedicated team of managers and staff, the venues tap more than 300 different craft beers each year through their 20 taps and have received numerous awards, including Best Speciality Beer Venue in Australia.

Regular events include the monthly ‘Ale Star’ beer appreciation sessions, the annual ‘Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers’ poll, regular Tap Takeovers and Showcases, beer & food themed dinners and Beerista 101 for those new to craft beer.

In addition to the casual food menu, the elegant ‘Louvre Room’ restaurant offers outstanding cuisine and, according to The Sunday Age, the beer garden is one of Melbourne’s best. With new private dining rooms, outdoor terrace and even an indoor bocce court, The Local Taphouse is arguably Melbourne’s home of better beer.

In late 2011, The Local BottleStore & Provisions opened, an old-world gourmet food store and provedore where you can sit, eat and drink from a selection of hundreds of bottle beers, or take away tap beer from four rotating taps.

About the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS)

“The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular is the most crazily ambitious thing ever attempted in Aussie beer,” James Smith (of craftypint.com) proclaimed in Time Out Magazine.

The Local Taphouses run more than a hundred events each year and it is the ‘SpecTAPular’ beer festivals which draw the largest crowds.

For the first time away from the venues, the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) sees the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton transformed into a massive craft beer and dining hall. Four bars will serve 60 world exclusive and new beers brewed by Australia and New Zealand’s finest craft breweries. There will also be food stalls, live entertainment and free educational seminars.

GABS is proudly part of Good Beer Week, a celebration of good beer around Melbourne & Victoria. For more information on The Local Taphouse’s events and the complete festival guide, visit goodbeerweek.com.

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We are enormously excited to be hosting the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) and showcasing ‘what great beer can be’.

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Friday May 11

6.30pm - 11pm

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Saturday May 12

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Tickets

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Tickets can be purchased from Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com.au, 136 100 and usual ticketmaster outlets).

Entry Procedures The entrance to GABS is via the side entrance to the Royal Exhibition Building (facing the Melbourne Museum). Sessions run for 4½ hrs (5½ hrs on Sunday), and in order to maximise your time at the event, we recommend you get there a little early. Rest assured, best endeavours will be made to move any queues which could form before opening but allow yourself plenty of time.

Tokens

(see venue map)

All drink and food purchases at GABS can only be made using official GABS tokens. Each token is worth $2.

To reduce the time in queues, we strongly encourage people to pre-purchase tokens via Ticketmaster.com.au. Additional tokens are also available for sale during GABS from the Token Booths (with cash or card) or from Mobile Token Sellers roaming the Great Hall (cash only).

Tokens come in packs of 5 (for $10). They are not refundable and are only valid for GABS 2012. ATMs are located around the Great Hall Hal Ha H alll as a as shown shown show how ho h ow n on ow on the t he he map. map ma map ap.

As this is a licenced event, ensure you can provide photo ID on request. The event organisers also reserve the right to check bags.

Beers (& other Drinks) Sixty of the best craft breweries in Australia and New Zealand have been invited to brew a brand new, original draught beer for this event. All will have never been tasted before; most will never be available again.

Each session has the same allocation of kegs but beers may run out toward the end of the session depending on their popularity.

Wines, Napoleone Cider, Schweppes soft drinks and bottled water will also be sold. Free water is available at hydration stations located at each bar and around the Great Hall.

Bars

(see venue map)

Four bars will each serve the same range of drinks. They have been set up with speed of service in mind so please follow staff instructions and signage to ensure efficient operation.

Tasting Paddles and Glass Sizes Sampling a wide variety of GABS beers is the name of the game.

Each beer is available in 85ml Tasters or your 380ml souvenir GABS glass which holds 33% more than a regular Pot. When you’ve sampled enough, you can have your 380ml souvenir GABS glass filled with any beer. The cost of a full glass varies by beer. Hang on to your glass as you will only receive one. There are rinsing stations at each bar and replacement glasses can be purchased from the Merchandise Stall.

Meet the Brewers Brewers who have brewed a beer for GABS will be clearly identified by their ‘2012 GABS Brewer’ caps. They love talking about their beers so don’t hesitate to bail them up!

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GABS Food Market EN ENT E NT N TRY TRY RY

(see venue map)

There will be an exciting and wide variety of street/market vendors, together with a few local restaurants, selling food at the GABS Food Market. You’re encouraged to purchase your food then sit and eat at the vast communal tables in the Great Hall.

All food purchases are by GABS Tokens only and the Food Market will stop serving 15 minutes prior to each session finishing.

This is an alcohol and smoke free zone.

Merchandise

(see venue map)

Official GABS merchandise will be available at the Merchandise Stall. This will include GABS caps, t-shirts and growlers. Cash, card or tokens are all accepted.

Entertainment

(see venue map)

Each session will feature a live band performing on the main stage. There will also be roaming entertainers both outside and inside the Great Hall.

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VIP Area

(see venue map)

The VIP bar benefits include complimentary finger food and soft drink, $20 worth of tokens to purchase beer, cider and wine and the opportunity to mingle with invited GABS brewers while overlooking the Great Hall. Limited tickets for each session are for sale and it is possible to upgrade a regular ticket at one of the Token Stalls.

Staff & Volunteers Staff and Volunteers will be wearing GABS t-shirts and be easy to identify. If there is anything you need, don’t hesitate to ask one of them for help. Please respect them, they have given up their time to help you have the best experience possible.

We’re always looking for volunteers so visit our website if you would like to register your interest and receive some great perks.

The Local Taphouse ‘Craft Beer College’ Four free 30 minute educational seminars are scheduled for each session upstairs at the Malt End of the Great Hall. Seminars will include ‘Q & Ales’ where a panel of GABS brewers will be available to answer your questions. A full programme of seminars can be found on signage around the Great Hall, at the entrance to the Craft Beer College as well as on our website.

How to Taste Beer When tasting a beer, there’s so much more than swilling it down, burping and saying “it’s great” or “it’s crap.” Even though tasting is an individual thing, there are a few steps, which if followed, will take your beer tasting to a blissful level. Here’s how Beeradvocate.com recommends you go about tasting beer:

LOOK ~ Take pause and marvel at its greatness before you partake of it. Raise the beer in front of you, but don’t hold your beer to direct light as this will dilute its true colour. Consider its colour, its head and its consistency.

AGITATE ~ Swirl your beer gently in the glass. This will pull out aromas, slight nuances, loosen and stimulate carbonation and test head retention.

SMELL ~ Around 75% of what you experience is through your sense of smell. Breathe through your nose with two quick sniffs, then with your mouth open, then through your mouth only (nose and mouth are connected in the experience). Enjoy its bouquet.

TASTE ~ Many beers benefit from being sampled at temperatures higher than commonly dispensed. We encourage you to warm the beer in your hands and note the difference. Start by sipping the beer. Let it wander and explore your entire palate.

Let your taste buds speak. Note the mouthfeel, the consistency of the liquid’s body, and breathe out during the process of tasting.

Try to detect any sweetness, salty flavours, acids and general bitterness. Think about what they are, or what they are similar to.

Beer tasting is very much an individual experience, and everything about it is highly subjective. There are no beer experts, just beer drinkers with opinions! Why not have a go at describing each beer you taste in the space TIP: r provided below each listed beer? Here are some hints: u s e fo g n ‘Ta st i ’ Notes How to Describe Beer

Malt ~ COLOUR pale, straw, golden, amber, red, brown, black FLAVOUR honey, bread, caramel, burnt toffee, coffee, chocolate, burnt toast. BODY thin, medium, full, thick, chewy.

Hop flavour & aroma ~ pine needle, citrus, passionfruit, gooseberry, peach, apricot, pineapple, resinous, woody, aromatic, bitter, delicate, floral, juicy, dry Yeast flavour & aroma ~ spicy, dry, sour, tart, sweet, earthy, barnyard, wet hay, coriander, clove, peppercorn, cinnamon, banana, orange, mandarin, bubblegum, vanilla

What is Beer?

The basic ingredients of beer are water, a fermentable sugar source (grains such as malted barley), hops and yeast. All beers can be broadly classified into three main categories: Ales, Lagers and Hybrids. The key distinction of ales is that they are brewed using top-fermenting yeast, at warmer temperatures and with more rapid fermentation. They usually: ~ Include more complex flavoured beers ~ Tend to be fruitier than lagers ~ Include hoppy (bitter) beers ~ Have a pronounced taste and aroma ~ Are best served unchilled to allow their full flavour and aroma to come out Lagers are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast which ferments more slowly and at colder temperatures. They usually: ~ Include lighter tasting beers ~ Tend to be more carbonated or crisp ~ Tend to be smooth and mellow ~ Can also be hoppy and bitter ~ Have a subtle, clean, balanced taste and aroma ~ Are served more chilled than ales Hybrid beers are those that don’t fit neatly into either the ale or lager category.

Quick SpecTAPular Tips EAT ~ This will not only replenish your system, it will help absorb the alcohol so you don’t get too tipsy too quickly. No wants to witness a weak, depleted and drunk beer drinker in action.

TOLERANCE ~ Get to know your limits and don’t exceed them. If you feel that moment of absolute cheer, take a break, grab some water and eat some food.

LEARN SOMETHING ~ Sometimes there’s more to beer than just drinking it. Ask questions. Engage in discussion with mates and strangers. Read the tasting notes. Talk about what you do and don’t like. Think about what you’re drinking. Try new styles. Get educated. If all you end up with from GABS is a hangover, you’ve truly missed out.

MODERATION ~ GABS is about appreciating the best beers on offer and not how much can be consumed. Drink for flavour, not just for impact. Anyone wishing to treat this festival as a drinking game should have stayed at home.

TIME TO GO ~ When a GABS staff member or some 7 foot security guy is kindly suggesting you’ve had your limit… realise that it’s time to go home and just leave. Any other course of action just gets sloppy.

Empty wooden Tasting Paddles will be handed out in the bar queue and you can purchase 5 tasters for 5 tokens ($10). Individual tasters are not available for purchase.

We suggest you start with lighter, more subtle tasting beers before sampling stronger and more challenging avoured beers. Drinking water between samples is a great way to help clean the palette.

To help you plan your GABS tasting experience, please use the Paddle Pre-Planner below using the numbers associated with the beers available, as listed on the following pages. It's really important you list each Paddle's beers starting with the lowest number at the handle end to the highest number.

Example of how to mark each paddle to present at the bar.

To ensure quick processing at the event, mark the numbers on the paddle with the chalk provided before you reach the bar for service.

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5. Tuatara ‘Double Trouble’

1. Croucher ‘ANZUS’ A style first brewed in England and exported for British troops in India, this is in the American style, which is a hoppier, ‘bigger’ beer. Having discovered the punchy nose of Australian Galaxy hops, Croucher wanted to make a ‘hop bomb’ combining them with complementary NZ and US hops.

Just like adding ‘Imperial’ to a beer name, ‘Double’ means more of everything. This fi rst brew from the brewery’s new site showcases over-exuberant hop use.

The brewers say this is about as big as it gets. Expect extreme bitterness, balanced by big malt sweetness. Beer for those who worship the hop!

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Double American IPA (India Pale Ale)

5.5%

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Rotorua (North Island, NZ)

The Croucher Brewing Co.

IPA (India Pale Ale)

2.7%

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2. Epic ‘Zythos’

6. 8 Wired ‘C4’

To withstand the voyage to India, IPAs boasted more alcohol and hops. Using a new US hop blend, brewer Luke Nicholas’ IPA has an aroma of green hops, a colour of polished copper, juicy malt richness, and late but fi rm bitterness. Zythos is Greek for beer.

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Epic Brewing Co.

IPA (India Pale Ale)

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While Brown Ales are traditionally lightly hopped with low bitterness, modern versions are often beefed up to include significant hop additions. Last year’s Champion NZ Brewer Søren Eriksen has also included freshly roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Oromia coffee beans. Expect big, bold coffee flavours balanced by malt sweetness and fruity hops.

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Marlborough (South Island, NZ)

8 Wired Brewing

Double Brown Ale with coffee

8.4%

50

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An IPA fit for an emperor. It has more of everything… more malt, more hops and higher ABV. Liberty’s Joe Wood has brewed this showcasing heaps of Simcoe hops and tells us to expect ‘cat pee’, dank, skunky and sweaty characters along with sweet passionfruit, bitter orange peel and tropical fruit. Boom!

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Taranaki (North Island, NZ)

Liberty Brewing Co.

Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)

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4. mike’s ‘Heavy Petal’

7. Emerson’s ‘Kashmir Pilsner’ Hailing from Plzeñ, Czechoslovakia, and what most mass market lagers pretend to be, Pilsners are aromatic, subtly malty, crisp and refreshingly bittered lagers. Brewer Richard Emerson saw GABS as an excuse to extract an old recipe and give it a twist! Expect a strong hoppy Pilsner with interesting aromatic qualities.

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Dunedin (South Island, NZ)

Emerson’s Brewery

Imperial Pilsner with Chilli

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100

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From the moment you get this beer near your nose, the roses leap out at you rendering the hoppy bitterness and flavour that follows as quite unexpected. This hoppy IPA is skilfully infused with home-picked rose petals introduced post fermentation so that none of the aroma is lost or masked.

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Taranaki (North Island, NZ)

mike’s Organic Brewing Co.

Rose IPA (India Pale Ale)

5.5%

35

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8. Garage Project ‘Double Day of the Dead’ Inspired by the Aztec beverage xocolatl. This lager is rich, dark, yet smooth and drinkable with a complex mix of spice, smoke, chocolate and restrained chilli heat. Referenced with organic blue agave syrup, conditioned over raw cocoa nibs and another dose of chipotle chilli. A true celebration of the dark side.

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Wellington Garage Project (South Island, NZ)

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Strong Black Lager

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13. The Mussel Inn ‘Smoking Swine’

Owner and brewer Jim Matranga was keen to bring to GABS a Californian flavour, which he explains as hops, hops and more hops, and a depth of malt flavour. Expect a clear, orangey-yellow ale with aromas of fruit and forest, citrus and pine notes. The bitterness is strong but balanced.

Smoked beers generally have a distinctive smoke flavour from using malted barley dried over an open fl ame.

In this beer, however, the brewers smoked manuka leaves using manuka sawdust. Expect hints of smoked manuka, ginger and Turkish delight. Plenty of sweet biscuity malt, a spice character and a smooth finish.

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Port Mapua (South Island, NZ)

Golden Bear Brewing Co.

IPA (India Pale Ale)

6.5%

80

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Golden Bay (South Island, NZ)

The Mussel Inn

Smoked Manuka Beer

5%

36

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10. Harringtons ‘A Bit of Kiwi Wit’

14. Renaissance ‘Stonecutter Oak’

The brewers were keen to showcase Kiwi ingenuity using Kiwi fruit before Australia could claim the fruit as our own! This Belgian-style Witbier is infused with Zespri Kiwi fruit and has Cascade hop additions for additional citrus fruit influence. Expect a fresh nose of banana, hint of citrus and a mouthful of zesty Kiwi fruit.

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Christchurch (South Island, NZ)

Harringtons Brewery

New Zealand Witbier

5%

18

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Scotch Ale’s are strong Pale Ale’s originally from 19th century Edinburgh. These beers tend toward sweetness and a full body, with a low hop flavour. This oak-matured version offers caramel, toffee, liquorice, chocolate and roasty flavours balanced by a tart, raisiny fruitiness with a lingering dry finish.

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Marlborough (South Island, NZ)

Renaissance Brewing

Scotch Ale (Oak Aged)

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7%

38

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11. Invercargill ‘Red Hot Chocolate’

15. Townshend ‘Janszoon Summer Ale’

Stouts evolved from Porters and are fuller and creamier with more body. When a brewery offered a Stout and Porter, the Stout was always the stronger (it was originally called a ‘Stout Porter’). This version of Invercargill’s Pitch Black Stout has a hint of chilli chocolate from red hot chilli peppers.

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Invercargill (South Island, NZ)

Invercargill Brewery

Chilli Stout

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IBU

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5%

15

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In the UK golden or summer ales were developed in the late 20th century by breweries to compete with the pale lager market. Brewer Martin Townshend came up with this UK-inspired ale but used 100% New Zealand ingredients such as Canterbury grown Optic malt and locally grown Motueka and Cascade hops.

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South Island, NZ

Townshend Brewery

UK Session Ale

4.2%

n/a

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12. Moa ‘Cocoa Weizen’

16. Yeastie Boys ‘Gunnamatta’

Brewed with a mix of wheat, barley malts and local hops providing low bitterness with no late hop character.

The relatively low temperature fermentation with Belgian yeast produces a smooth, low ester level beer with the usual Belgian funk. Smoked bacon, chocolate and coffee flavours enhance the drinkability.

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Marlborough (South Island, NZ)

Brewing Company

Chocolate Wheat Beer

5.5%

n/a

4

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These crazy cats’ unique and interesting beer was inspired by the instrumental surf rock opening track of Paul Kelly’s 2004 album ‘Ways and Means’. Expect a citrus explosion with grapefruit and lemon hop fl avours intermingling with the pungent bergamot orange and leafy aromatics of the ‘Earl Grey Blue Flower’ English tea.

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No Fixed Address (New Zealand)

Yeastie Boys

“Tea-leafed” IPA (India Pale Ale)

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IBU

TOKENS

6%

50

6

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* See the ‘How to Describe Beer’ for tips.

NB: GABS glass holds 33% more than a regular Pot.

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17. Burleigh ‘Uncle Dunkel’

22. Illawarra ‘Saison Rouge’

Head Brewer Brennan Fielding wanted to brew something “distinctly Queensland”. Thinking of suntans and bananas he created a ‘tanned’ wheat beer. While ‘Uncle Dunkel’ boasts a healthy mahogany tan, it still has prominent banana notes with the added richness of toasty accents from the dark roasted wheat malt.

Saisons were originally farmhouse ales brewed in Belgium’s French-speaking region. They were made before hops became commonplace so other spices were used. This version is darker and more malt driven - rich Belgian specialty malts and stewed dried fruit give a smooth balance and the fi nish is dry and crisp.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Burleigh Heads (QLD) Burleigh Brewing Dunkelweizen Co.

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5%

20

4

TASTING NOTE*

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Wollongong (NSW)

Illawarra Brewing Co.

Red Saison

6.5%

27

4

TASTING NOTE*

23. Little Brewing ‘Wicked Elf Porter’

NSW, AUSTRALIA

This is LBC’s first ever Porter. The beer is almost black with a tan head and traditional English hops add bitterness to balance the malty character. Think mocha, dark/black chocolate, espresso, dusty, earthy and you have an idea of the considerable depth of flavours.

Dangerously sessionable.

18. 4 Pines ‘Beetroot Belgian Ale’ In Belgium sugar beet is used by the brewer for candy sugar to impart flavour and to produce higher alcohol beers. 4 Pines used their own method to extract the sugar from beetroot instead. This ale is moderately spicy, effervescent with a light mouthfeel and a well-balanced alcoholic intensity.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Manly (NSW)

4 Pines Brewing Co.

Strong Belgian Ale

8.5%

30

5

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Port Macquarie (NSW)

The Little Brewing Co.

Robust Porter

TOKENS

n/a

4

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Why should Red Dogs have all the fame? 2011 Homebrewer of the Year, Barry Cranston, brewed his GABS-sponsored beer at Bridge Road with only Australian malts and hops. Expect citrus, passionfruit and hints of melon, backed with toast and coffee in both the aroma and the flavour.

IBU

6%

TASTING NOTE*

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19. Barry Cranston’s ‘Brown Dog’

ABV

10 0

% Natural Ale

The legendary Lord Nelson usually brews English style ales but for GABS they used five different roasted specialty grains and three different American aroma hops. The result: floral hops lead to a nutty caramel palate with toffee and fruit hop flavours. A smooth drying finish makes this a flavoursome ale.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Sydney (NSW)

The Lord Nelson Brewery

American Brown Ale

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5%

26

4

TASTING NOTE* STATE / REGION

BREWERY

NSW (brewed in VIC) Bridge Road Brewery

BEER STYLE

Australian Brown Ale

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5%

42

4

25. Murray’s ‘Bob’s Farmhouse Ale'

TASTING NOTE*

Shawn Sherlock loves experimenting with farmhouse ales and an oak-aged, higher ABV version "seemed like fun". Expect a dry finish, unusually light body with funky, farmhouse yeast character. The beer was brewed in two halves with extended contact with French and American oak barrels. Very drinkable despite its ABV.

20. Doctor’s Orders ‘Plasma’ White IPAs are an emerging hybrid beer style. The grain bill is similar to a strong Belgian Witbier which explains the colour but the lack of botanicals, a different yeast and excessive hop use deliver the opposite. US hops dominate the aroma and are backed up with a balanced mouthfeel and lingering bitterness.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Sydney (NSW)

Doctor’s Orders Brewing

White IPA (India Pale Ale)

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

7%

70

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Port Stephens (NSW) Murray’s Craft Brewing Co.

BEER STYLE

Farmhouse Ale

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

9%

25

6

TASTING NOTE*

26. Pinchgut ‘RED PLZ’

TASTING NOTE*

Rust red in colour, this lager has a malty sweetness balanced by generous additions of Czech grown Zatec Red hops which create a pronounced floral spicy fi nish and wonderful herbaceous aroma. Brewer Gerard Meares imported a special Czech yeast strain just for this GABS brew.

21. HopDog ‘Children of Darkness’ Black IPAs are one of the new ‘geek beers’. This has been viciously hopped then barrel aged for about 30 days.

Expect BIG hops and dark malt characters of chocolate and hints of coffee. The name comes from the Erinyes, the ancient Greek Goddesses of Revenge.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

South Nowra (NSW)

HopDog BeerWorks

Barrelled Black IPA (India Pale Ale)

6.6% 75-80

TOKENS

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Sydney (NSW)

Pinchgut Brewing Co.

Red Lager

4.6%

45

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

* See the ‘How to Describe Beer’ for tips.

NB: GABS glass holds 33% more than a regular Pot.

11

33. Bright ‘Resistance Red Ale’

27. The Mash Collective ‘Amasia’

IRAs marry a ruby red colour and rich body with the hop flavours of an IPA. This one’s bready and biscuity character combines with massive fresh tropical and citrus hop flavours. To keep with tradition, the brewer ‘landed’ his paraglider into a mountain (again) the day before brewing.

Stone & Wood’s new side project has taken a German Dunkelweizen and mashed it together with molasses and finished it off with a splash of rum. Think bananas loaded with rum and raisin ice cream and dark chocolate with the lingering warmth of a fine spirit.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Byron Bay (NSW)

The Mash Collective

Rumweizen

7%

n/a

5

TASTING NOTE*

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Bright (VIC)

Bright Brewery

IRA (India Red Ale)

7.2%

50

5

TASTING NOTE*

28. St Peters ‘Spruced Up Ale’

34. Grand Ridge ‘Sarsaparilla Stout’

Brewer Matt Donelan says this beer is the ultimate recycling project: 1 used Christmas tree = 15 kegs of beer. Tree bark, needles and tips were all added to a Pale Ale rather than hops. The result is a slight ‘spruce’ flavour bitterness with a fresh ‘pine’ aroma.

There are Dry Stouts, Imperial Stouts and Sweet Stouts but Grand Ridge’s Phil Rutjens thought the combination of sarsaparilla flavours in a beer with delicious malt character would work well in his Sarsaparilla Stout.

Sarsaparilla and liquorice roots were used to complement the malt flavours in lieu of one of the hop additions.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Sydney (NSW)

St Peters Brewery Christmas Tree Ale

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5%

n/a

3

TASTING NOTE*

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Mirboo North (VIC)

Grand Ridge Brewery

Stout

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

4%

29

4

TASTING NOTE*

ACT, AUSTRALIA

35. Hickinbotham ‘HIX’

29. Wig & Pen ‘This Beer’s Not Real Craft!’

Farmhouse Ales were traditionally made by farmers to feed their workers during summer and harvest. They were nutritious, safe to drink (the water wasn’t) and refreshing.

HIX is an Aussie spin on the Belgian classic. New World hops have been used with an accompanying splash of fresh vanilla bean.

Richard Watkins brewed this because “everybody has had a run in with a sour blonde!” A sour, easy drinking blonde (not Pure Blonde). Gentle phenolics are balanced by lacto sourness and mild spice. 18 month old beer was blended with 18 week old beer blended with 18 day old beer!

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Canberra (ACT)

Wig & Pen Sour Blonde Brewery & Tavern

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

5%

6

5

Dromana (VIC)

Hickinbotham of Farmhouse Ale Dromana

TASTING NOTE*

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5.2%

28

3

TASTING NOTE*

36. Hargreaves Hill ‘La Grisette’

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Grisettes were brewed in Belgium for the miners to enjoy after a hard day’s work, and served by barmaids who wore grey dresses (grey+gris). Head Brewer Simon Walkenhorst’s GABS beer is probably the first ever Australian-brewed Grisette and is truly thirst quenching, spicy and dry.

Brothers Brewery / 30. 2Diamond Knott ‘Bloody Oak’ Hop character is not intended to dominate this style but 2 Brothers Brewery’s ‘Guvnor’ was cask conditioned, oaked and dry hopped using Diamond Knott’s techniques. Caramel, vanilla and date malt characters combine with tangerine hop and a peppery alcohol warming that finishes like creamy soda.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Moorabbin (VIC)/ MA (USA)

2 Brothers Brewery / English-Style Diamond Knott Barleywine Brewery (USA)

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

9.7%

n/a

5

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Yarra Valley (VIC)

Hargreaves Hill Brewing Co.

Grisette

3.8%

23

4

TASTING NOTE*

37. Holgate ‘Gruit Expectations’

TASTING NOTE*

31. Boatrocker ‘Aotearoa Smash!’

Historically, steam beers (or California Commons) were bo oat tr roc ock ck e er r brewed in California from the mid-19th century. Boatrocker’s Drink ffor Drink Dr orr Your Yo sel You Y s lff.. D Drink ri k Cra raft aft af ftt B Beer. r. beer showcases the new Wai-iti hops with this S.M.A.S.H (Single Malt & Single Hop) beer. It’s not a hop monster in terms of bitterness but there is plenty of citrus (mainly mandarin) aroma and fl avour.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Melbourne (VIC)

Boatrocker Brewing Co.

California Common

4.7%

27

3

In medieval Europe, the church controlled the supply of gruit (a herb mixture used for bittering and flavouring beer popular before the extensive use of hops) and banned the use of the rival hop. Expect a cinnamon aroma with underlying citrus peel and liquorice. The predominant flavours are sweet, but the beer finishes with a peppery bite.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Woodend (VIC)

Holgate Brewhouse

Belgian ‘Gruit’ Blond style

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

6%

n/a

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

38. Kooinda ‘Karaka Bier’

32. Bridge Road ‘God Save the Lager’

Refreshing Belgian-style Witbiers are brewed by a large number of craft brewers, but not often with fruit.

Truckloads of berries from New Zealand Karaka trees have been added here - the only beer in the world that has ever used them before.

“Lagers are where most of us started drinking beer but these days they often play second fiddle to ales,” according to brewer Steve Matthews. This beefed up Imperial Pilsner delivers lemon peel and tropical notes on the nose backed up by a smooth bitterness and a lingering earthy spiciness.

STATE / REGION

Beechworth (VIC) TASTING NOTE*

BREWERY

Bridge Road Brewers

BEER STYLE

Imperial Pilsner

ABV

7.5%

IBU

40

TOKENS

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Heidelberg West (VIC)

Kooinda Brewery Fruit Belgian Witbier

TASTING NOTE*

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

5%

15

4

STATE / REGION

39. Matilda Bay ‘Double Stout’

45. Red Hill ‘Sticke Alt (Secret Alt)’

This is one for the first beers to have been brewed in Matilda Bay’s new Port Melbourne brewery. Inspired by Invalid Stout, this Stout allowed Scott Vincent and his brewing team to play with great dark malt combinations.

Expect loads of chocolate, coffee notes and a full rich finish; strong alcohol and bitter balance.

The ‘Secret Alt’ is a hoppier, more alcoholic version of the traditional Alt (or ‘old’) beer style originally from Düsseldorf in Germany. Extended cold conditioning and a cool ferment combine to create a clean, crisp ale with a light hoppy nose, good malt background and a dry fi nish.

BREWERY

Port Melbourne (VIC) Matilda Bay Brewing Co.

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Double Stout

6.8%

40

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Red Hill (VIC)

Red Hill Brewery

Sticke Alt (Secret Alt)

5.4%

40

5

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

46. Temple ‘Smoked Weizen’

40. Moon Dog ‘Mr Mistoffelees’ Sour/wild beers are characterized by an intentionally acidic, tart, sour taste provided by the yeast. The GABS beer from this experimental brewery has been aged for 7 months on Hungarian Oak and offers mild puckering sourness, fresh and bright passionfruit and mango, complex earthy flavours, and funk through the wazoo!

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Abbotsford (VIC)

Moon Dog Craft Brewery

Passionfruit and Mango Wild Ale

6.7%

12

5

A crafty combination of two classic German styles.

Hefeweizens are unfiltered with plenty of malted wheat and distinctive banana and clove flavours. Rauchbiers are darker and use malts dried over an open fire of beech wood, imparting a unique smokiness (‘rauch’ is German for smoke).

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

East Brunswick (VIC)

Temple Brewing Co.

Hefeweizen & Rauch Bier

5.2%

18

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

47. Thunder Road ‘Richmond Pilsner’

41. Mornington Peninsula ‘Grouch’ A ‘catch all’ for any ale less than dark in colour, this style of beer tends to focus on malts while hop character can range from mild to strong. Deep amber in colour, with citrus and stone fruit aromas, this beer is named after Grouch from Sesame Street and leans toward the hoppier.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Mornington (VIC)

Mornington Peninsula Brewery

Imperial American Amber Ale

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

8%

42

5

Like a clumsy elephant, a casual staff member put the wrong hops in not once, not twice but three times…and created magic. As modern as any Pilsner ever experienced and as New World as you would expect. Lots of hops. Very refreshing. There’s nothing Czech about this Pilsner. It’s totally Melbourne and deservedly ‘special’.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

East Brunswick (VIC)

Thunder Road Brewing

New World Style Pilsner

5.1%

35

5

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

48. True South ‘Coconut Telegraph Porter’

42. Mountain Goat ‘Top Paddock’ A traditional Farmhouse Ale with a focus on yeast.

Having never brewed or tried a Red Saison before, the Goat brewers wanted to make a Saison - Australian style. So they made it outback red, and spiced it with some exotic Australian spices. See if you can pick them!

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Richmond (VIC)

Mountain Goat Beer

Spiced Red Saison

6.5%

22

5

Sam Füss accepted a dare from her Twitter followers to brew this beer and one Tweeter actually assisted on brew day. Sam simply describes this delicious beer as a porter made with “shite loads of coconut” and WYSIWYG. The beer’s name comes from a Jimmy Buffet song as both Tiff and Sam grew up on a diet of Jimmy Buffet.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Black Rock (VIC)

True South Brewery

Coconut Porter

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

6%

25

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

43. Prickly Moses ‘Otway ChainSAW’

TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA

49. Moo Brew ‘Belgo’

Luke Scott brewed this as an ultimate cleanser. Australian grown Stella hops contribute floral notes and subtle hints of anise. Rinds from lemons grown onsite are used for tartness and their cleansing nature. The yeast imparts a slight fruity-estery aroma and flavour without the phenolic and clove-like characteristics typical in most wheat beers.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Barongarook (VIC)

Prickly Moses

Australian Wheat Ale

4.8%

14

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Hobart (TAS)

Moo Brew

American / Belgian Ale

4.5%

n/a

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

44. Red Duck ‘Bumble Bee’

50. Seven Sheds ‘Black Elephant’

A delicious English-style ale to drink while drifting down the Thames or basking in a meadow. Using wild bush honey and a single hop variety (Bramling Cross), this ale is unfi ltered, unpasteurised, keg conditioned and has no added chemicals. It’s an all-natural real ale, deep golden amber with rich honey flavours and aromas.

Beer writer and brewer Willie Simpson brewed a hybrid of two of his regular beers. Expect a complex riot of roasty notes, molasses, rum-soaked prunes, Belgian yeast spiciness and considerable alcoholic grunt. Ebony Elephant and Black Trunk were rejected as names - the first sounded like a Hollywood baby name and the latter a porn site.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Camperdown (VIC)

Red Duck

Honey Amber

5.6%

n/a

7

TASTING NOTE*

This beer style is rarely seen in Australia and has unique characters imparted by yeasts typically used in fruity and big Belgian-Style ales. Moo Brew simply asked us to let the punters be the judge of this.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Railton (TAS)

Seven Sheds

Black Trappist-style Ale

7.8%

25

6

TASTING NOTE*

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA Exchange / Lobethal 51. Steam Bierhaus ‘Double Dubbel IPA’

56. Last Drop ‘Dunkelweizen’

These two small SA breweries have come together to produce this complex burgundy ale with the deep sweet malt backbone of a Belgian Dubbel (a rich malty beer with some spicy/phenolic characteristics) overlaid with a hefty smack of IPA dry-hopping. The spicy vinous palette gives a long and expansive mouth-feel.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Goolwa and Lobethal Steam Exchange / Lobethal Bierhaus (SA) Colaboration

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Double Dubbel IPA (India Pale Ale)

6.6%

42

4

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Despite German Weizens being their f lagship beers, Last Drop had never brewed a Dunkelweizen – until GABS. This beer retains some degree of estery wheat beer characteristic but is accompanied by a caramelchocolate like bouquet. Expect copper to dark brown colour and a very rich head.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Canning Vale (WA)

Last Drop Brewery

Munich style Dark Wheat Ale

5.2%

14

4

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

Creatures / White Rabbit 57. Little ‘The Little Rabbit’

52. McLaren Vale ‘VALE/EXP’

Taking some inspiration from the Belgian Trappist brewery Westmalle’s table beer, which is only consumed by the monks, this collaboration ale (between Little Creatures and White Rabbit) was fermented in open tanks and is dry with a good level of bitterness, backed up by ‘noble hop’ aroma and a subtle dry hop character.

Foreign Extra Stouts were brewed bigger than normal for a long journey, often to the tropics. The roasted and crystal malt give a perfect combination of coffee and chocolate flavours. American hops give a piney character that balances well with a creamy mouth feel. This is one of the first beers produced out of MV’s new brewery.

STATE / REGION

Willunga (SA)

BREWERY

McLaren Vale Beer Company

BEER STYLE

Foreign Extra Stout

ABV

5.5%

IBU

TOKENS

n/a

4

TASTING NOTE*

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Fremantle (WA) / Healesville (VIC) - brewed at White Rabbit Brewery (VIC)

Little Creatures Brewing / White Rabbit Brewery

Belgian-Style Ale

6.9%

37

4

TASTING NOTE*

58. Mash ‘Koffee Stout’

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The Mash brewers made this Stout with a raw material none of them had brewed with before - Kahava (Indian for coffee) beans. Expect a blend of coffee, cocoa and chocolate flavours and aromas with a dry finish and an approachable roasted acidity from the coffee and the malt.

53. Bootleg Brewery ‘Black Market’ Bootleg wanted the East Coast to experience a big hoppy dark ale from the South West of WA. With massive use of four US hops - Columbus, Citra, Cascade and Amarillo - aromas of pineapple and pine needle dominate. The use of four dark malts gives body and soul.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Margaret River (WA) Bootleg Brewery

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

American Black IPA (India Pale Ale)

5.8%

45

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Henley Brook (WA)

Mash Brewery

Dry Irish Stout

4.3%

n/a

4

TASTING NOTE*

59. The Monk ‘Sweet Potato Porter’

TASTING NOTE*

In the USA, there are plenty of craft breweries putting out pumpkin beers; sweet potato is an extension of that idea. This is a solid English style Porter with sweet potato and cinnamon highlights on both the nose and palette, rounded off by chocolate and roast coffee overtones.

54. Cowaramup ‘Special Bitter’ Bitters are English Pale Ales and they vary in colour and strength. Cowaramup brew a range of English style ales and their GABS beer is a sessionable ale dark copper in colour with a medium body and medium residual sweetness. It has moderate bitterness with a fruity-ester character.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Margaret River (WA) Cowaramup Brewing Co.

BEER STYLE

ABV

English Style Special 4.5% Bitter

IBU

TOKENS

38

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

Fremantle (WA)

The Monk Brewery and Kitchen

A variation on USAstyle pumpkin beer

5.8%

35

5

TASTING NOTE*

TASTING NOTE*

60. Nail Brewing ‘Sledgehammer IPA’ American IPAs closely resemble extra hoppy American Pale Ales usually brewed with North American hops.

This version is a collaboration brew between Nail’s Assistant Brewer, Steve Wearing, and Head Brewer, John Stallwood.

55. Feral ‘Watermelon Warhead’ A Berliner Weisse is a cloudy, sour wheat beer style of around 3% ABV originating in Northern Germany.

Brendan Varis and his Feral team have fermented their BW with watermelon juice in used chardonnay barrels.

Imagine those warhead lollies in a glass and you’ll have an idea what you’re in for.

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

Swan Valley (WA)

Feral Brewing Co. Berliner Weisse

BEER STYLE

TASTING NOTE*

* See the ‘How to Describe Beer’ for tips.

NB: GABS glass holds 33% more than a regular Pot.

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

2.9%

6

4

STATE / REGION

BREWERY

BEER STYLE

Perth (WA)

Nail Brewing Australia

American India Pale 5.5% Ale (IPA)

ABV

IBU

TOKENS

55

4

TASTING NOTE*

Disclaimer: The Local Taphouse has used its best endeavours to ensure that material contained in this booklet was correct at the time of printing. The Local Taphouse accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information and reserves the right to make changes without notice at any time in its absolute discretion.

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