SpecTapular

The Local Taphouse’s SpecTapular Beer Festival was a great way to spend the 4^th of July. I didn’t sample everything, but I got a good run at most of ‘em. Here’s my thoughts…

Voodoo – 2 Brothers Brewery

A smooth and lightly malty beer, perfect for Melbourne since it’s overwhelming taste is espresso. A coffee beer. Awesome.

Ice Cap Larger – Arctic Fox Brewery

Not brilliant.

Epic Ale – Bootleg Brewery

A nice pineapple beer, nothing special, but nice.

Brown Bomber – Brewboys

A really nice thick and rich taste to it.

Saison De Coing – Bridge Road Brewers

I think I love saisons. This was a nice fruity beer with hints of cinnamon. Very tasty.

Colonial IPA – Colonial Brewing

Nice, nothing special though.

Nut Brown Ale – Holgate Brewhouse

Very nice.

Steam Ale – Mountain Goat

A Corona-ish beer, refreshing. To quote my friend Abi, a good breakfast beer.

Yippy IPA – Mt Brewery

Rubbish.

Murrays Icon 2IPA – Murrays Brewing

A bitter beer, but the aftertaste is very pleasant.

Two Metre Tall Cleansing Ale – The Two Metre Tall Company

Fruity, pleasant to drink, but the aftertaste is awful.

Dead Guy Ale – Rogue

Smooth rich and malty.

Chocolate Stout – Rogue

Dark chocolate yumminess.

Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red – Rogue

Nice, not as good as the other Rogues on offer though.

Hazelnut Brown Nectar – Rogue

Amazing. A really tasty and enjoyable beer.

XS Imperial IPA – Rogue

Another bitter beer, but this time the bitterness is just right. The best analogy would be having a Grapefruit. Bitter, but pleasant as well. The best of the IPA beers on tap.

XS Imperial Stout – Rogue

This isn’t a beer, it’s a meal. Dark and rich with a wallop to it. The sampler glass was more than enough. A great beer, but only in moderation.

Pick of the bunch:

I had another Voodoo, but the Hazelnut Brown Nectar was a close second. I’m definitely a malt man, the hoppy beers do nothing for me.