Stout News from Red Hill

28th June 2011

IMPERIAL STOUT 8.1%

28th June is Stout day around Melbourne.

At the brewery, we have filled some traditional English style casks with Imperial Stout, dry hopped it in the casks, and will be serving this cask conditioned ale from our beer engine handpump, lightly carbonated yet with a lasting and beautiful white head. On tap at the brewery next week.

We have upped the bitterness level slightly and we have made made lots of the black stuff. The beer is Jet Black and one to be savoured. The mouth feel is silky smooth, the nose has roasted malt and a touch of caramel. A rich deep mocha and coffee flavour, is accentuated with caramel and smoky flavours. Our Willamette and Goldings hops were used in 3 additions to create an ale with a big bitterness and an assertive hop character.

Winner of the gold medal 2010 at the Australian Interenational Beer Awards, silver medals in 2011, 09, 08 and 07 plus 4.5 stars, Winestate magazine winter beer tasting... ”lovely seamless integration of coffee, chocolate, sweet roast malt and treacle aromas. Yummy chocolate and coffee flavours back by warming alcohol.”

WHERE TO GET - IMPERIAL STOUT

ON TAP Biero, Local Taphouse, Atticus Finch, Josie Bones, Royston Hotel

BOTTLES Melb: Blackhearts & Sparrows, Cloudwine, Lower Plenty Cellars,Local Bottlestore, Mayerling Cellars, Mordialloc Cellar Door, Nilumbuk Cellars, Prince Wine & Spirits, Purvis Cellars, Olinda Cellars, Rathdowne Cellars, Slow Beer, Sunshine Creek, Swords, The Valley Cellar Door

Peninsula: Cellar & Pantry (Red Hill Cellars), Majestic Cellars, Ritchies, Tasting Station

TO DRINK - Bar Fred, Blue Diamond, The Courthouse, Deco, Max's at Red Hill Estate, Lindenderry, Oscars, Paringa Estate, The Point, Royal Mail Hotel, Tasting Station, Two Buoys

STOUT FOOD

Always one of our favourite seasons to eat food matched to beer! Try Ox cheek braised in stout, with mushy peas and mash! Chocolate's on the dessert menu of course. And a beautiful cheese selected to match Imperial Stout will also feature. Or just have it for breakfast in your coffee!!!