Why Draught?
It’s true that Australia’s love their draught beer, but do you really know what the difference is between bottled and tap beer?
- Light – light can affect the flavour of bottled beer, whilst draught beer is quite protected by any damage that UV rays can do to the brew.
- Cleanliness – Bottled beer actually wins on this one, due to the fact that every bottle is sterilised and is bottled under strict observations. Keg beer unfortunetly is put into the hands of the establishment, and therefore, is under their cleaning roster rather than the beer companys.
- Taste – There are fans for both bottled and for keg. Keg beer is seen to be the winner, due to the fact that the aromas of the beer flow out of the keg, making the drink you ingest tastier, and of course, fresher. Bottled beer can have the same sort of flavour if you pour your bottled beer into a glass.
Today I thought I’d focus on the beer that we have on tap. We have three very different and three very yummy brews for you to enjoy. An added plus, is that they are all from local Australian brewerys!
Here is some tasting notes, and all you need to know about the beers in which you can order cold from the tap!
St. Arnou Pale AleHistory
We just put St. Arnou’s Pale Ale on tap after having so much success with their Pilsner. The company name comes from the Patron Saint of Brewing, St. Arnou, an Austrain Saint. When the porters who were carrying his remains back to his hometown were thirsty, and found that they only had one single mug of beer, they prayed for more to drink. Their prayers were miraculously answered, after the pleas of men to God, supplied them with a never ending mug of beer. It was then that he was given his title.
Taste
This larger style ale is golden in colour, and has the smell of hops, with a slight tinge of pear and citrus. It’s a real summer beer. Fruity, light and aromatic, it has a deliciate taste, but still has a bitey herb flavour.
Coldstream Cider 
History
Coldstream Cider is made by Coldstream, a brewery that resides in the Yarra Valley (50kms out of Melboune for those of you who don’t know your Victorian geography!), and has been making exceptional beers for the past four years.
One of the owners, Phil Kelly, comes from a family of brewers and has been used this put this fourty years of family tradition at use when making the companys cider. Only fresh Victorian apples and traditional press and cloth methods are used in the making this brew.
Taste
Coldstream has a lovely champagne colouring, grass and apple notes to the nose, with a hint of spice and a wine tinge. Taste wise, it has a fruity flavour, light, with a citrus tartness, vanillia and spice notes in the middle, and that apple freshness to finish.
**If you like Coldstream Cider, why not try one of our new Cocktails, “The De-Cider.” It has cointreau, campari, is topped with Coldstream and finished off with a scoop of Blood Orange sorbet. De-licious!
Big Helga Lager
History
Big Helga comes from brewers Matilda Bay, who has given us popular brews Fat Yak and Beez Neez. It was inspired by the Oktoberfest lagers, also known as “Helles Lagers.”
Taste
Helga pours lively, and has a fresh hoppy and a slightly toasty smell. It pours with a big frothy head, and has an amber colouring. It has a highly complex flavour for such a light lager. It has a hoppy, fresh and dry flavour.
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