Good Beer Week Showcase: 2019 Gala Showcase

The 2019 Gala Showcase will be taking over the Atrium at Federation Square Friday 15 March and Saturday 16 March.

Now over three huge sessions across Friday and Saturday, 30 breweries from Australia will showcase their beers. As the official launch of the Good Beer Week 2019 program, it will also serve as a sneak peek to the ten-day beer festival in May, with food vendors from Good Beer Week serving up some of the best dishes they have to offer.

Once again, there will be free masterclasses and attendees will have the chance to vote for the Bintani People's Choice beer and brewery of the Showcase, to be announced at the final Saturday evening session.

BREWERY INFO

Brewery registrations are now closed. Please email info@goodbeerweek.com if you would like to join a waitlist.

TICKETING INFO

Good Beer Week Gala Showcase 2019
Friday 15 March and Saturday 16 March
$50pp, + booking fee

Ticket price includes:

20 x 60ml beer tastings from a choice of more than 100 beers
$10 food voucher to spend with participating vendors
Good Beer Week limited edition souvenir tasting glass thanks to RASTAL

SESSIONS

TRADE- Friday 15 March 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Friday 15 March 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday 16 March 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday 16 March 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Tickets for the 2019 Good Beer Week May Program go on sale January 24, 2019!

Masterclasses and Food vendors to be announced in February 2019!

3 Ravens

Bad Shepherd Brewing Co.

BentSpoke Brewing Co.

Blackman's Brewery

Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers

Brewmanity

Bridge Road Brewers

CoConspirators Brewing Company

Exit Brewing

Fixation

Forrest Brewing

Fury and Son Brewing

Green Beacon Brewing Co.

Hawkers

Holgate Brewhouse

Hop Nation Brewing Co.

Little Creatures Brewing

Modus Operandi Brewing Co

Molly Rose Brewing

Moon Dog

Mountain Goat Beer

Mr Banks Brewing Co

Pirate Life Brewing

sailors grave brewing

Stomping Ground Brewing Co

Stone and Wood Brewing co.

Tallboy and Moose

TWØBAYS Brewing Co

Two Birds Brewing

Wolf of the willows

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
American Pale Ale	5.2%	American Pale Ale	A big bold hoppy take on the classic American Pale Ale. Packed with American and Australian hops this Pale Ale has a mouthwatering aroma of passionfruit, orange and pine and finishes clean on the palate with a firm bitterness.
Hazelnut Brown Ale	5.9%	English Brown	A toasty and malty ale loaded with the rich nuttiness of roasted hazelnuts. Brewed with real hazelnuts, hazelnut extract, vanilla extract and a splash of Frangelico. Smooth and nutty with a dry clean finish.
Pineapple Sour Ale	4%	Berliner Weisse	Pale straw with a slight haze, this sour has aromas of pineapple, lychee and sauvignon blanc. A clean lactic sourness on the palate finishing dry and tart. Reminiscent of an effervescent white wine.
Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout	10.1%	Stout	Aged in french oak merlot barrels, this stout pours jet black with a ruby hue. Strong aromas of roasted barley and milk chocolate with subtle hints of vanilla, coffee, plum and oak. A velvety mouth feel with firm bitterness and a soft finish. Very well balanced.
Victoria Pale Ale	4.2%	Blonde Ale
Hazelnut Brown Ale	5.9%	English Brown
Passionfruit	4.3%	Sour
Victoria Pale Ale	4.2%
Hazelnut Brown Ale	5.9%	English Brown
Passionfruit	4.3%	Sour

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Crankshaft	5.8%	Cranking IPA	Love your hops? Then have a go at a Cranky! Orange citrus and piney hop aromas, clean malty palate.
Barley Griffin	4.2%	Australian Pale Ale	Mild cloudy Australian Pale Ale. Tropical fruit salad hop aroma, slight spicy wheat malt palate. Barley Griffin won the gold medal at the 2017 International Brewing Awards for International Smallpack Ale.
Sprocket	7.0%	Big & Hoppy	Crankshafts younger sister. A big and hoppy IPA dry hopped with Mosaic, Amarillo and Galaxy. Raw tropical fruit hop aromas. Pineapple and Guava.
G.F.G - Gluten Friendly Ginger	4.0%	Ginger Beer	Spicy ginger aromas, sweetish palate with a light chilli finish. Brewed using ginger root extract and an enzyme to reduce gluten levels to below WHO standards.
Mort's Gold	4.4%	Clean and Crisp Lager	A clean and crisp lager named in honour of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, founder of Australia’s first gold mining company. Grassy herbaceous hop aromas, muted malt.
Red Nut	7.0%	Red & Hoppy	A Red IPA with a resiny hop and caramel malt character.
Easy	3.2%	Cleasing Ale	This easy drinking cleansing mid strength all will keep you well hydrated but in low gear through summer. Dry hopped with Citra and Mosaic. Tropical fruit salad hop aromas featuring ripe pineapple, lime and guava with a super clean finish.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Magical Easter Unicorn	6%	Magical	Just when you thought this planet couldn’t get any more magical after a blood red blue super moon, the magical genie lamp that brought you the Magical Christmas Unicorn provide you with yet another truly magnificent creation, The Magical Easter Unicorn.
Beechworth Pale Ale	5.2%	APA	Our flagship beer. Recently voted number 9 in the hottest 100 craft beer poll. Come find out why
Mayday Rasberry	6%	IPA	100% Brett fermented IPA made with 150kg of fresh raspberries from Snowline Fruits in Stanley. Hoppy, Funky, fruity, delicious!
ESB	6%	ESB	This slightly chocolatey ESB is a great expression of old world malt and hop flavor. Malty body and an earthy hop character.
Mayday Bottles	7%	Brett	Ask at our stand to try a range of our Mayday Hills range of beers. Mayday hills is a farmhouse beer project from Bridge Road Brewers. These beers are fermented in traditional wooden foedar tanks and reflect our township and the surrounding region. Mayday Hills.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
The Matriarch NEIPA	6.5%	New England	She may look like your mum on a big night out but the Matriarch is much more than meets the eye: a sheep dressed up in lambs clothing, slightly hazy and all foam on top. The juiciest rumours surround her life but they pale in comparison to the truth.She’s generous with her perfume like this brew is with aromas of citrus, pineapple and stone fruit. She should be bitter from all she’s seen and done, but instead she is a fresh, hopped up juicy number that’s full bodied in every sense of the word.
The Henchman	6.8%	West Coast	Henchman are a dime a dozen, countless unnamed characters killed off, but not this guy. Hailing from the West Coast, he’s old school! First up hitting you in the face with a classic one two punch of pine and citrus aromas. When this guy fronts up, you better step aside just like the malt does in this beer. Clearing the way for a whack of pine, dank tropical fruits and citrus flavours hitting you where it counts. He leaves his mark on your pallet with a lingering dry, bitter, thirst-quenching finish you won’t forget.
To be Confirmed	TBA%	Sour	TBA - New Beer
To Be Confirmed	TBA%	XPA	TBA - New Beer

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style
Red's Dead	7%	Red IPA
Windjammer	6%	IPA
7 Bells	4.2%	Passionfruity Gose
Siren Song (Barrel Aged with Brettanomyces)	3%	Raspberry Berliner Weisse

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Hawkers Westcoast IPA	7.2%	IPA	Not for the faint hearted. A big hoppy bitter West Coast style IPA with huge floral, fruity, and piney aromas.
Hawkers XPA	4.6%	Pale
Hawkers Bourbon Barrel aged Imperial Stout w/ Coffee & Cardamom	12.7%	Stout	Inspired by Lebanese coffee or Kahwa as it is known in Arabic, this beer is made from selected Coffee and Cardamom, rich luscious Imperial Stout, and Bourbon barrels, to make a beautiful beer big on Bourbon with warm hints of the Middle East.
Hawkers Aquavit Barrel aged Imperial Farmhouse	10.7%	Farmhouse	An ancient tradition of making beer meets a tradition of aging spirits at sea. Herbaceous, spicy, and complex. This is a very unique beer like nothing you may have had before.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Sour Brett Ale 2017	6.2%	Sour Ale	The aroma displays classic Brett funk with a zesty acidity balanced by sweet summer fruits – think peaches, apricots and mango with a hint of forest fruits – that border on confectionary in their intensity. The palate is unmistakably Brett with touches of rustic funk underneath a bracing lactic acidity. Gold medal winner at the Japan Beer Cup.
Sour Brett Ale 2018	5.8%	Sour Ale	The new vintage of our Sour Brett Ale is available for the first time anywhere at the GBW Showcase. Slightly lower in alcohol than it's predecessor, the '18 Vintage is tarter up front (Soured entirely with lactobacillus, '17 also used Pediococcus) but with the same unmistakeable Brett fruitiness on the finish.
Road Trip	6.0%	American IPA	First brewed in 2009, the Road Trip IPA is a homage to the classic IPAs of the Pacific Northwest of America. With plenty of pine notes up front, the Roadie packs a hop punch whilst being balanced out by its robust base.
Temptress	6.0%	Choc Porter	Our luscious Robust Porter is a cult classic. Real cocoa and whole vanilla beans give this porter a luxurious twist and a silky mouthfeel. All this plus a secret blend of speciality malts give a complex palate of alluring chocolate, coffee and caramel with a hint of vanilla.
Beelzebub's Jewels 2016	12.0%	Belgian Quad	Aged in ex-pinot noir french oak barrels this Belgian Quadrupel balances molasses, cognac and maraschino cherry character with vinous and tannic complexity. Rich, strong and complex, this is the perfect beer for special occasions. Like Tuesday night.
Mt Macedon Pale Ale	5.45.44%		Australian Ale and Vienna malts give this beer a delicate caramel malt flavour. The malts are balanced by light hop character and tropical fruit aromas from a variety of Australian hops including Topaz, Galaxy, Cascade and Ella. The result is a pale ale of broad appeal which is, like the mountain, a local landmark.
Temptress Choc porter	6%		This malt-driven beer is made extra special by the addition of Dutch cocoa and vanilla beans. The palate is complex with alluring chocolate, coffee and caramel underpinned by a hint of vanilla.
Alpha Crucis	5.55.5%		Alpha Crucis showcases three great hop varieties coming from Hop Products Australia: Galaxy, Topaz and Victoria Secret. Named after the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation, Alpha Crucis IPA sings of sweet tropical fruits and zingy citrus. The moderate bitterness and clean dry finish makes for an IPA that suits the Australian climate and culture. The 5.5% ABV allows for a more thorough investigation (another pint) of the great hops and malt being grown in Australia
Millennium Falcon	5.9%		The aroma is chock-full of super-fruity US hop aroma – think juicy pineapple, tart citrus, stone fruit, boiled lollies and bubblegum. On the palate the fruity mélange is underpinned by a bold, evergreen hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is full and luxurious yet at the same time dangerously drinkable.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Little Creatures IIPA 2018 Pilot Batch	7.8%	Double IPA
Little Creatures Pale Ale	5.2%	American Pale Ale	Bag loads of whole hops flowers that we source direct from hop growers in Victoria, Tassie, and the Pacific North West of the US are thrown at our pale ale throughout the brewing process. It’s these hops that provide intense citrus and stone fruit characteristics that are carefully balanced with select malts, providing a beer that is ultimately refreshing and leaves the palette craving for more.
White Rabbit Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale	4.9%	Flanders Red	A well balanced Red Ale ‘built’ from components of an open fermented base beer aged in a barrel for an extended period of time and allowed to naturally acidify blended with a fresh beer (using some mash tun souring processes) prior to packaging. The play on sweet, sour and bitter should create a vibrant experience for the taster, tart cherry and red wine like complexities will give this beer depth and length on palate which will appeal to both beer drinkers and wine / cider drinkers alike.
White Rabbit Chocolate Stout 2018 Pana Chocolate Colab	5.8%	Sweet Stout	Our 2018 Release Chocolate Stout blended with premium brandy along with rich, complex Pana Chocolate Cacao. Both added late in the brewing process to produce a smooth, velvety stout, with distinct chocolate undertones.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style
Matilde	5.5%	Saison
Sour Tom	5.5%	Sour Strawberry Ale
IPA for your face	6.2%	IPA
Niche IPA also for your face	6.8%	IPA

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Pale Ale	5.2%	Pale Ale	This American inspired Pale Ale is bursting with stone fruit, pine and citrus characters. Well balanced and extremely drinkable, it took home the trophy for Best New World Pale Ale at the 2016 AIBAs.
North Street IPA	6.5%	IPA	The Goats drew on twenty years of brewing, two consecutive AIBA trophy-winning IPAs and multiple trial brews for North Street IPA. Hop-driven with resinous pine and citrus peel on the nose, this brew is one for hopheads everywhere.
North Street Saison	5.4%	Saison	Brewed exclusively with Mandarina Bavaria hops, this zingy saison has a light bitterness and a refreshing finish.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
XPA	5.0%	Extra Pale Ale	Xtra hoppy, Xtra Tasty, Extra Pale
IPA	6.4%	Ipa	West Coast style IPA with tons of stone fruit & citrus & A subdued bitterness.
Wheeze The Juice	6.1%	NEIPA	Hazy tropical NEIPA. Mango & Pineapple dominate this Juice like delight.
Tart City	5.6%	Blackberry Saison	Tart & Dry with a blackberry twist.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
IPA	6.8%	IPA	Sitting nicely between our Pale Ale and IIPA at 6.8% ABV the IPA has a gentle orange hue and a round, full bodied malt character care of Pale Malt, Munich and Crystal. With our Pale Ale and IIPA having withdrawn most of our funds from the dank bank we thought it was time to make a beer that brought something a little different to the table. Chock full of Centennial, Riwaka and Simcoe our IPA is bright, fruity and full of liquid fun.
Mosaic	7.0%	IPA	For our second birthday, we decided to brew a homage to the most delicious of hops: Mosaic. The plan was pretty straight forward: use a simple malt bill and let the Mosaic do the talking. The resulting beer is as the name implies; a kaleidoscopic journey through tropical flavours. Somehow, Mosaic finds a way to impart every delicious flavour you ask of hops, all on its own. Backed by a clean, light malt bill it's the beer equivalent of a fruit punch juice box.
Black IPA	6.4%	IPA	The Black IPA is a hard beer to get right. Striking a balance between roasted malts and big juicy hops takes a little bit of juggling to get right. The 6.4% Pirate Life Black IPA is brewed with chocolate malt to impart a rich, smooth roast malt character and massive helpings of Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, Simcoe and Centennial to balance it out.
Strawberry Milkshake	TBC		Many fans will remember our GABS beer from last year, the Vanilla Malt Thickshake. The beer was a favourite among fans as well as the crew down here at the brewery. So when it came time to choose a brew for the birthday a lighter, more summery version was chosen. The Strawberry Milkshake IPA an 8% IPA brewed with oats, lactose, fresh strawberries, hopped with Huell Melon and finished on nitro.
Port Local Lager	4.5%	American	Port Local, a super clear and bright yellow lager with a tight, fluffy white head that leaves pretty lacing all down the glass. It's kept simple and clean, combining the sweetness of the Vienna and Pilsner malt with herbaceous, earthy and spicy flavours from the Spalt and Perle hops, finishing super dry and encouraging the drinker to return for more of its thirst quenching goodness.
Pale Ale	5.4%	American	The go to beer when you want huge flavour but not quite huge booze. The Pale Ale is the true definition of a session beer, you will never get bored and it will keep you coming back for more.
Throwback IPA	3.5%	American	Designed for intelligent and sexy humans who'd like to be able to throw back a few cans of a zealously hopped ale, endowed with an ample malt chassis, and still get on with their day.
Mosaic	TBC		We decided to brew a homage to the most delicious of hops. A kaleidoscopic journey through tropical flavours. Somehow, Mosaic finds a way to impart every delicious flavour you ask of hops, all on its own. Backed by a clean, light malt bill it's the beer equivalent of a fruit punch juice box.
Port Local Lager	4.5%	American	Port Local, a super clear and bright yellow lager with a tight, fluffy white head that leaves pretty lacing all down the glass. It's kept simple and clean, combining the sweetness of the Vienna and Pilsner malt with herbaceous, earthy and spicy flavours from the Spalt and Perle hops, finishing super dry and encouraging the drinker to return for more of its thirst quenching goodness.
Pale Ale	5.4%	American	The go to beer when you want huge flavour but not quite huge booze. The Pale Ale is the true definition of a session beer, you will never get bored and it will keep you coming back for more.
Throwback IPA	3.5%	American	Designed for intelligent and sexy humans who'd like to be able to throw back a few cans of a zealously hopped ale, endowed with an ample malt chassis, and still get on with their day.
Mosaic	TBC		We decided to brew a homage to the most delicious of hops. A kaleidoscopic journey through tropical flavours. Somehow, Mosaic finds a way to impart every delicious flavour you ask of hops, all on its own. Backed by a clean, light malt bill it's the beer equivalent of a fruit punch juice box.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
drowned man ipa	4.8%	ipa

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Poida	6%	American Porter	An American spin on the classic English style this roast driven dark ale has chocolate and coffee notes and moderate hop bitterness.
Hop Stomper	6.6%	IPA	Inspired by the old hop baling technique, this West Coast IPA is packed full of pine and resin character. Finishing with a firm bitterness, expect citrus and grassy aromas.
Gipps St	5.2%	Pale Ale	Named after the street we call home this gold medal winner is full of tropical fruit American hop character and serious personality
Laneway Lager	4.7%	Helles	Our crisp German-style lager has a gentle bitter finish and is super refreshing
Arch Nemesis	10.6%	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Dangerously drinkable big Belgian Dark Ale with notes of rum, raison and clove.
Aviation Sour	4%	Berlinerweiss	Inspired by the classic gin cocktail, this Berlinerweiss is spiked with maraschino liqueur, creme de violette and lemon juice.
Gipps St	5.2%	Pale Ale
Watermelon Smash	4.2%	Sour
Laneway Lager	4.8%	Helles
Guava Smash	4.2%	Sour
Hop Stomper	6.4%	IPA

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
The Moose Strikes Back	10%	Barrel Aged Imperial Stout	Last winter we teamed up with our mates at Carwyn Cellars to brew one big-daddy of an imperial stout known as "Darkside of the Moose", and then we whacked it into an ex-bourbon barrel to hibernate. "The Moose Strikes Back" is the awakened result. The force is strong in this one...it will knock your socks off with flavours of dark fruit covered in dark chocolate covered in oak aged bourbon kissed dark beer.
Les Soeurs Agricole	5%	Barrel Aged Mixed Fermentation	The first ever release from our mixed fermentation barrel program. This is a red ale base that's had an extended vacation in a single ex-shiraz barrel (one of four sisters). After hanging out with a custom blend of world-class bugs we then blended to taste with a clean fermented saison. Expect the best of both worlds: classic farmhouse and funky barrel characters coming together in a marriage of ultimate complexity and refinement.
TDH Miasma	6.8%	NEIPA	Oh Dear! We've gone and polluted one of our fermentation vessels with a filthy combination of Citra, Galaxy and El Dorado hops. Not once, but thrice these reeking hop flowers have been left to soak on what began as a perfectly clean brew. The contagious lupulin's bio-transformation has taken hold as a dense smog. Sacrifice yourself to the triple dry hopped contamination - it's our only hope of avoiding complete and utter catastrophe!
Tallboy's Cream Ale	4.9%	Cream Ale	A clean and crisp American-style lawnmower beer that goes down easy on any day of year. This beer is dry and has a very restrained malt profile. There is a touch of hop character but it's subtle, giving just enough bitterness to refresh the palate and make you want to go back for more. A cream ale is a hybrid style, essentially an ale pretending to be a lager.

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note

Beer	ABV	Style	Tasting note
Pale	5%	Pale	Our Pale is like your favourite pair of jeans - the perfect fit for every occasion. But like every Two Birds brew, this Pale is not without a twist. Two types of oats create a hazy and super pale beer with a smooth, silky mouthfeel, while Australian and US hops offer up notes of pine, passionfruit and pineapple.

Beer	ABV	Style
Pacific Sour	4.1%	Kettle Sour
XPA	4.7%	Extra pale Ale
PILS	TBC	Australian Pilsner
The Woodsman	5%	Amber Ale

The 2019 Gala Showcase will be taking over the Atrium at Federation Square Friday 15 March and Saturday 16 March.

BREWERY INFO

Brewery registrations are now closed. Please email info@goodbeerweek.com if you would like to join a waitlist.

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