Tassie Living: Five of the best Tasmanian winter beers

When it comes to great winter beers we are spoilt for choice in here in Tasmania. Here’s where to find some of the many awesome brews on offer.

Shambles Brewery’s bar keep Will Caugh serves up one of Tassie’s finest winter brews the Barry White Robust Porter, 6% ABV, which sells for $13 for a pint. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

We are spoilt for choice in Tasmania when it comes to great winter beer.

Here’s some of the many awesome brews on offer.

SHAMBLES
BARRY WHITE ROBUST PORTER, 6.3% ABV, $13 PINT

Big, smooth and velvety – just like the deep baritone of the big man himself. Notes of toffee, caramel and dark chocolate, with the complex malt flavours are matched by stronger alcohol and a balanced bitterness.

222 Elizabeth St, Hobart.

Shambles Brewery’s bar keep, Will Caught, serves up one of Tassie’s finest winter beers the aptly named big, smooth and velvety Barry White, which retails for $13 for a pint. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

MOO BREW
MOO BREW STOUT, 8% ABV $29, for a six-pack (375ml can), $13 a pint

This beer has a local cult following who like to call it the “Velvet Sledgehammer” because it is smooth but packs a punch. It’s a Moo Brew favourite that hasn’t changed since it was created 12 years ago. It’s often on tap at The Whaler.

655 Main Rd, Berriedale

HOBART BREWING CO.

TASCADIAN DARK ALE, 6% ABV, $10 SCHOONER

This beer features the Tasmanian grown variety of the Cascade hop with a blend of American hops balanced with dark malts. The fruit and pine hop flavours and aromas are balanced with a subtle roast, chocolate and caramel maltiness.

16 Evans St, Hobart

T-BONE BREWING CO.

CHOC MILK STOUT 4.7% ABV $9 SCHOONER

A sweet milk stout brewed with milk sugar. Amazing dark chocolate aromas with a rich, smooth mouth-feel and delicious aftertaste. Finished off with vanilla and cacao nibs during secondary fermentation. On tap and in cans to take away.

T-Bone Brewing Co., 308 Elizabeth St, North Hobart

IRONHOUSE BREWERY

HONEY PORTER, 6% ABV, $8-$10 SCHOONER

This is an exceptional beer you need to try if you like honey. It’s made with rich, organic Tasmanian leatherwood honey and is an English style dark ale. It is smooth and has notes of caramel toffee and chocolate and a full, long finish.

21554 Tasman Hwy, Four Mile Creek