The Gypsy, the Goat & The Quiet American...among other things

Lots of great stock has arrived in store and more to come!

The highly anticipated Mountain Goat and Mikkeller collaboration - Cross Breed, The Gypsy and the Goat Black Pepperberry IPA - does not disappoint. We've got loads in stock, but it won't last - get yourself some!

Another Mikkeller collaboration with Bridge Road - the Dark Harvest - has arrived. Perfect for autumn and winter drinking.

BrewDog - Paradox Jura  (imperial stout matured in jura whisky casks).

We've still got some AB:05's  on sale at 15% OFF with a bonus Pint Glass

Also from Bridge Road is the Harvest - a hop forward pale ale with loads of aromatics.

Little Creature's Single Batch -  The Quiet American - an American IPA blended with a Belgium tripel with that classic Little Creature's character.

Stone & Wood's Jasper Ale is very popular and we'll have it back in stock from tomorrow!

Other mentions include:


The NZ Mash Up
St. Ambroise - Pale Ale & Scotch Ale
Holgate Brewery - Temptress - an old favourite is back!
Mornington Imperial IPA and Porter are both in the house
Moo brew - Pale, Dark and Handsome (i.e. the Pilsner)
New Holland Australian Dubbel - Red Duck and Vic Brewer Champion collaboration

Lots to try - hope this inspires some cold weather drinking!

New arrivals!

We have some killer new beers in stock from Sierra Nevada, Kiuchi Brewey, Lindemans and of course Mornington Peninsula Brewery.

From Sierra Nevada:
Ruthless Rye IPA 6.6% ABV

From Kiuchi Brewery:
Hitachino Nest Real Ginger Brew 7% ABV
Hitachino Nest Extra High(XH) 8% ABV

From Lindemans:
Cassis(A blackcurrant fruit Lambic)3.5% ABV

From Mornington Peninsula Brewery:
Imperial IPA 8.5%ABV

Mornington Peninsula Brewery Imperial IPA has arrived

After much anticipation, Mornington Peninsula Brewery's Imperial IPA has arrived. You'll need to get in quick as we only have two cases at the moment and it's sure to sell out fast.

Awesome new arrivals coming soon.

Arriving late this week (or early next week) we have some awesome new beers from the USA.

Through some very hard wheeling an dealing by one of our suppliers, we will be getting the following beers:

From Sly Fox Brewery in Pennsylvania we have:

Phoenix Pale Ale (Cans!) & Route 113 India Pale Ale (Cans!)

From Weyerbacher Brewery also from Pennsylvania we have:

Double Simcoe Imperial India Pale Ale, Blithering Idiot Barkeywine, Old Heathen Imperial Stout & Hops Infusion India Pale Ale.

From Clown Shoes in Massachusetts:

Lubrication Black India Pale Ale.

There are a few others which I will confirm on arrival (so, you know, watch this space).

Pretty exciting right? All of this stuff is very limited, so get in quick or you might miss out!

Black Heart Brewery Pale Ale now filling Growlers and Squealers

Black Heart American Pale Ale from Black Heart Brewery, one of Australia's newest breweries, s now filling Growlers ($20.00) and Squealers ($10.00).

To find out more about Black Heart Brewery, visit their website here.

Totally Bodacious New Arrivals

What a day, so many exciting new beers have arrived. So in no particular order:

Green Flash and Bear Republic have finally hit our shores.

From Green Flash we have West Coast IPA, Hop Head Red Ale, Le Freak, Imperial IPA, Double Stout and Barley Wine.

Bear Republic's Racer 5 IPA and Red Rocket Ale. Unfortunately due a packing error Hop Rod Rye Ale, Special XP Pale Ale, Pete Brown Tribute Ale and Big Bear Black Stout won't arrive till Monday.

Mikkeller's Single Hop IPA range (Tomahawk, Amarillo, Summit, Nelson Sauvin, Soarchi Ace, Centennial, Simcoe, Citra & Apollo), Texas Ranger, Sur Monk and It's Alive

Red Duck's Hoppy Amber Ale, Pale Rider and Overland Kolsch

Moylon's Orange and Black IPA, we also have Irish Red Ale, Tippery Pale Ale and Chelsea Porter back on the shelves.

So, heaps of exciting new beers, but get in quick, as they won't last.

Stop the press, some Epic new beers have just arrived

Ahh, it's all pun and games down here at The Local BottleStore & Provisions today, but seriously, we have had some great new beers from Epic Brewing (NZ) arrive today.

Epic Larger - Imperial Pilsener 8.5% - Larger, get it, like lager, but bigger, and using a common misspelling....... it's a pun!

Epic Fig and Coffee Imperial Oatmeal Stout - Imperial Stout 8% - Brewed with foodies in mind, those of you who read.... Epic-cure.

Epic Barrel Aged Armageddon - India Pale Ale 7.25% - So earth shatteringly hoppy, it had to be locked in a barrel.

Epic Flying Nun 30th Anniversary Beer - American Pale Ale 5.5% - Since the arrival of the first Gramophone to New Zealand in 1981 Flying Nun have been pumping out records - in honour of this, Epic have brewed a super hoppy pale ale.

Well, I crammed just about as many puns in as I could. Stay tuned for more awesome arrivals.

Upcoming Arrivals

As you may expect, the first few weeks of 2012 are a little slow for new arrivals. But this week has got things going again, and from then the sky is the limit.

Already arrived are the following:

Bridge Road Nøgne Ø India Saison (Brewed at Nøgne Ø, Grimstad NORWAY)
Courage Russian Imperial Stout (the latest incarnation of the original Russian Imperial Stout)
La Sirene Saison

Coming this week, we have:

Bridge Road Nøgne Ø India Saison (Brewed at Bridge Road Brewery, Beechworth, VIC)
Bridge Road Summer IPA

And in the next fortnight, we should see the following arriving:

Bear Republic (California)
Green Flash (California)
New beers from Brooklyn Brewery

and many more...

So, stayed tuned for what promises to be an exciting couple of weeks.

3 new beers on Hank Today

A long time between posts. What with public holidays, being crazy busy before Christmas, and religious high holidays such as the Boxing Day Test, Nitun, Rick and I have barely had a chance to catch our breath.

But we're back, with three new beers filling Growlers:

Bright Mystic Mild 3% - $18.30 and $9.15

Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted 4.2% - $27.30 and $13.65

Harviestoun Old Engine Oil 6% - $32 and $16

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and if we don't see you beforehand, a Happy New Year.

Some super special new arrivals.

Just in today, rare and limited;

Cantillon Fou' Fonne - Just 6 Bottles, limit of 1 per customer. First in, best dressed.

Cantillon Marmouche - Just 12 bottles, limit of 1 per customer.

We also have a sneaky keg of Moon Dog Gingerbread Brown ale which will be filling Growlers and Squealers this evening.

Great Christmas Deals!

Tis the season, or so they say, and we here at The Local BottleStore & Provisions love any excuse to dress the joint up, and put together some great deals.

So, while stocks last we have the following deals in store;

Samuel Adams Noble Pils 6 Packs - $14.85

Growler + Koozie - $20 (normally $37.00)

Australian Style Christmas 6 Pack - $28.15, made especially for those of you who say "bugger tradition, I'm having oysters, prawns, snapper and salad on Christmas day". Comprising of Mikkeller Cream Ale, Red Hill Bohemian Pilsener, Samuel Adams Summer Ale, Mornington Peninsula IPA, Moa Original and Stone & Wood Pacific Ale.

Traditional Christmas 6 Packs - $54.20, made for people with a stiff upper lip, who are of the opinion that "so what if it's 40 degrees outside, I'm having turkey, ham, roast vegies and brandy soaked pudding". Containing Fullers Golden Pride Barleywine, Ola Dubh 12, Nogne O Julesnadder, Red Hill Christmas Ale, Mikkeller Hoppy Loving Christmas & Coopers Vintage Ale 2011.

We also got some Red Hill Brewery Gift Packs in, containing 5 of their seasonal range, plus a totally rad Red Hill Pint Glass.

Gift vouchers are also available in store, so come on down a get some Christmas Goodies!

3 sexy new arrivals from Moon Dog

The crazy cats (or maybe dogs) from Abbottsford most famous brewery, Moon Dog have just released 3 new beers in time for Christmas.

Perverse Sexual Amalgam - A dark sour ale brewed with Cherry plums.

Henry Fords Girthsome Fjord - A Belgo - American Brown Ale

The Black Lung - A smoky stout aged in whiskey barrels.

All 3 are as delicious as they are wacky, and crazy limited, so get in quick or you'll miss out.

Moa tasting this Thursday!

Yay, free beer! Come on down on Thursday and try some of Moa Brewing Co's wares. Starting from 5pm, the guys from Moa will be on hand to give you a sample of their wonderful range.

Moa brewing Co is one of New Zealand's most exciting breweries, with a range of 10+ beers.

In store we will be stocking the following Moa beers;

Blanc
Blanc Evolution
Breakfast Beer
Five Hop
Imperial Stout
Methode
Noir
Pale Ale
Orginal
St. Josephs

and two ciders;

Weka
Weka Pear

For more information about Moa and their range, check out this website

Heaps of New Arrivals

What a week, so many new beers, and cheeses, where does one start.... at the beginning.

From Mikkeller (DEN);

BA George Bourbon
Hoppy Lovin Christmas
Santa's Little Helper
Spontanale
Spontancranberry
Vesterbro Tolietbajer
Cream Ale

From Stillwater Artisanal Ales/ Mikkeller;

Two Gypsies Our Side

From Maui Brewing Co (USA);

CocoNut Porter

From Diamond Knot Brewery (USA);

Industrial India Pale Ale

From Sierra Nevada (USA);

Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale

From Red Hill (VIC);

Bohemian Pilsener

For Hank, the Growler Filler;
Mikkeller Hoppy Loving Christmas
East End Big Hop India Pale Ale
Marshall Wharf Maximilian Imperial Red Ale
Mornington Peninsula Sorachi Kolsch


Our new cheeses;

Herve Mons Ossau Iraty AOC (FRA)
Herve Mons Camembert (FRA)
Herve Mons Meule de Savoie (FRA)
Luigi Guffanti Gorgonzola Dolce Latte (ITA)
Prefere de nos Montagnes (FRA)
Tomme de Chevre de Poitou (FRA)
Quickes Oak Smoked Cheddar 15 months (UK)

Plus fresh stocks of BrewDog, Black Heart Brewing and Red Hill

2 new Beers on Hank today

Horrid weather outside, but 2 new awesome beers on Hank, the growler filling wunderkind to brighten anyone's day.

East End Brewing Big Hop IPA (5.8% ABV) $40.00 - A big American Style India Pale Ale from a very micro micro brewery in Pittsburgh, PA USA.

Mornington Peninsula Brewery Sorachi Kolsch $28.00 - The latest seasonal from Mornington Peninsula Brewery is a refreshing Kolsch style beer, brewed with Sorachi Ace hops which impart a delicious Lemongrass flavour.

New Arrivals

I mentioned a few days ago that it was going to be a huge fortnight of new arrivals, and with new beers from Mornington Peninsula, Two Birds Brewing and Black Hearts brewing, it has been already.

Today the first of the international arrivals showed up..... Anderson Valley Brewing Co from Boonville California. That's pretty cool in itself, but there's always more, 3 of their awesome beers will be available in cans! Without further ado, the line up;

Boont Amber 355ml Cans $6.20 or $33.80 for 6
Hop Ottin IPA 355ml Cans $7 or $38.20 for 6
Summer Solstice 355ml Cans $6.20 or $33.80 for 6
Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout 650ml $13
20th Anniversary Imperial IPA 650ml $20

and a keg of Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout for Growler Fills.

There's still heaps more to come,watch this space.

Cheese and Beer night line up

On Wednesday 23rd of November, we will be having our 2nd Cheese and Beer tasting. After a gruelling process of drinking yummy beer with delicious cheese, we have come up with this line up for the evening.

Bridge Road Chestnut Pilsener with Herve Mons Ossau Iraty AOC

Bridge Road Chevalier Saison with Herve Mons Camembert

Bridge Road Biere de Garde with Tomme De Chevre

Epic Barrel Aged Stout with Luigi Guffanti Gorgonzola Dolce

Tuatara Ardennes with Prefere de nos Montagnes

8 Wired Sauvin Saison with Beaufort AOC

8 Wired Rewired Brown Ale with Quickes Smoked Cheddar

It promises to be a great evening, with some tasty (and rare) beers and some exceptional cheeses.

Start time is 6.30pm on Wednesday 23rd of November.

Cost is $45 pp, and tickets can be booked here

A huge fortnight of New Arrivals coming up.

The next 2 weeks are going to see some really exciting new arrivals and fresh stocks of some new favourites.

I'll give you a more detailed run down as their arrival approaches, so watch this space - it'll be worth it.

2 Spooky new beers on Hank today

So it's Halloween, and we here at The Local BottleStore & Provisions love an excuse to dress up, make puns and generally celebrate.

As a result, we have decided to put two Spooky beers on Hank for Growler fills - Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale, and Bridge Road Stella IPA. What's spooky about Stella? Well its brewed by Bridge Road Brewers of Beechworth, which is a spooky looking Gold Rush town that amongst other things (including an Asylum and a creepy old prison) is near where the Kelly gang had their last stand. In my book that's Spooky.

If you come down in some kind of costume, we'll give you 10% off the price of a fill.

Ninkasi's Angel flutters in.

Brewed by The Women of Beer, with profits going to the Glen McGrath foundation, this beer is truly unique.

Ninkasi's Angel is a Belgian Tripel brewed with exotic spices.

You can read more about it here

Crazy limited, and for a good cause (yes, I know drinking yummy beer is a good cause also), so get it while it lasts.