The Local BottleStore & Provisions - over & out

 

It is with great sadness that The Local BottleStore & Provisions will be closing down for good this Sunday June 17th at 8pm. We gave the Store a real crack but it wasn’t financially viable for the Local group of businesses and we have decided to focus solely on our existing craft beer venues, GABS and exciting new opportunities.

We have many ideas for moving the craft beer movement forward in Australia and we also have a few ideas we are considering for the Store. Watch this space for more updates. A heartfelt thanks to Ashley, Nitun, Rick and James as well as our suppliers and customers for their tremendous support and loyalty over the course of the journey.

For customers seeking great takeaway beer, we recommend other specialist beer shops such as Slow Beer, Purvis Beer, Black Hearts & Sparrows and Chapel Street Cellars.

Cheers & Beers,

Guy & Steve

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This weeks awesome new arrivals

Its been a big week for new beery arrivals, with next week set to be even better.

In no particular order;

From Moylans Brewery in Novato, California (USA);

Celtic Red Ale

Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

Ryan O'Sullivans Imperial Stout

From Murray's Craft Brewing Co (NSW);

Oak Aged Heart Of Darkness Imperial Stout

From Little Creatures (WA);

Dreadnought Foreign Export Stout

and for Growler fills;

Bridge Road Galaxy IPA

Bridge Road Stella IPA

Mornington Peninsula Double IPA.

We also sent a Viking raiding party to The Local Taphouse, which brought back a stash of rarities from the cellar. The only way to find out what they are is to come in.

Next week we can expect deliveries of new stock from Nøgne Ø (Norway), BrewDog (UK), Victory (USA), He'Brew (USA) and 8 Wired (New Zealand) plus more.

Mikkeller Kidnaps Hank and Frankie

To coincide with The Local Taphouse's Mikkeller Tap Takeover, a hugely exciting event that will see 20 beers from Mikkeller all on tap at the same time, The Local BottleStore & Provisions will have it's 2 growler fillers, Hank and Frankie pouring delicious Mikkeller Beer - On Hank will be Mikkeller Cream Ale (5% ABV) a fruity off centre pale ale with a twist, and on Frankie will be Mikkeller Tripel (9% ABV) a big Belgian style tripel.

But wait, there's still more!

Starting tomorrow (Tuesday 23/08/2011) until the first Mikkeller beer runs out at The Local Taphouse, we will be offering 10% off the price of either beer!

There is only one keg of most of them, so you'll have to get in quick.

Bridge Road brewer to personally deliver beer growler to launch our bicycle deliveries!

Ben Kraus, owner and brewer at Bridge Road Brewery and an avid cyclist, will officially launch our home delivery service on Tuesday July 19th at 6pm.

Before his appearance at the Ale Star's 3rd birthday celebrations at the Taphouse, Ben will fill a growler with his own forthcoming Anniversary Ale and then personally ride our vintage delivery bicycle (similar to the one photographed above) to deliver the growler to our competition winner at his/her home.

If you would like Ben to personally deliver to your home a free growler of his Anniversary Black Saison, make up your own imaginative, original and clean (!) story – in 100 words or less - as to how beer growlers were given their name. Email them to bottlestoreSK AT thelocal.com.au by midnight July 15th. To be eligible for the delivery, you must live within 3km of the St Kilda Taphouse (use Google maps if you're not sure) and be home from 6pm-7pm on the 19th. We'll also find a fun prize for the best answer from a non-local!

We will announce the winner on Sunday July 17th.

More information about deliveries such as days, times, costs etc will be posted soon.