Noir Stout from those crazy Mad Brewers again has met with astonishing success across the country. As always, it was a great team effort in the formulation and production, but it was Mad Brewer Pete Merrington that really led the charge on this creation. The addition of powdered liquorice root at the end of the kettle boil instils a magic and mysterious finish to what would normally be considered an excellent Imperial Stout. I think all of our Beer Club members/connoisseurs will be suitability impressed. As with any higher alcohol level beer, it should be consumed slowly and responsibly - with all flavours being savoured. Read More
You will find this very limited brew on tap at the James Squire Brew Bars in Sydney (King St Wharf), Melbourne (Russell St & Docklands), Perth (Murray St) & Hobart (Salamanca Square) and at a few quality craft beer hotels nationally from week starting August 23rd 2010. Enjoy in moderation! Click here for outlets stocking Mad Brewers
As mentioned in previous newsletters we do enjoy running public brewery tours. In our normal daily operations 
however, it is difficult to have tours through our craft brewery. Anyway, by popular request, we brought it back this year, and the response was overwhelming. On two Saturdays (7 and 21 August), two 2-hour tour & tastings were conducted to full capacity crowds. The extensive beer and food matching session was hosted by our brewers and our resident chef Richard. Beautiful lamb cutlets were complemented with James Squire Amber Ale, and the Pilsener matched up well with gourmet Moroccan spiced chicken pies. Other matches were enjoyed for Golden Ale and Porter and for the lucky members that joined us on our last tour, Mad Brewers Noir Stout. Almost 300 people attended, and now they are out there being our ambassadors for fine foods and beers.
Next week, I will be in Perth. Click here for events that I will be attending, I would love to meet as many you Beer Club Members as I can.
Cheers to all of those quality beers around the country.
Chuck Hahn
Brewmaster
The tour was fantastic.
My only comment is that the crowd was quite sophisticated beer-wise, so perhaps split the tour component of the day to “know nothing about how to make beer” and “make their own beer”. The latter could get a more technical explanation of something they’d relate to, only scaled from their 20L up to your sizes.