1. All Bar Nun - Wed 09 September 2009

The inaugural Australian Beer Club was held at All Bar Nun on Wednesday 09 September and was a great success. 

Cristoph from Zierholz Premium Brewery was on hand and explained all the ins and outs of some of his finest European beers. It was bit like feeding strawberries to pigs, we couldn’t get them down our throats quick enough.

The 1^st beer we tasted was the Zierholz German Ale a Koelsch (or Cologne) style beer, this went down very nicely with the beautifully cooked Calamari.  We were advised by Cristoph that it is fermented using a unique yeast strain from Cologne and cold conditioned to highlight its smooth character. The end result was a bright, golden ale with a nose tingling hop aroma, appetizing malt and delicate fruit palate and a crisp dry finish.

Our 2^nd beer was the Zierholz Weizen, this poured with a pillowy white head and had an effervescent body.  With it’s spicy clove, vanilla and banana characters created by a unique strain of German hefeweizen yeast it was the perfect beverage to wash down some very tasty spicy chicken wings.

The 3^rd beer of the night was the Zierholz Hopmeister. Built on a solid base of the finest English and German malts, the Hopmeister is then bolstered with layer after layer of intertwined hop flavour, aroma and assertive bitterness.  The Guys at All Bar out done themselves by serving up plates of perfectly cooked lamb cutlets which were absolutely beautiful and then to be able to wash them down the Hopmeister, It doesn’t get much better than that.

The last beer of the night was the Zierholz Porter, by this point poor old Cristoph had lost all control and it was just a bit of free for all.  This beer was made up of a special selection of malts to create a rich and dark ale as they were in London in the days of old.

We finished off the night with some sweet little chocolate balls which again were the perfect combination.

As the guys at All Bar needed to decide on a Zierholz to start selling on tap, they got us to put the 4 beers to a vote, and the most popular with the Bushedranger’s was the Zierholz German Ale. 

Our special thanks goes out to Dan Kenny and all the guys at All Bar Nun for providing the perfect venue and food and to Cristoph  and Zierholz Premium Brewery for the awesome selection of beers.

A bit of fun was had with the fines on the night, a couple of very senior Bushedranger’s were caught out without their Hall socks on and were fined accordingly.

There was a fine for anyone caught using the word “WINE” and special mention must go to Steve Fagg for catching Pat Gallagher using this word in Auslan sign language.