We had to go to Bunnings (think Home Depot for you Americans - now unlike most men I don't really find this interesting, it's a chore, but the Bunnings is near a brewery so I did manage to combine it with a pop in for Lunch and a couple of rounds of beers.
The brewery is in South Melbourne in Australia but is confusingly called Westside Ale Works which is a reference to the fact that they make US West Coast IPAs - except although that's where they started they now make all sorts of beers, but I tend not to drink their beers when I'm there, instead I tend to drink from there exceptionally good 'Guest list'
and that is where we spend most of today.
Round 1
Ida Pruul golden ale
Just to be more confusing Ida Pruhl is actually brewed on site a Westside but is a different brewer and a different philosophy, it's more Eurpoean and wild. This beer (on the right in the shot above and maybe made with some malt from the bags behind it) was a A lovely very drinkable wild ale gentle almost no carbonation which makes it very nice
I assumed White Bay was American, being a on the guest taps and as I hadn't heard of them but it turns out that are just a small brewery from Sydney. There beer (at the rear at the top) was called Well, why not? it was a a hazy pale which is everything you would like a hazy pale to be in that it was hazy, a touch fruity from the hops without being too bitter really quite enjoyable
The reason this is such a good place to pop into for lunch is the Pizza - how course I always forget to take the photo until to late
Round 2
Now we have found an Amercian brewery - two of them in fact - Alesmith have combined with Revision brewing with a West Coast IPA - Spilt Aces and I have to say it's a pretty good west coast Ipa, not particularly aggressive very well balanced
Then it was back to White Bay for a beer called Big Tree West Coast IPA. Now I like to end on a high but unfortunately this was the weakest of these beers, it's okay but is a little paint by number IPA there is plenty of bitterness but not too much finesse