What's on tap at wig and pen

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  1. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    How about some pig pen, lunch with the monks, IRA, SOS, and the judges are all on Botox.
    Drinking a velvet cream stout right now
     
    #1 mulder1010, Jun 30, 2013
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  2. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    Good to hear you got down to Canberra. Sorry I'm not there to have a pint with you. The RIS is good this year. What's the SOS?
     
    #2 dgilks, Jun 30, 2013
  3. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Sour olde spiced
     
    #3 mulder1010, Jun 30, 2013
  4. MrKennedy

    MrKennedy Pooh-Bah (1,838) Dec 29, 2006 Australia
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    I'm there too. Guy with glasses wearing a Soundgarden shirt. Sitting inside.

    Drinking the Pig Pen collaboration.
     
    #4 MrKennedy, Jun 30, 2013
  5. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Mosaic pale ale.

    Wig and pen RIS is oak aged this year.
     
    #5 mulder1010, Jun 30, 2013
  6. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    Interesting. Bunch of new stuff in the last week.
     
    #6 dgilks, Jun 30, 2013
  7. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    The mosaic pale ale does not work on hand pump
     
    #7 mulder1010, Jun 30, 2013
  8. danieelol

    danieelol Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2010 Australia

    any highlights?
     
    #8 danieelol, Jun 30, 2013
  9. MrKennedy

    MrKennedy Pooh-Bah (1,838) Dec 29, 2006 Australia
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    Velvet cream stout & the RIS were the picks.

    SOS and Pig Pen were odd.
     
    #9 MrKennedy, Jun 30, 2013
  10. danieelol

    danieelol Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2010 Australia

    nice, W&P still seems way ahead of everyone else in Australia in the brewpub stakes. I hope they were doing lots of business.
     
    #10 danieelol, Jun 30, 2013
  11. MrKennedy

    MrKennedy Pooh-Bah (1,838) Dec 29, 2006 Australia
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    It was pretty quiet, but it might also be Uni holidays
     
    #11 MrKennedy, Jun 30, 2013
  12. Lukie

    Lukie Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2007 Australia

    Pig Pen took a while to grow on me. Happy to drink it though!
     
    #12 Lukie, Jun 30, 2013
  13. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    Obviously need to reserve judgement on the SOS until I try it. Pig Pen was okay but was too much of an intro to wild ales. Very basic and lacking a bit of punch.
     
    #13 dgilks, Jul 1, 2013
  14. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    SOS had a lot of sour aniseed qualities. We could not finish it.
    Pig Pen was all over the board. Horse blanket, balsamic vinegar, changing to white vinegar, apple, and pear. Quite odd, yet interesting.
    Moasic Pale ale had an outstanding nose but just not suited for a handpump. Really needed the carbonation. A+ for the nose.
     
    #14 mulder1010, Jul 1, 2013
  15. Lukie

    Lukie Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2007 Australia

    That is really odd, I get no vinegar out of Pig Pen at all.
     
    #15 Lukie, Jul 1, 2013
  16. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Flavours kept changing. Colder it had more vinegar, warmer became more fruit driven I though.
     
    #16 mulder1010, Jul 1, 2013
  17. CarlisleWineBin

    CarlisleWineBin Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2008 Australia

    Had to admit, Pig Pen was down the bottom of my list at GABS. And I really wanted to like it. In saying that, I think I need to drink a larger volume to pass complete judgement!
     
    #17 CarlisleWineBin, Jul 2, 2013
  18. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    Good to hear the comments before I next head down there. May not need to for a while as I have a corny keg of IRA sitting the fridge which I won recently.
     
    #18 dgilks, Jul 2, 2013
  19. perthbelgianbeer

    perthbelgianbeer Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2011 Australia

    I agree with pat - i definitely thought of white vinegar with pig pen. But i had only a small serve whilst taking a group photo of a tipsy ladies table at ferals that day so wasnt paying as much attention

    Kinda agree with dave and luke too - it's kinda lacking something? But i for one am liking the emergence.of sessionable sours like pig pen and warhead... bruocsella or [insert highly sought after sour here] will always (hopefully) be there when a bit more introspection is warranted
     
    #19 perthbelgianbeer, Jul 2, 2013
  20. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    I liked it. Very different and far better than SOS was Really a shame that Wig and Penn and Feral are the only ones really getting deep into sours.Feral really needs to bottle one like the early Russian River or New Belgium wilds instead of tap only. Then again I was at W&P for the RIS.
    IRA reminded me too much of Red Poppy from 8 wired and was not fond of that beer at all. Nor the IRA
    Probably going back in 3-4 weeks for more RIS
     
    #20 mulder1010, Jul 2, 2013
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