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Beer Spotlight – Kelpie

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Brewer Williams Brothers
ABOUT KELPIE
Prior to the 1850’s Scottish coastal alehouses brewed with malted barley, grown in fields fertilised by seaweed. This environment gave the barley a very specific flavour which we recreate by the inclusion of fresh seaweed in the mash tun. A rich dark chocolate ale, which has the aroma of a fresh Scottish sea breeze and a distinctive malty texture.

BEER INFORMATION
ABV: 4.4% OG:1045 IBU’S:15
MALTS:British Pale Ale Malt, Crystal Malt, Roast Barley, Chocolate Malt
HOPS:First Gold
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:Seaweed

TASTE:Sweet Maltyness, Toasted Malts, Chocolate, Slight Saltiness
COLOUR:Mahogany, Dark Brown, Red
SMELL:Roasted Malts, Sea Air, Chocolate, Coffee

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Beer Spotlight – Midnight Sun

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Brewer Williams Brothers
Another Williams Brothers classic and an instant classic: This spiced porter, pours as black as the Midnight Sun and is created from a blend of malted barley, oats, roast barley, chocolate malt then balanced with a generous helping of hops. An after bite of fresh root ginger elevates this ale to another level. The flavours are as paradoxical as the name.
TECHNICAL
ABV: 5.6% OG:1058
MALTS:British Pale Ale Malt, Oats, Roast Barley, Chocolate Malt
HOPS:First Gold, Fuggles
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:Ginger

TASTE:Coffee, Roast Malt, Spice, Ginger, Honey, Chocolate
COLOUR:Black, Rich Dark Brown
SMELL:Coffee, Biscuits, Caramel, Sweet Licourice, Toasted Malts, Ginger, Spice

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Game of Thrones – November 17th Tuesday 6-10pm

DRINK, Events, FOOD

Tuesday sees another Game Of Thrones night at The Haven, and we cannot wait.
Great beers for quaffing, medieval inspired dishes, surly wenches serving you,
dramatic orchestrated music as background and a Game of Thrones questionnaire with prizes.

Along with it’s staple of luscious Scottish Ales there will be three Ommegang beers on tap:
Grains of Truth, Iron Throne and Take the Black.
The Haven’s food is a great fit as Game of Thrones fare and Chef Alexander DuBois has added to the regular menu with a selection from the Game of Thrones cookbook ‘A Feast of Ice and Fire”.

Fried Fish Fingers
Smelt coated in oat flour, fried till crispy,  whole grain mustard with wild flower honey.
$8
Ommegang Harvest Grains of Truth

Mushroom and Snail Soup
Cream of wild mushrooms with grilled leeks and escargot snails
$8
Ommegang Blond – Iron Throne

Roast of Capon
With armored turnips and Elizabethan sauce.
$16
Ommegang Stout – Take the Black
Also order from Dragonhead Stout, Ebulum Gruit Beer, Dark Island, Midnight Sun, Skull Splitter.

Reservations are available here on the right… through  6-10pm
A WORD ABOUT THE BEERS:

Iron Throne Ale – Collaboration for Ommegang with HBO’s Game of Thrones®
They created this complex and exiting ale named Iron Throne. Belgian-style ale. Throne is a 6.5% ABV blonde ale, brewed with a robust amount of pils, honey malt, and aroma malts, and red wheat.

Take the Black
Inspired by the members of the Night’s Watch, Take the Black Stout was made to be deep, dark and complex like those who have sworn to the oath to defend Westeros against threats from the north. Take the Black Stout is a 7.0% ABV Stout, brewed with a robust amount of specialty malt, chocolate malt, Wheat and roasted barley. Balanced
hopping includes Northern Brewer and Columbus.
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