Moon Dog Holdin' Hay Time & Splice of Heaven

Style
Ice Cream Beer
ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Splice 60 IBU / Haytime 22 IBU

British expats d'uncertain age may recall Wesley "Two Scoops" Berry. The American was a contestant on Gladiators and had a party trick that saw him able to jump, without assistance, over a car. Pretty impressive, no doubt. But as impressive as releasing a double scoop of ice cream themed beers in a two-pack bearing colours of lurid pink, orange and green? We reckon that could prove a leap too far for even Two Scoops. But for the mentalists at Moon Dog? No Biggie.

It's the second time they've opted to pop two beers out at once, following the pairing that was designed to be mixed together to create a beery take on an Old Fashioned cocktail. This time around, the pair is united by their mimicking of ice creams. One, the Splice of Heaven has already been written about on this site: it's an IPA brewed with Beer DeLuxe earlier in the year that uses lactose to recreate the inside of Splice ice creams and fruity hops for the outer layer. Such was its success that the man whose beers swept the board at last year's inaugural Craft Beer Awards has been inspired to create something similar at Modus Operandi.

Its partner in rhyme is Holdin' Hay Time for which you can probably imagine the inspiration. Using all manner of specialty malts plus rolled oats, lactose, vanilla, cacao and honey, the aim was to mimic that lip-smackingest of cold treats, with the result a creamy, chocolatey, biscuity, nutty, caramelly beer; imagine a full-bodied amber ale shot through with a dose of lactose.

Unlike Coughlin's Diet, we're told these two aren't designed to be mixed together, merely packaged so because of their familial ties. However, we'd wager there will be much mixing taking place so we gave blending a go and... Do it! The lime and citrus hops of the Splice stick around while the rich maltfest of the Hay Time softens the former's bitterness to create what's possibly more balanced than either of them flying solo.

Published August 13, 2015

Name
Moon Dog
Address

17 Duke Street
Abbotsford
VIC 3067

Open Hours

Brewery bar open
Tues to Fri: 4pm to 11pm
Saturday: Midday to 11pm
Sunday: Midday to 8pm

Tours

Upon request

Black Bad Boy Bao 2024 B
Pickled OnMarket

More from Moon Dog

The 2022 Indies Champs Best In Show Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
7.0%
Moon Dog Ginger Beer
Ginger Beer
4.0%
Moon Dog Almighty Cannolo & Keep It Strange, Santo
Cannoli Pastry Sour & Juicy Pale Ale
7.5%
Moon Dog Orange zZap! & 6 Months On A Leaky Oak
Orange Sherbet Ale & Barrel-Aged Strong Belgian
5.8% & 8.4%
Moon Dog The Artist FKA Black Lung XII
Barrel-Aged Smokey Stout
13.0%
Moon Dog Dip-Hop-Opotamus Cold IPA
Single Hop Cold IPA
6.5%
Moon Dog Rescue All-Stars, Kiwi-Hopped XPA & Crème de la crème de la crème brûlée
Juicy Pale & XPA & Dessert Imperial Stout
5.0% & 5.0% & 13.6%
Moon Dog & Lervig Mooseroo
Kveik Hazy IPA
7.5%
Moon Dog Rosé Sour Power
Sour Ale
4.0%
Moon Dog Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Moon Dog Stacks On, Mosaicy Breaky Heart & Timothy Tamothy Slamothy
Imperial Fruit Cream Sour, Single Hop IPA & Sweet Stout
7.5% & 7.0% & 6.5%
Moon Dog Bjorn To Boogie & Stop, Hammock Time!
Watermelon Wheat & Hazy XPA
5.3% & 4.5%
Moon Dog Sharon Stone Fruit Sour Ale
Fruit Sour Ale
4.5%
Moon Dog Fresh Quince Of Bel-Air & Lemon Haze
Philly Sour ft Quince & Lemon XPA
6.0% & 5.0%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2013 / 2021
Cognac Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Truffles
15.6%
Moon Dog Goin' Steady & Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Mid-Strength XPA & Ginger Beer
3.5% & 4.0%
Moon Dog Magic EyePA II & Yuzu Greatest Hits
West Coast IPA & Rice Lager with Yuzu
7.0% & 5.0%
Moon Dog Black Lung XI
Barrel-Aged Smokey Stout
12.0%
Moon Dog Piney Minogue & Splice of Heaven Mango
Pineapple Sour Ale & Ice Cream IPA
4.5% & 6.2%
Moon Dog The Baron of Barrels
Barrel-Aged Golden Stronmng Ale
11.3%