Murray's Hell of the North

Style
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
ABV
11.5%

They've been blessed with head brewers at Murray's. Since launching, one or both of Graeme Mahy and Shawn Sherlock (now at Foghorn Brewhouse) has been running things in the brewery, both of them highly innovative brewers with a penchant for big and Belgian beers. Among the many beers Shawn created before Graeme returned from New Zealand was Hell of the North, a massive Belgian-inspired strong dark ale that, at its release, he told us he rated as one of the best three beers he'd ever brewed.

As part of this year's Dark Beer Month, Graeme has combined Shawn's recipe with his passion for Belgium and brought Hell of the North back and popped it into bottles too. The beer combines layers of rich malts upon a combination of three different Trappist yeasts and unfolds quite wonderfully. The cola-coloured brew emits all manner of banana, raisin, plum, candi sugar and sweet alcohol aromas and flavours as well as a perfume like spiciness before finishing with a drying peppery finish.

One to sip and savour. Ideally with some good cheese.

Published June 7, 2016

Name
Murray's
Address

3443 Nelson Bay Rd
Bobs Farm
NSW 2316

Phone
(02) 4982 6411
Open Hours

Cellar door
Mon to Fri: 10am to 5.30pm
Weekends from 10am
Restaurant
Lunch: Open 7 days
Dinner: Friday and Saturday nights in January (bookings essential)

Tours

Public tours daily at 2pm. $5 per person. Bookings recommended.
Groups of 20 or more and private tours by appointment.
Extreme Brewery Tours via helicopter. (Murray is not the pilot - but he'd love to be). By appointment.

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