The "Dark Nights" is the Union Hotel Newtown's celebration of all things dark and beery.
Now in its third year, the two-day event sees the pub pour 40 dark beers, with the first 20 tapped on Friday and the next batch hitting the lines on Saturday. There's only one keg of each beer too, although they plan to have some still pouring on the Sunday.
The Friday lineup looks like this:
- All Hands Brewing Irish Sporting Stout
- Balter “Happy Dark Vader” Milk Stout
- Big Shed Brewing Concern “Golden Stout Time” Sweet Stout
- Clare Valley Brewing Co (CVBC) Blackberry Porter
- Feral “Boris” Russian Imperial Stout
- Grifter Brewing “The Omen” Oatmeal Stout
- Garage Project Baltic Porter
- Green Beacon “Barbary Coast” Black IPA
- Hawkers Stout
- Holgate “Temptress” Chocolate Porter
- La Sirene “Praline” Belgian Strong Dark Ale
- Little Bang Brewing “Scratchy Vinyl” Black IPA
- Mornington Peninsula. Brown Ale
- Mountain Goat “North St” Stout
- Philter Caribbean Stout
- Sailors Grave “Law of the Tongue” Oyster Stout
- Stockade “Rockafella” Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Ale
- To Øl “David” Double Shot Coffee Stout
- Willie the Boatman “Rubi” American Brown Ale
- Yulli’s Brewery “Fat Nerd” Vanilla Porter
Then for Saturday:
- Batch Brewing Co “The Big Kahuna” Coconut Brown
- Big Shed Brewing Concern “Belgian Cookie” Belgian Brown Ale
- BrewDog Abstrakt AB:24 Imperial Balter Porter
- CoConspirators Brewing “The Beancounter” Coffee Porter
- FogHorn “The Dubliner” Dry Irish Stout
- Hop Nation “Kalesh” 2018 Russian Imperial Stout
- Kaiju! Beer “Where Strides the Behemoth” Double Black IPA
- Little Bang Brewing “May Contain Traces of Panther” Chocolate Porter
- Mismatch Chocolate Stout
- Moo Brew Seasonal Stout
- Modus Operandi “Silent Knight” Robust Porter
- Moon Dog Brewing “Cake Hole” Black Forest Stout
- Nail Oatmeal Stout
- Pirate Life Stout
- Sailors Grave “Drunken Sailor” Coffee Breakfast Stout
- Stomping Ground “Kompromat” Russian Imperial Stout
- Stone & Wood “Stone Beer” 2018 Robust Porter
- 3 Ravens Brown Acid “Coca-Cola” Sour
- Thirsty Crow Vanilla Milk Stout
- Yeastie Boys “Pot Kettle Black” South Pacific Porter
So, if you're in the mood for heaps of chocolatey, roasty, rich and bitter boozing this weekend, you know where to go...
