To celebrate the first year of Mr West, the Footscray bar and bottleshop will be throwing a huge party across its birthday weekend.
There's going to be quite the list of rare and wonderful beers on tap, plus the launch of Mr West's own wine label, the unveiling of a new spring cocktail list and the return of beer collaborations made throughout the year.
With three days to celebrate, here's what to expect over the weekend.
All weekend:
- A list of minimal intervention wines by the glass
- Dream Rail – top shelf spirits at house spirit prices
- $9 pints of Garage Project Beer
- $9 pints of The Hills Cloudy Apple Cider
Friday night - Funk Fest:
- Funky beats playing all night
- Launch of Mr West's GOOD JUICE wines (made with wild yeast and minimal intervention) with a free tasting session in the shop from 6pm to 8pm.
- Wild or sour beers from the likes of:
- Cantillon
- Hill Farmstead
- Crooked Stave
- Jolly Pumpkin
- Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Wildflower
- Molly Rose
- Garage Project
- Collective Arts
- La Sirene
- Boatrocker
Saturday – Hip Hops & Dark Drops
- Bouncy hip hop tunes all day long
- Boilermaker specials
- Hop heavy and dark beers on tap including brews from...
- Boatrocker (Roger Ramjet 2018)
- Founders (KBS & CBS)
- Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Evil Twin
- Trillium
- Amager
- Mikkeller
- Collective Arts
- Little Bang
Sunday - Afrobeat Sunday Session
- Afrobeat tunes galore
- Official launch of the spring cocktail list
- Cocktail specials
- All star tap list (favourites from Friday and Saturday with a few extra gems)