Mayerling Cellars in Croydon, Victoria, Australia | Wine

Mayerling Cellars

Locality: Croydon, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9870 4928

Address: 4/434 Maroondah Hwy 3136 Croydon, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mayerlingcellars.com

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23.01.2022 Little Creatures IPA. After a run of samples that take benign beyond zero (eg: Beachhut: an amazing concoction completely devoid of any discernible character), this will hopefully turn that around. You can legitimately make arguments regarding Little Creature's status among the "craft" market, "bridge" market or whatever, but the do make some nice beers, and this is the latest addition to what they're calling "permanent range". The press release lists the hops used, and I app...reciate that as it announces bravely that it's yet another American style hopped up IPA (think Sierra Nevada who make some very good examples). So it's brave as the market is quite familiar with the best of the style... It pours a dark orangey amber with a thin white head and a moderate carbonation, so that's right. Citrussy and lively on the nose there's an undercurrent aniseed and herbal characters emerge, the palate follows that, the hops bitterness is quite large initially, but it settles midway where some malt sweetness shows before the finish sweeps that out with cleansing white peppery zip, I've just discovered the brewers' notes that list a softness in the middle palate.... well yes but just. It's good, it's a really nice example See more

23.01.2022 4 Pines ESB, this pours with a low carb, nice burnished copper coloured body under a latte head, there's aromas of mocha and choc malt and a little toffee. On the palate there is a rich soft maltiness, the back palate cleans up with roasted bitterness, very clean, very nice

22.01.2022 Cascade rebranding exercise. This is an addition to the range in a very late response to Little Creatures (Lion Nathan). hmm this is not my kind of beer, but it does have a place, so does it earn that place? It pours with a surprising low carbonation, a quickly disappearing head on a glowing orange body, it looks good. Aromas are hard to discern, some light citrus, and orangey rind. On the palate.... there is very little to report, softly textured, there's a bit of that citrus there. There's a soapiness on the finish on the finish that is suggesting a faulty sample, so I'll leave things there.

21.01.2022 Cascade Lager: Oh well, this a lager lager lager, if you like lager then this is a good example of old fashioned lager, if you don't, the good news is there's lot's of other styles out there waiting to be hitted up. I'm unsure about the label change, a) because they're better, and b) I miss the tiger. The presence of the brewery placates me somewhat.

21.01.2022 Epic Rep fail #1 Give me a riesling to try, give me the luc, $14.93 + gst on deal. Available online @ retail $9.99. Probably gonna give this a miss (Grampians Riesling with too much RS)

17.01.2022 Mountain Goat Crossbreed Hopfweizen "Bock" pours a cloudy brass with a solid tan head, it's lighter than a bock, darker than a hefe. It's a collaboration between the superlative American Brooklyn Brewery and the Goat team. Aromatics are definitely in the citrus fruit camp, with an attractive Seville marmalade acidity. The palate has a lively initial citrus fruit surge that subsides, or rather flattens with a wheat germ yeastiness on a very light finish. Hmm. Can't help feeling disappointed here, all the elements are present so it's a little bit pilsenery, a little bit hefe, and only a little hoppy but it's a case of being less the sum of it's parts.

16.01.2022 It's October very soon and we have Coopers Vintage 2013 which I haven't tried yet, but it's never less than worth a look

12.01.2022 Cascade Blonde: real Belgian Blonde ales are works of astonishing character, so this is going to be a tough call from the get go, so forgetting all that.. This looks .... Blonde, and the curtains match the carpet, again the aromatics are very mild, or faint. there's buried pineapple and banana chip lurking, on the palate I'm struggling, again softly textured, the banana chip and pineapple restates but very faintly, there's some cleaning hops bitterness but I have to stress these are barely discernible. hmm. This is a light weight, but it's smashable

12.01.2022 Red Hill Brewery's Barrel Aged Imperial Stout This pours like all barrel aged beers, very lowb carbonation, but it's an imperial stout so that's ok. It's almost pitch black with a thin tan head. Initial aromas of the original beer's choc malt dominate but there's an impression of whisky smoke which is very cool. The palate is where the party starts, it's huge ! A whack of intense malt sweetness, think a spoonful of milo, then it broadens into Belgian chocolate territory - it's that luxurious - and it threatens to be cloying and too much but it backs off on the finish with a vanilla bean and a restating the smoky oak influence suggesting peat. I think this is pretty spectacular, and at 10% plus easily one will be enough!!

11.01.2022 Stone and Wood Jasper Ale: What's a Jasper Ale? Pours a glowing red amber with a thin, quickly dispersing off white head. Aromatically there's a dominant malt profile, some vanilla bean with a mild hoppy citrus. The palate has a nice creamy texture initially and you anticipate some layers of flavour, only to be disappointed by their non-appearance. The palate is very short, a very mild hops bitterness and then nothing. Disappointment is what a Jasper Ale is

06.01.2022 Cascade Stout: and here's where things take an upturn, pouring deep and dark, there's firm aromas of espresso and dark chocolate, some cinnamon/nutmeg spice. This flows seamlessly onto the clean and bitter palate, dark chocolate predominates. But it's light, clean and refreshing. winner

04.01.2022 This weekend sees something of a milestone for Mayerling Cellars, with the sad passing of Sam Dix from the behind the jump to the "real world". It marks the closure, the end of the Martin dynasty, not with a bloody coup, but with the natural passage of time, like sands in an hour glass, things change and we must all adapt or perish, or maybe a delicate blending of both... Beginning in a previous century with the reign of Nat Martin, continuing with Nick Martin into the new ce...ntury which also introduced for a time the twin ruling of the weekend shared with Sam Dix who went on to become the Prince Regent of the weekend in his own right. Mention should also be made of the shadowy, mythical presence of Eliot Martin. Mention should be made but cannot: his presence on the roster, however brief, was in absentia but provided irony and effected balance far out weighing that afforded by a physical presence. Well done, one and all, three cheers and bon voyage! See more