3 Raving

3 Ravens (VIC) is my new favourite brewery. Just came back from the Northcote Social Club where they had both the 3 Ravens Golden Ale and the 3 Ravens Dark Smoke Beer bottled. The Golden is wonderfully crisp, and with the Dark Smoke, they really don't fuck around. It was a great accompaniment to the 350gm porterhouse I got stuck into for lunch, though would have been sensational with some BBQ pork ribs. When they say smokey beer, they really mean smokey beer, so the meatiness of it would be off-putting to your non-carnivores (vegetarians I think they call them, or some ridiculous name - either way, as the saying goes, you don't win friends with salad), but I love my meat, so it was a great surprise. Would be amazing with jerky too.