Mango Beer - 4.5% ALC VOL. APPROX 1.2 STD DRINKS PER 330mL BOTTLE

Drawing on Belgium’s seasonal fruit tradition, Matos’s Mango Beer was once only brewed during the the ‘build up’ to the wet season when the trees were heavy with fruit. While it’s still best savoured in more humid times, now we can enjoy its sweet aroma and dry finish without sticky fingers or sweat in our eyes.

2008 EQUAL CLASS WINNER FRUIT BEER DRAUGHT SMALL BREWERY SECTION

Smokey Bishop

The Smokey Bishop is named for a well known Broome conoisseur of fine food, friends and beverages. It is a regal beer intended to pay homage to the dark lagers/ bocks of Bavaria, and all things rich and valuable in life.

It’s immediate, lush and enticing aromas of dark chocolate reveal an inviting ‘fruit-cake’ like palate that carries a depth of flavour with finesse. This character is derived from a special blend of light and dark Munich malts that also provide its distinctive chocolate notes. It is only mildly hopped with Hallertau and Spalt to subtly balance the enticing maltiness unique to the style.

In Bavaria, this beer style – while always malt driven – can be elegantly complex through to deep, rich and brooding. The Smokey achieves all of this without being overpowering or cloying.

2008 EQUAL CLASS WINNER SMALL BREWERY SECTION PACKAGED BEER

Monsoonal Blonde - 4.7% ALC VOL. APPROX 1.3 STD DRINKS PER 330mL BOTTLE

Matso’s Monsoonal Blonde is named for the environment in which it is brewed and best appreciated.

Being located on the fringe of the Asian monsoonal zone, Broome experiences a hot and humid ‘wet season’. The Blonde is perfect for this time of year, the ‘troppo time’,‘silly season’, or ‘hanging time’ when a thirst needs to be extinguished.

It is a crystal wheat beer based on the classic Belgian ‘wit’ (white) family of beers and is designed for ‘quaffing’. The Blonde’s malt grist bill has a 60/40 blend of wheat malt to barley malt and is only very lightly hopped with Spalt and Hersbrucker.

Further character is provided through the inclusion of a small amount of cracked cardamom pods that contribute to its unusual and enticing aromatic complexity.

Ginger Beer- 3.5% ALC VOL. APPROX 1.0 STD DRINK PER 330mL BOTTLE

Made to a well guarded recipe known only to a select few, Matso’s Ginger Beer is a legend among Kimberley locals and savvy visitors.

Those ‘in the know’ appreciate that any trip to Broome is not complete without a pint or two of this longstanding favourite. Now that it’s more widely available, just pour it over ice for immediate refreshment wherever you are. At 3.5% ABV, Matso’s Ginger Beer is perfect for long hot afternoons in good company, and for those occasions when you’re not looking for a normal beer.

People with stronger tastes will also find it a wicked mixer with their favourite rum.