Wayward Brewing Company Midnight Barley Cowboy

Style
Hoppy Porter
ABV
6.0%

If memory serves, when Wayward first launched the Midnight Barley Cowboy a few years ago it had the air of an enigma. The night was dark. There was a man at the bar wearing a cowboy hat. There was poetry. And there was this beer that didn't really fit neatly into a style. In the intervening years, the mystery drifted ever so slightly as they brewed it a few more times, the cowboy ended up riding off into the sunset, and the poetry – well, that part is still as confounding ever. But it leaves us with the beer we have today, Wayward’s winter seasonal.

It’s part way between a dry stout and a highly hopped India black ale. The roast and coffee characters are the first to hit your palate then, like a slab of something wrapped in gold foil, there's a rich chocolate middle section before it leaves behind a fulsome and lingering bitterness. Contrasting – or perhaps complementing, depending on how you view these things – that is a fair old whack of hops of a citrus and pine bent. Pouring the beer into a glass gives the appearance of it being jet black in colour but, in a decent light, there’s a hint of red around the edges too. As ever, the Midnight Barley Cowboy is not quite as straightforward as you might think.

Nick O

Published June 14, 2017

Name
Wayward Brewing Co
Address

3 Gehrig Lane
Camperdown
NSW 2050

Phone
(02) 7903 2445
Open Hours

Thur: 2pm to 10pm
Fri: 2pm to 10pm
Sat: midday to 10pm
Sun: midday to 8pm
Mon: 4pm to 9pm

Regular events

Food trucks Friday, Saturday & Sunday until 7pm (or until sold out)
Sunday Sessions Live music in the cellar door on Sunday afternoon

Tours

Saturdays at 2pm and 4pm
Guided tours cost $25, last 40-60 minutes and include a tasting paddle. Buy tickets at the bar.

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