We know you are as excited as we are to taste BentSpoke’s birthday beer, Descent 19!
Starting a downhill descent into the unknown requires a level of composure to make it to the bottom in one piece, Descent 19 like its 4 predecessors requires plenty of composure, a little birthday magic and a nice warm fire to get to the bottom of this beer!
The Bending Spokes series celebrates the adventurous spirit of the brewers with one-off, never to be seen again beers.
RIS started its journey when Emperor Peter the Great opened up Czarist Russia to the English in the early 1800s. They needed a beer that wouldn’t freeze on its journey deep into Russia, so they brewed strong stouts at 10% ABV. Higher in alcohol than traditional stouts they named them Russian Imperial Stouts.
Our head brewer, Richard Watkins was the first brewer in Australia to brew a RIS, way back in 1999. BentSpoke Brewing Co has always celebrated its birthday with the release of a RIS in June every year.
For the past nine months, our RIS has aged in American oak bourbon barrels, allowing the vanilla and whisky characters to invade the Russian Imperial Stout. Late in May, our brewers expertly blended it with a fresh RIS, bringing out all the best of its old and new characteristics.
For the first time ever, our exclusive birthday beer will be packaged, making it accessible to customers outside Canberra, and meaning that you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home.
As this is an extremely limited run, please call ahead to avoid disappointment.
ACT / NSW - Canberra surrounds & Regional
Ainslie Cellars
Billabong BottleShop Griffith (delivery week of 17 June)
Blackhearts & Sparrows Braddon
Bruce Super Convenience
BWS Bonner
BWS Belconnen
BWS Calwell
BWS Canberra City
BWS Charwood
BWS Conder
BWS Dickson, Dickson Place
BWS Dickson, Woolley Street
BWS Dunlop
BWS Erindale
BWS Franklin
BWS Gungahlin
BWS Hawker
BWS Jerrabomberra
BWS Kaleen
BWS Kambah
BWS Kingston
BWS Kippax
BWS Mawson
BWS Tuggeranong
BWS Wanniassa
BWS Weston Creek
BWS Woden (Phillip)
BWS Queanbeyan
Bungendore Cellars
Campbell IGA
Canberra Wine & Spirit Merchants
Candamber Weston Creek
Cellarbrations Braddon
Cellarbrations Gold Creek
Cellarbrations Gungahlin
Charnwood Top Shop
Chifley Grocer
Cook Friendly Grocer
Corks Lanyon
Daily Market @ ANU
Dan Murphy's Belconnen
Dan Murphy's Phillip
Dan Murphy's Queanbeyan
Dan Murphy's Tuggeranong
Dan Murphy's Airport
Hackett IGA
Hawker Drive-In Bottleshop (Liquor Legends)
Hops & Vine
IGA Deakin
IGA Drakeford
IGA Garran
IGA Holt
IGA Ngunnawal Platypus
IGA Nicholls
IGA O’Connor
IGA Palmerston
Jim Murphy Market Cellars, Fyshwick
Jim Murphy’s Airport
Kingston Hotel Bottleshop
Lake George Hotel Bottleshop (BottleMart)
Liquor Boss Fyshwick
Liquor Boss Karabar
Liquor Legends Woden
Lyneham IGA
Page Bottler
Plonk Belconnen
Plonk Fyshwick
Prohibition Kingston
Red Hill Supermarket
Shoprite Griffith
Spar Rivett
Spence Grocer
Supa Express, Kaleen
Supa Express, Watson
Supabarn Casey
Urban Cellars, Kippax
Westside Hotel Dubbo (delivery 27 June)
NSW - Central Coast/Hunter/North Coast Region
NSW – Hunter Region
Carey Bay Cellars
Cellarbrations Adamstown
Cellarbrations Cameron Park
Cellarbrations Valentine
Fennell Bay Cellars
Georgetown Cellars
Kahibah Liquor Mart
Mary Ellen Hotel
McCauley's Bottleshop
Morpeth Cellarbrations
Prince of Wales
Redhead Cellars
Ritchies IGA New Lambton
The Bay Hotel
The Bottle-O Lambton
The Bottle-O Tenambit
The Garden Cellars
Travinos
Warners at the Bay
Whitebridge Cellars
NSW – Central Coast
Bamvino Cellars
Berkeley Vale Cellars
The Dam Hotel
The Lakes Hotel
Oldfield Cellars
NSW – North Coast & Tablelands
Blueys Cellars
BYO Cellars - Coffs Harbour
Local Liquor Macksville
Old Bar Cellars
Ritchies IGA Boambee
Seabreeze Beach Hotel – South West Rocks
Tacking Point Tavern
Tattersalls Hotel Inverell
NSW - South Coast & Ski Fields
Bermagui Cellars
Berry IGA
Cellarbrations Batemans Bay
IGA Milton
Justin Lill Wines Berry
Manning St Cellars Kiama
Mollymook Fine Wines
Southern Cellars Eden
Tathra Cellars
The Denman Hotel Thredbo
NSW - Sydney
Ashfield Mall Cellars
Asquith Bottle-O
Augusta Cellars
Barnys Fine Wine, Rosebery
Bayfields Cellars
Beer Cartel
Bottlemart Blaxland
Bottlo Briens
Bourke St Wines
Bull and Bush
Camperdown Cellars Bronte
Camperdown Cellars Kingston Rd
Camperdown Cellars Leichardt
Cellarbrations Alexandria
Cellarbrations Lane Cove
Cellarbrations Wentworth
Charlies Liquor Barn Tahmoor
Clock Hotel
Coledale Fine Wines
Coogee Bay Hotel
Craft Cartel
Cromer Cellars
Crown West Cellars
Cutty Cellars
David Cellars
Deans Liquor
Heathcote Cellarbrations
Helensburgh Premium Liquor
IGA Belrose
Jim’s Cellars Waitara
Knickerbocker Hotel
Lapstone Hotel
Leura Cellars
Liquor Central Carlingford
Liquor Emporium Alexandria
Liquor Emporium St Peters
Local Liquor Berowra
Luddenham Iga
Minskys Hotel
North Curl Curl Cellars
Northmead Cellars
Porters St Ives Village
Porters Maroubra
Porters North Narrabeen
Porters Roseville
Q Cellars Quakers Hill
Ritchies Iga Taren Point
Robin Hood Hotel
Roma Vino
Royal Sovereign
Ryans Hotel Thirroul
Sackville Hotel
Steve’s Cool Booze
The Bull Hotel
The Wine Store
Thirroul Cellars
Toongabbie Plaza Liquor
Vine Providore
Vineyard Hotel
Winston Hills Hotel
Woolpack Hotel
VIC
Beer 360, Richmond
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Brunswick
Blackhearts and Sparrows, East Brunswick
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Fitzroy North
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Kensington
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Prahran
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Richmond
Blackhearts and Sparrows, Windsor
Bottle House Balaclava
Bottle House, South Yarra
Bottle-O Pakenham
Bottle-O Romsey
Brewers Table Seymore
Cardigan Cellars Mooroolbark
Carwyn Cellars Thornbury
Catfish Fitzroy
Cellarbrations at Edwards Tavern Wodonga (delivery 27th June)
Chas Cole Cellarbrations, Geelong
Corks Crew Cellars, Torquay
Duck Inn Frankston
Elgin’s Wodonga Hotel (delivery 27th June)
Fishers Craft Bar South Melbourne
Foodworks, Bacchus Marsh
Grape n Grain Moorabbin
Harvest cellars Belgrave South
Harvest Liquor Northcote
Hop Heads Altona
Hop Heads Point Cook
Hop Supply co Bendigo
Hudson Road Wine, Spotswood
Jacks Cellarbrations Ballarat
Local Tap House, St Kilda
Let’s Unwine, Berwick
Mayerling Cellars Croydon
McCoppins Abbostford
McCoppins Fitzroy
Melbourne Cellar door South Warf
Mr West Footscray
Mt Macedon Hotel
Nardi's Cellarbrations, Geelong
Ocean Grove Cellars
Otters promise Malvern
Point of difference liquor Mitcham
Purvis Cellars Surry Hills
Ritchies Amberly Park
Ritchies Aspendale
Ritchies Carrum downs
Ritchies Cellarbrations Castlemaine
Ritchies Dromana
Ritchies Emerald
Ritchies Mildura
Ritchies Mt Eliza
Ritchies Mt Waverly
Ritchies Tower Hill
Ritchies Wantina
Seddon Wine Store
Stockade Cellars, Ballarat
The Goods Shed Wodonga (delivery 27th June)
The Press Cellars, Warragul
The Vin Wine and spirits Seddon
Union Wine store, Ascot Vale
Valley Cellar Door, Moonee Ponds
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We know you are as excited as we are to taste BentSpoke’s birthday beer, Descent 19!
Starting a downhill descent into the unknown requires a level of composure to make it to the bottom in one piece, Descent 19 like its 4 predecessors requires plenty of composure, a little birthday magic and a nice warm fire to get to the bottom of this beer!
The Bending Spokes series celebrates the adventurous spirit of the brewers with one-off, never to be seen again beers.
RIS started its journey when Emperor Peter the Great opened up Czarist Russia to the English in the early 1800s. They needed a beer that wouldn’t freeze on its journey deep into Russia, so they brewed strong stouts at 10% ABV. Higher in alcohol than traditional stouts they named them Russian Imperial Stouts.
Our head brewer, Richard Watkins was the first brewer in Australia to brew a RIS, way back in 1999. BentSpoke Brewing Co has always celebrated its birthday with the release of a RIS in June every year.
For the past nine months, our RIS has aged in American oak bourbon barrels, allowing the vanilla and whisky characters to invade the Russian Imperial Stout. Late in May, our brewers expertly blended it with a fresh RIS, bringing out all the best of its old and new characteristics.
For the first time ever, our exclusive birthday beer will be packaged, making it accessible to customers outside Canberra, and meaning that you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home.
As this is an extremely limited run, please call ahead to avoid disappointment.