After a few years of laughing at those who cellared beer I’ve started to do it myself. And it’s all the fault of that barleywine from Sail & Anchor. I had been […]
The Sail & Anchor beer cellar
A taste of Belgium
Okay, just to let you know, I will be throwing a cat among the craft beer pigeons with this post. When I was down in Melbourne for the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular, […]
Beer goes down the drain
The picture you see above is of our kitchen sink. And the white froth? Well that’s beer – I spend a couple of minutes pulling off some bottle caps or opening can […]
Black Nelson revisited
Regular readers will know that I’m not a fan of ageing beers, Well, not consciously, that is. If I end up ageing a beer it’s usually due to the simple fact that […]
Extra Vintage is extra great
When you’re a beer reviewer you get some pretty cool stuff in the mail. Beer, obviously, but I sometimes get other handy bits and bobs. Like bottle openers and nifty glassware (the […]
Innis & Gunn is no fun
This here is a beer I’d looked at on the shelves at my local Dan Murphy’s for quite a while before buying it. Part of the aversion was due to the price […]
Unique Week – Day Seven
Let’s finish Unique Week with something terrible from Quebec in Canada. Or, more precisely, La Terrible from Unibroue. That brewery doesn’t import to Australia any more but I found a little cache […]
Wollongong Beer Week – Day Seven
The mind of Tim at HopDog works in strange ways. Take the example of his latest beer – Redrum. According to the bottle label it had its origins when someone offered him […]
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