1) When you buy a growler, the brewery usually puts a tag around the neck. On that tag is written the name of the beer and the alcohol content. This is, as […]
Five Things About … Southern Brewers’ We Lost an Eye
Five Things About … Stockade Brewing’s 8Bit IPA
1) Stockade Brew Company – the craft beer arm of contract brewer Brewpack – have been doing some very good things and some other things that are, well, not quite so good. […]
Five Things About … The Australian Brewery’s Pale Ale
1) I have always liked the Australian Brewery’s pale ale every time I’ve had it. But I never drank it as often as I should. You know why? I think it’s […]
Five Things About … Moosehead Lager
1) Back in the ancient history that was my uni days, the campus bar had a top shelf where they displayed a selection of what were then known as “boutique beers”. And […]
Five Things About … Modus Operandi Former Tenant
1) There I was sitting at home in front of the computer working on my book (which book? This book). As is the nature of writers, procrastination is ever-present. So I was […]
Five Things About … CUB’s Sheaf Stout
1) Finding Sheaf Stout in the bottle shop is like finding a dinosaur in your backyard. Yes, it’s cool and all but it really shouldn’t be there. But I reckon Sheaf Stout […]
Five Things About … Speakeasy Session IPA
1) I’ve always held that, if you want to take the temperature of the penetration of good beer in the broader community, don’t bother with going to a craft beer shop. […]
Five Things About … Little Creatures The Hotchkiss Six
1) It’s taken me a while but I reckon I’ve finally come around to Little Creatures replacing The Single Batch with a seasonal release four times a year (yeah, I know […]
Five Things About … Urban Crusader Double Hopped Lager
1)Urban Crusader is another instance of a big company looking to horn in on the growing craft beer market. While the label may look a bit edgy and alternative (or maybe like a […]
Five Things About … Five Barrel’s pale ale
1) For the longest time, the Illawarra Brewing Company had Wollongong’s craft beer market all to itself. Of course, back then it was called Five Islands Brewery and the beers were made […]
