1) Lazy Yak is the first effort from the guys at CUB to spin off the Fat Yak beer into its own range. Despite my initial misgivings, it makes sense – […]
Five things about … Matilda Bay’s Lazy Yak
Five Things About … Moon Dog’s imperial Redskin stout
1) The actual name for this beer is Ogden Nash’s Pash Rash. I get the “pash rash” joke – the beer features Redskins, and pash rash gives you red skin. Geddit? But […]
Five things about …Gage Roads Single Fin
1) Yes, Single Fin is a summer ale and, as it’s winter right now, we’re technically as far as we can get from summer. I’d meant to write about this beer for […]
Five things about … Darling Pale Ale
1) The new Darling Pale Ale from Tooheys has received a fair of mocking from the beer community, most notably for the ‘‘non-challenging flavour’’ in the press release. I have no dramas […]
Five things about … Rodenbach
1) You know how, when you keep hearing about a beer on social media but you can’t find it, you begin to develop a quiet obsession about it? Well, that was me […]
Five things about … Stone’s Go To IPA
1) I’m not even supposed to be drinking this beer. Last year I wrote several blog posts about Stone’s dubious crowdfunding effort. After that I decided to myself that I’d boycott their […]
Five things about … Illawarra Brewing Company’s Single Hop Sorachi Ace ale
1) The beer in question is part of a trio of single-hop golden ales – Japan, Australia and the United States. Because of those three countries, the collection is called Battle of […]
Five things about …. Bacchus Brewing’s Sex, Drugs and Rocky Road
1) It was made for GABS in 2014 and is an imperialised version of a beer called Yummy Mummy Rocky Road. And I’m glad brewer Ross Kenrick changed the name because ‘‘Yummy […]
Five things about … Stone & Wood’s Stone Beer
1) In case you weren’t aware, this beer is a tribute to the old-fashioned way of brewing. See, with boil kettles made from wood, putting them over an open flame to get […]
Five things about …. HopDog’s Alluvial Peach
1) HopDog is one of the two breweries on the South Coast where I live. So I gloat a little when I see people in Melbourne acting like it’s a special treat […]
