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 … Darling Pale Ale
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 […]
Five things about … Westvleteren 12
1) I have never been able to spell ‘‘Westvleteren’’ without having to look it up. Not even once. I’ve even resorted to calling it ‘‘Westy’’ instead so as not to have to […]
Five things about … Yenda Pale Ale
1) Yenda is the beer arm of Coca-Cola, yet you wouldn’t know it by looking at the label. The phrase ‘‘Coca-Cola’’ appears nowhere on the label, or the six-pack carton. It might […]
Five things about … Victory’s Prima Pils
This used to be called Beer of the Week, but I got bored with the format and changed it slightly. It’s still the beer that left an impression on me in the […]
