1) Things can get a bit funny in Australia around Christmas time. While December 25 is very much in summer, so much of Christmas here seems as though we think it’s winter. […]
Five Things About … Little Brewing’s 2013 Christmas Ale
Five Things About … the Hobo Brewing range
1) Sampling the range of beers from Hobo Brewing, it’s hard not to think something’s gone wrong somewhere along the line. Maybe it was in the recipe creation, maybe the sourcing of […]
Five Things About … Panhead Supercharger
1) It’s funny, isn’t it? You hear about a beer that everyone’s raving about on social media, but you can’t find anyone in your neck of the woods who stocks it. So […]
Five Things About … Capital Brewing’s Trail Pale Ale
1) Having in-laws in Canberra means we tend to visit the “bloody cold in winter, bloody hot in summer” nation’s capital once or twice a year. So I’ve had a vested interest […]
Five Things About … Tooheys Draught
1) Nostalgia’s a funny thing. Take breweries’ occasional habit of released beers in retro labels. Victoria Bitter has an old-school label on its longnecks and every time I see one in […]
Five Things About … Block ‘n’ Tackle’s The Limey
1) If you’re anything like me there’s something you do every time you go away for a weekend or a longer holiday. And that thing is hitting Google and typing in the […]
Five Things About … Stone’s Tangerine Express IPA
1) Earlier this year I caused a bit of a storm in a schooner glass by pointing out that some US beers seem to have a longer shelf life in Australia than […]
Five Things About … Illawarra Steelale
1) While there are four taps in this picture, the one we concern ourselves with is the third from the left – the Illawarra Steelale. It’s a beer that Five Barrel […]
Five Things About .. Monteith’s XPA
1) There doesn’t seem to be a lot of lover in good beer circles for New Zealand brewer Monteith’s. They launch a barrel-aged porter and some suggest it was aged in aluminium […]
Five Things About … Little Creatures’ Reinhold
1) I’ve been in this beer blogging caper for quite a while – this damned site is into its sixth year. After that long you start to think you’re pretty switched on […]
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