1) Sometimes it’s a good to be a little clueless. Sometimes knowing too much can strip you of the joy of discovery. And sometimes you just want to drink a beer without […]
Five Things About … Rheinhell Winzerbier
Five Things About … Little Creatures’ Dreadnought
1) It’s a busy little period for Little Creatures – they’ve put out two new beers in the space of a few weeks. One of those – the one we’re not focusing […]
Five Things About … Red Hill’s Harvest Ale 2017
1) Surely one of the things on an Australian beer geek’s bucket list is to take part in Red Hill hop harvest. Every year around March the Victorian brewery looks to pick […]
Five Things About … Philter XPA
1) So this can of Philter XPA has a very distinctive retro vibe. I get it (and, as a beer history dork – I wrote a book about it and everything – […]
Five Things About … Roam Flavour Fusion Beer
1) I drank these more than a month ago, with the view to writing something about them on the blog. A week or so ago I was at a bottle shop […]
Five Things About … Blackman’s Brewery’s Reginald IPA
1) I’ve never met Renn Blackman from Blackman’s Brewery but I know he’s a helpful chap. See a couple of years ago he brewed a kolsch with Killer Pythons for GABS and […]
Five Things About … Little Creatures Shade Chaser
1) Am I the only one who still misses those old Single batch pint bottles? Those squat, fat round-shouldered buggers just had a real nice heft to them. And they were great […]
Five Things About … Two Birds PALE
1) Longtime readers of Beer is Your Friend will know I have a bit of a thing for Two Birds Taco. Have loved it ever since I tried it at my first […]
Five Things About … Forrest Brewing Company’s Cherry Whit Beer
1) I’m not really a fan of the rules about beer styles. Oh, I get why they’re needed – how the hell is a beer judge going to work out which is […]
Five Things About … Garage Project’s Lola
1) When it comes to reviewing beers, it’s really not good enough to just say “I don’t like this”. Or “jeez, this is rubbish” or even “God! Get me a tongue scraper […]
