It’s the end of the year, which usually means it’s time for beer bloggers to do a round-up of the best beers of the year. But I’m not doing that because I’m […]
The most popular stories of 2015
The barbecue test
People have different categories into which they filter beer. For a lot of people it’s ‘‘craft’’ and ‘‘mainstream’’, though they can feature different names. If you lean one way, then the categories […]
Patrick Stewart reviews a BrewDog beer
So, Patrick Stewart, BrewDog have teamed up with Weihenstephan to brew something called an India Pale Weizen. Here’s what it looks like. It takes a hefeweizen and tries to turn it into […]
Brisbane and beer
Thirty-seven new beers. In five days. I reckon you could say my recent trip to Brisbane was somewhat successful in terms of getting to try some local beers. Especially when my wife […]
Top Five for the year
So again, it’s time to vote in The Local Taphouse Hottest 100 Australian craft beer poll. The poll that is to beer geeks, what Triple J’s Hottest 100 is to music geeks […]
BrewDog for Christmas
If I didn’t know better, I’d say BrewDog brewed this pair of Christmas beers with the idea of one being for the northern hemisphere and the other for the southern. Jeez, what […]
Beer of the Week – Robot Ninja
Remember those Venn diagram things from primary school? They were two circles that represent two separate groups but the overlapped where those groups shared common traits. You ask me, if you […]
Brew Water is a winner
I’m pretty sure some people bought a bottle of this from Bridge Road Brewers and thought ‘‘ha, they made a beer and called it Brew Water. What irony.’’. Umm, nope. No […]
Forget Brew Dog, this is BeerDog
Sure, it’s for dogs, but I’m pretty sure I’m not the only human who has tried BeerDog’s Bitter. This is a new product I was sent a few months ago and […]
What gives, White Rabbit?
There’s something to be said for sticking to what you’re good at and not being swayed by trying to follow trends. Not doing something just because everyone else is. White Rabbit is […]
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