In the brewing niche occupied by Trappist beers, there is none so fine as Orval. You can have your Rochefort, your La Trappe and your Chimay (though if you could leave me […]
The top Trappist
Australian Beer History Week – Day Six
When it came to choosing a Western Australian brewery to write about, the decision was difficult because there are two very important ones to choose from. One the one hand there’s Matilda […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Five
According to Keith M Deutcher’s Breweries of Australia, Cascade Brewery is our oldest operating brewery, having started making beer in 1832. It was set up by Peter Degraves, who arrived in Hobart […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘We wanted to start off doing one-off beers rather than a regular range of beers such as a pilsner, a pale ale and a porter like most breweries. We’ve never had a […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Four
Having read several accounts of Thomas Cooper and the brewery he started in 1862, there’s one fact that gets touched on briefly. In 1872, 10 years after starting his brewery Thomas’ wife […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Three
So there’s this beer called XXXX brewed by Castlemaine Perkins in Brisbane. It’s a beer the locals see as proudly their own – “Pride of Queensland” the label on the longneck trumpets. […]
The Sessions #80 – the craft beer bubble?
On the first Friday of every month beer bloggers around the world join together for The Sessions (which are also known as Beer Blogging Friday). There’s no entry fees or membership required, […]
A taste of Belgium
Okay, just to let you know, I will be throwing a cat among the craft beer pigeons with this post. When I was down in Melbourne for the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular, […]
Monteith’s gets better
Regular readers will no doubt be aware of my general dislike for the work of New Zealand brewer Monteith’s. Basically, I discovered Monteith’s during a trip to New Zealand way back in 2003. […]
Time’s Up!
Fear not dear reader, the above picture is not of a headless little person whom I keep under my stairs. It’s just a plain old plastic fermenter dressed up in a flannelette […]
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