Here’s what’s good: Having a brother who has to make regular trips to the US for work. And he’s willing to mule some beer for me. Here’s what’s not so good: He’ll […]
My American beer mule
Drinking with The Posse
After about a year of umming and ahhing, I finally signed up to the Bridge Road Brewers Posse earlier this year. The Posse is basically a wine club, but with beer replacing […]
I miss Monteith’s
It breaks my heart a little bit to see what has happened to Monteith’s because I used to think they were something special. Lets go back to 2003 and my then-girlfriend now-wife […]
Happy with The Hangman
When I started out on this beer loving caper, I never understood why some breweries chose to put their stuff into kegs and didn’t bother with bottling it. To me, they seemed […]
Trouble at the Temple
I came to the Temple Brewing Company beers a bit late in the piece, compared to many other beer geeks. I knew of them but – stupidly – I decided I didn’t […]
A perfect pale ale
Three years ago my wife and I went up to the Hunter Valley and paid a visit to the Hunter Beer Company. This was back in the day before I was a […]
The Session #75: The Business of Brewing
The Session (aka Beer Blogging Friday) is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single […]
GABS beer list
Ever since the GABS beer list was finalised about a week or so ago, I’ve been trying to work out which ones I have to try. At first glance, I ended up […]
Growlers in the Gong
Like many good beer fans in the Illawarra, I’ve long been hoping for the Illawarra Brewing Company to become the first place in Wollongong to offer growler fills. Well, it’s taken a […]
Hunting for beer
The family ducked up to the Hunter Valley for a few days earlier this week. As many will know, the Hunter is one of the major wine-growing regions in Australia. As such […]
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