The Session is a monthly event for the beer blogging community where, on the first Friday of each month, all participating bloggers write about a predetermined topic. Each month a different blog […]
The Session #71 – Brewers and Drinkers
Homebrewing update
In which I offer a recap of my two most recent homebreweing efforts and ask for some assistance with my next recipe. A while ago I experimented with a watermelon wheat beer, […]
A hypocrite but not a (complete) idiot
I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can be a bit of a hypocrite. For a while now I’ve been of the opinion that people in Wollongong take the beers at the Illawarra Brewery […]
Oompa Loompas and pumpkin beer
Any time I visit a brewery, I get a feeling much like a kid going to a lolly factory. Essentially, I think it’s going to be something like a Willy Wonka experience […]
So unfair
A few days ago I got the word via Twitter that the Illawarra Brewery had put three new beers on their swinging taps. They’re all from the Mornington Peninsula Brewery, run by […]
The Dodger
I’m rather proud of the beer that appears in the rather crappy photo that accompanies this post. That’s because it’s the result of my first attempt at an extract home brew. At […]
I don’t get it
To celebrate Father’s Day last Sunday, my wife took me to the Illawarra Brewery. Because I said that’s where I wanted to go. Ever since I’ve fallen heavily for good beer it’s […]
Brewery is for swingers
One of the problems of loving craft beer and living in Wollongong is that the stuff can be hard to get on tap. You can get the bottled stuff easy enough but […]
Brewer Q&A – HopDog
A Q&A session with Tim Thomas, brewer at HopDog BeerWorks in Nowra. How did you get into brewing? I got started in brewing when I went in with a couple of mates […]
HopDog gives a fig
I’d like to get down to HopDog brewery in Nowra much more often than I do. But, from the northern suburbs of Wollongong, it’s a bit more than an hour’s drive down […]
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