I’m a fan of hefeweizens so it would stand to reason that I’d also dig a dunkel. That’s because, essentially a dunkel is just a dark hefeweizen – the word ‘‘dunkel’’ means […]
Friday drinks – Franziskaner Dunkel
Friday drinks – White Rabbit White Ale
The output (can you actually refer to just two beers as an output?) of Victoria’s White Rabbit seems to be on the receiving end of a bit of belittling in the beer […]
Friday drinks – Redback Wheat Beer
Sometimes in the rush to make crazy beers that exists in the good beer scene, some members of the old school tend to get overlooked. The new breed of beers boast enough […]
Friday drinks – Murray’s Whale Ale
Based up in Port Stephens on the NSW coast, Murray’s brewery is a must-do destination if you’re up that way, for two reasons. 1) It’s a brewery, for God’s sake. Any time […]
Unique Week – Day Three
I love a bit of history on a beer label – those James Squire’s labels that told the story of the convict-turned-brewer were great (and I also loved that the story was […]
Friday drinks – Temple Bicycle Beer
Most Temple beers can be hard to recommend for Friday drinks. Not because of their quality – on that score I’d happily recommend any of them. No, the issue is their availability, […]
Wollongong Beer Week – Day Six
Today’s instalment of Wollongong Beer Week is doubling up as the Friday drinks recommendation because we’re talking about my favourite of the regulars from the Illawarra Brewing Company. That is, at least […]
Friday drinks – Schofferhofer hefeweizen
If I had to nominate a favourite style of beer, it’d be the hefeweizen. It’s a beer of German origin – as is probably obvious by its name, which translates into “yeast […]
Friday drinks – Abstinence Chocolate Ale
I’m doing Friday Drinks on Thursday because tomorrow is Good Friday and pretty much all the bottle shops are closed then. So now you can pick something up on your way home […]
Friday drinks – Gage Roads The Convict
I chose this one because it’s not likely to be around for much longer. It’s the first proper limited release from the self-described Fussy Bastards at Western Australia’s Gage Roads brewery. Made […]
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