When I wrote yesterday about my preference for the sessionable IPAs of Australia, the Vale IPA was one of the ones I had in mind. Which will invite scorn from some beer […]
IPA Week – Day Three
IPA Week – Day Two
Karl Strauss’ Tower 10 IPA is an example of the American approach to IPAs – and maybe more broadly, beer in general. Or at least it seems that way as an outsider […]
IPA Week – Day One
I really like the Bridge Road Brewers’ single hop IPA series. Well, I like Bridge Road Brewers’ beers in general, but the hop series is more than a little intriguing. In fact […]
Monteith’s misses the point
I’m thinking that Monteith’s just doesn’t get it. Biggish brewers like Gage Road get it and even the Woolworths Brewery (aka Sail & Anchor) gets it. But Monteith’s? Nope. What don’t they […]
Size does matter – a bit
I’m always going to have a soft spot for James Squire, even though I hardly drink the stuff any more. I hardly drink it these days for the same reason I have […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Russian River’s Pliny the Younger is a beer that’s only available for weeks a year and beer geeks queue up for a glass. Here’s a doco about the Pliny phenomenon. And it […]
The Session #77 – IPA, what’s the big deal?
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, […]
South Coast beer run
Today my wife took our daughter to a kids’ party for a few hours, so that left me with some time to kill. Not as much as I’d have liked because my […]
My American beer mule
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 […]
Be excited! It’s back!
You know what’s good? When the Illawarra Brewing Company releases an awesome seasonal called Apocalypso and it quickly becomes your absolute favourite IBC beer. When you realise it’s just a seasonal, you […]
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