My home town of Wollongong is starting to see a few bottle shops moving into the world of craft beer. One of the newer ones is Crown West Cellars, way up the […]
Anchor Steam in Wollongong
S is for Snakebite
Being a guy who always has a book on the go, from time to time I’ve been reading a British novel and come a drink called Snakebite, and another one called a […]
J is for Japan
Japan is home to the interesting happo-shu class of “not really a beer” beers, low-malt lagers brought about by the country’s unusual – and high – beer taxes. See, if happo-shu is […]
F is for Foster’s
One of the funniest beer slogans of all time has to be ‘‘Foster’s: Australian for beer’’. Australians know why that’s so funny but, for the overseas readers, allow me to explain. Fosters […]
B is for beechwood chips
In the second instalment of my journey through the illuminating – though also heavy – OCB sees us heading into Budweiser territory (which also starts with B. “Budweiser”, I mean, not “territory”. […]
Unique Week – Day Two
By way of starting this entry on the Kyara beer from the Coedo Brewery in Japan, allow me to quite from the back label. “We recommend to take time to enjoy it […]
Mixing up the beers
When you have a kid it can be hard to fully indulge your inner beer geek. For instance, my parents live out Campelltown way and we regularly drive up for a visit. […]
Who asked for cleanskin beer?
Let me tell you a story about buying this bottle of Cleanskin Beer. Sorry, Premium Cleanskin Beer, according to the label (because I wouldn’t want to think I was just drinking an […]
A surprising imported beer
Yeah, that’s right, imported. No, this is not a very belated April Fool’s day joke. Yes, Hammer ‘n’ Tongs, the cheap Liquorland beer brand is imported. Says so right there on the […]
Wollongong Beer Week – Day Two
I tend to steer clear of brown ales. Not for any logical reason, like I don’t like the taste or something like that. No, it’s really quite stupid. I don’t like the […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 