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 […]
Drinking with The Posse
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 […]
E is for environmental issues
Whenever I do a bit of homebrewing I’m acutely aware of just how much water the process uses. Aside from the water that goes into making the beer there’s all the water […]
Not too happy about the herbs
Sometimes when I look at Untappd check-ins I wonder if they were done when the person started drinking the beer or when they finished it. I’m very much in the former camp. […]
The end of “craft beer”
A few days ago I read this post about the phrase ‘‘craft beer’’ from Luke at Ale of a Time. On Twitter he had apologised for what he called an unedited rant, […]
Cooler cool or not?
A brewery sent me some beer for review today. Along with the beer came a beer cooler, which got me thinking. Is that the right thing for a craft beer brewery to […]
The danger of bad beer
I don’t agree with the idea of Sapporo being “good beer” but I do appreciate the sentiment of being displeased by bad beer. Though I’ve yet to headbutt anyone because of it.
Going dark in Dubbo
About a month ago I was in Dubbo for a family event. Needing some beer, we stopped in at the best bottle shop Dubbo could offer – Dan Murphys (that’s not […]
Nope, sorry you’re not
This is the neck label of Robinsons Old Tom English Strong Ale. And sure, the “world’s best ale” tag wasn’t something they made up but a title they won at the World […]
A sublime saison
For beer lovers, high expectations can be a real bitch sometimes. You probably know how it is. You read about some amazing new beer, one that seems to win over everybody who […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 