My wife comes from Canberra, which means I’ve made an awful lot of trips to that city in the last 10 years – first to see her and then later, to go […]
Some beers at Bentspoke
A night on the town
On Saturday night I went to a beer dinner that made me think maybe, just maybe, craft beer might be really cutting through in Wollongong. See I’ve been to a few beer […]
Hangovers and happy surprises
There’s never really a good time to get a hangover. But one of the worst times would have to be on the same day of a beer festival you’ve waiting months for. […]
Dagwood gets better
Dagwood 19 Market Street, Wollongong For a long while, I’ve written off Dagwood as a place to avoid if it’s good beer you’re after. In fact, on one of the occasional […]
Good Beer Week recap
The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular – the best run festival ever. Yeah, like beer geeks around the country, I was in Melbourne for Good Beer Week. In fact, if you’d dropped a […]
Not much choice
When the North Wollongong outlet of First Choice Liquor opened its doors last year, I got very excited. So excited that I went there the day it opened its doors. Why? Well […]
The Hop Factory
The Hop Factory 102 Darby St, Cooks Hill, Newcastle Website When it comes to venues that offer both craft beer and good food, my experience is that they usually tend to resemble […]
Sydney Craft Beer Week – a recap
I went up the road to the big smoke for two nights last week for the Sydney Craft Beer Week. Here are a few reasons why it was tops> I got to […]
Tap Takeover is tops
It is perhaps a sign of my beer obsession that I was first in line to get into the 20 Tap Takeover at the Illawarra Brewery yesterday. Arrived there 15 minutes early […]
Melbourne Beer Trip – the wrap-up
One of the big things I learned from my trip to Melbourne is that it is possible for me to really enjoy good beer without getting a hangover so bad that it […]
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