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Researching the James Squire story

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GABS Brewer – HopDog BeerWorks

By beerisyourfriend on March 20, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2014: Tim Thomas from HopDog BeerWorks in Nowra, NSW What beer are you making for GABS? We’re brewing a – get ready for it – Brettanomyces-infected shiraz barrel aged blood […]

GABS Brewer – The Australian Brewery

By beerisyourfriend on March 19, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2014: Neal Cameron from The Australian Brewery in Rouse Hill, NSW What beer are you making for GABS? We are making Australia’s first Sake Beer. We are doing this as […]

GABS Brewer – 8 Wired

By beerisyourfriend on March 18, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2014: Soren Eriksen from 8 Wired Brewing Company in New Zealand What beer are you making for GABS? Brettanomyces refermented and barrel aged foreign extra stout. Does it have a […]

GABS Brewer – Nøgne Ø

By beerisyourfriend on March 17, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2014: Kjetil Jikiun from Nøgne Ø in Norway What beer are you making for GABS? A 10 per cent dark brown rich beer full of flavours. Does it have a […]

Arriving late to the party

By beerisyourfriend on March 16, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

There’s something to be said for being a late adopter. Sure, being an early adopter gets all the press, because people like to bang on about how they were ahead of the […]

The low-alcohol lowdown

By beerisyourfriend on March 15, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

In January this year I was up in Newcastle with the family for a few days. While we were there I caught up with Chris McNamara from the Craft Beer Industry Association […]

GABS Brewer – Red Duck

By beerisyourfriend on March 14, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2014: Scott Wilson-Brown from Red Duck Brewery in Ballarat, Victoria What beer are you making for GABS? Haven’t decided yet! I have a barrel aged imperial porter, which has been […]

GABS Brewer – Wayward Brewing

By beerisyourfriend on March 13, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2104: Peter Philip from Wayward Brewing in Sydney What beer are you making for GABS? Smoked Cacao Sour Cherry Dopplebock (8.5 per cent ABV target). Does it have a name […]

What’s at GABS this year?

By beerisyourfriend on March 12, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Starting tomorrow, we have our annual Q&As with GABS brewers, where they talk about the special beers they’re brewing for GABS. But today, GABS co-creator Steve Jeffares lets the readers of Beer […]

It’s YouTubesday!

By beerisyourfriend on March 11, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Here’s a video from Little Creatures about their new Geelong brewery. They invited me to the opening last year – wish I could have made it.

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