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By beerisyourfriend on May 28, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Researching the James Squire story

By beerisyourfriend on December 4, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

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GABS brewer – Doctor’s Orders Brewing

By beerisyourfriend on March 5, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Darren Robinson from Doctor’s Orders Brewing, NSW, might like his GABS beer extra cold. What beer are you making for GABS? I’m currently planning an Eis beer. It won’t necessarily be your […]

GABS brewer – Burleigh Brewing

By beerisyourfriend on March 4, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Peta Fielding from Burleigh Brewing says they tried to match hops to the personalities of their brewers for their GABS beer. What beer are you making for GABS? We are making a […]

GABS brewer – HopDog BeerWorks

By beerisyourfriend on March 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

For most of this month I’ll be running some Q&As with a range of brewers who are taking part in the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular in Melbourne in May (that’s a festival […]

A month without alcohol

By beerisyourfriend on March 2, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

Yesterday a lot of people had their first beer since January 31. That’s because it was the end of Febfast – where people give up alcohol for a month to youth and […]

Friday drinks – Stone & Wood Pacific Ale

By beerisyourfriend on March 1, 2013 • ( 9 Comments )

This Friday’s drinks recommendation is an old favourite – Stone & Wood’s Pacific Ale. It routinely scores either first or second place in those “best beers” lists that come out each year, […]

The Session #73: The beer audit

By beerisyourfriend on March 1, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

So what is The Sessions all about? Well, on the first Friday of every month bloggers around the world write a post on a specific topic, which is suggested by that month’s […]

A great day off

By beerisyourfriend on February 28, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

When you’re an adult male a day off tends to come with a check-list of things to do. And so it was for me on Tuesday, where with a number of hours […]

An IPA? No way

By beerisyourfriend on February 27, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

It’s probably a sign of beer geekery that, even if you don’t think much of a certain brewery, that you hunt down a special release of theirs. Or maybe it’s just a […]

Going for gluten-free

By beerisyourfriend on February 26, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Being gluten-intolerant would suck. Heaps. Like an industrial-strength bilge pump. Black holes wish they could suck as hard as being gluten-intolerant. Okay, maybe that’s way, way waaayyy too much hyperbole. Lets just […]

Brewers beat winemakers

By beerisyourfriend on February 25, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

A week or so ago, Little Creatures posted a notice on their website that they’d run out of Australian and New Zealand hops. For the time being, they’d have to rely largely […]

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