Steve Jeffares, co-owner of The Local Taphouse and one of the creators of the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular aka GABS obviously loves a beer. So has he tried to make some himself? […]
A chat with the co-creator of GABS
What’s in the fridge – Day four
Who the hell knows how long this beer has been in the fridge? Not me. The best I can guess is that it’s about a year old because I think I got […]
A hundred new beers at GABS
Today I found out that the organisers at GABS are expecting this year’s event to feature more than 100 new beers. That is cause for some excitement. Though, as Beer is Your […]
What’s in the fridge – Day three
In beer circles I’ve noticed that 4 Pines seems to get a bit of hate. Not sure that I understand why, unless it’s just because they’ve managed to find their way into […]
What’s in the fridge – Day two
Okay, so this Unifikator from Temple Brewing hasn’t been in the fridge all that long. It was part of a box of wonderful beers from Temple beer in Melbourne. While I had […]
What’s in the fridge – Day one
A few days ago I wrote of buying beers even though I already had more than enough at home. That got me to thinking that I should drinking them if I’ve got […]
Homebrew freakout
Whenever brewday nears, I started freaking out a little bit. Well, to be honest, the freaking out starts before then – it starts when I begin to work out what beer I’m […]
Battle of our first brewers
When it comes to breweries named after early Australian brewers, pretty much everyone can name one of them. But, perhaps, fewer could name the other one. Or even know there is a […]
Racing out for Racer 5
I don’t really need to keep buying beer. But I do. Like just recently for example, I headed to Thirroul Village Cellars, to see what they had. They’ve steadily been getting a […]
Beer shopping at Aldi
In Australia, finding beer in a supermarket is still very much a novelty. I can remember ducking into an IGA in Canberra and being amazed to find they had beers in their […]
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