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GABS Brewer 2017 – Brewmanity Beer

By beerisyourfriend on April 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: David Neitz, co-founder of Brewmanity What sort of beer are you making for GABS? An Eisbock. It’s a collaboration with Colonial, blended with flavours from a Starward Whiskey barrel – […]

GABS Brewer 2017 – Athletic Club Brewery

By beerisyourfriend on April 3, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Craig Blackmore from Athletic Club Brewery What sort of beer are you making for GABS? We’re brewing a Wheatwine, an American style that’s made predominantly from Wheat Malt and has […]

GABS Brewer – Behemoth/Chur Brewing

By beerisyourfriend on March 31, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Andrew Childs from Behemoth Brewing NZ and Chur Brewing Australia What sort of beer are you making for GABS? Chocolate Raspberry Milk Stout. What’s it called? Chocolate Fish Milk Stout. […]

GABS Brewer – Brewaucracy

By beerisyourfriend on March 30, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Greig McGill from Brewaucracy What sort of beer are you making for GABS? A difficult-to-categorise one! A sort-of-but-not-really brown ale with a heap of locally grown Chestnuts from the Waikato, […]

GABS Brewer 2017 – Pact Beer

By beerisyourfriend on March 29, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Kevin Hingston from Pact Beer What sort of beer are you making for GABS? We’ve teamed up with our mates from Butterbing Cookie Sandwiches to make Australia’s hottest cafe confectionery […]

SATIRE: An open letter from BrewDog

By beerisyourfriend on March 28, 2017 • ( 6 Comments )

Hey guys, You may have heard about a pub in Birmingham being told by our lawyers that they couldn’t call themselves Lone Wolf because we’d just launched a vodka with the same […]

GABS Brewer 2017 – Brisbane Brewing Company

By beerisyourfriend on March 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Brendan Chan from Brisbane Brewing Company What sort of beer are you making for GABS? It’s a multi-strain Brett-fermented, barrel aged Baltic porter. What’s it called? It’s called Mātes Piens (“Mother’s Milk” […]

GABS Brewer 2017: Prancing Pony Brewery

By beerisyourfriend on March 27, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Frank Samon from Prancing Pony Brewery What sort of beer are you making for GABS? Black IPA. What’s it called? Hunt for the Red Velvet (as improbable as Sean Connery […]

GABS Brewer 2017 – 8 Wired

By beerisyourfriend on March 24, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS brewer: Soren Eriksen from 8 Wired What sort of beer are you making for GABS? A sour black IPA. Pretty standard American style black IPA, but kettle soured. What’s it called? […]

GABS Brewer 2017 – Burleigh Brewing Company

By beerisyourfriend on March 23, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer: Brennan Fielding from Burleigh Brewing Company What sort of beer are you making for GABS? Weizenbock. What’s it called? HEFSTER. Introducing Burleigh Brewing HEFSTER, an unfiltered Weizenbock, the edgier, slightly […]

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