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Researching the James Squire story

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GABS Brewer 2016 – 4 Pines

By beerisyourfriend on March 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: 4 Pines from Manly, NSW What beer are you making for GABS? A wood-aged amber ale. What’s it called? Beast of Bourbon Where did the inspiration come from? There are a […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Moon Dog

By beerisyourfriend on March 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Karl van Buuren from Melbourne’s Moon Dog What beer are you making for GABS? We are making a delightful full flavoured lager called Abbotsford Draught. Somehow the VB recipe has fallen […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Thornbridge Brewery

By beerisyourfriend on March 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Rob Lovatt from Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, UK What beer are you making for GABS? Coffee Stout What’s it called? FIKA – please see here for info on the choice of […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Newstead Brewing Company

By beerisyourfriend on March 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Mark Howes (who has a very, very dry sense of humour) from Newstead Brewing Company in Brisbane What beer are you making for GABS? A Sour Imperial Coffee Porter What’s it […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Young Henrys

By beerisyourfriend on March 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Richard Adamson from Sydney’s Young Henrys What beer are you making for GABS? We’re making a fruit and spice IPA that takes it’s cues from Campari. We’re working along the lines […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – The Australian Brewery

By beerisyourfriend on March 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Neal Cameron from the Australian Brewery in NSW What beer are you making for GABS? We’re doing a take on the traditional German Eisbock and making an Golden EisBock with our […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – BrewCult

By beerisyourfriend on March 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Brewer: Hendo from BrewCult in Victoria What beer are you making for GABS? It’s a Gingerbread Imperial Stout. What’s it called? Gingerbread Maniac Where did the inspiration come from? When I was […]

Five Things About .. BrewCult’s Acid Freaks

By beerisyourfriend on March 18, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

1) One downside of getting more and more deeply into good beer is the lack of surprise. When you start out, everything is new and different and the likelihood of those ‘‘wow!’’ […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on March 17, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

‘‘Women’s bodies differ from men’s bodies in a number of ways that make them react differently to alcohol. For one, women are generally smaller than men, and their bodies have a larger […]

One beer for the rest of my life

By beerisyourfriend on March 16, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

On the weekend I got this tweet – and challenge – from Pia over at Girl + Beer. https://twitter.com/girlplusbeer/status/708657855180615680 To be honest, it actually wasn’t that much of a challenge. I’d been […]

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