1) In case you weren’t aware, this beer is a tribute to the old-fashioned way of brewing. See, with boil kettles made from wood, putting them over an open flame to get […]
Five things about … Stone & Wood’s Stone Beer
History in a Bottle #7 – A Platypus named Winston
Not too long ago beer geeks went a bit nuts for the Winston Pale Ale from Shenanigans Brewing Company in Sydney’s inner west. I was expecting big things from this beer because, […]
History in a Bottle #6 – the Melbourne Exhibition Building
Ever since it debuted at the 2012 Great Australasian Beer Spectapular, Feral’s Watermelon Warhead was one of my white whale beers. A Berliner weisse made to resemble those super-sour Warhead lollies, I […]
History in a Bottle #5 – Random Breath Testing
As light beers go this one from Coopers isn’t too bad. At 2.9 per cent it’s still got enough malt in there to give it some body, though some more hops wouldn’t […]
History in a Bottle #4 – Who the hell is Kosciuszko?
Kosciuszko Pale Ale comes from a 600-litre microbrewery started up by Chuck Hahn in 2009. It’s in the Banjo Patternson Inn at Jindabyne. Though, to be honest, I’m pretty certain all the […]
History in a Bottle #3 – Australia’s first hanging
The Hangman pale comes from The Rocks Brewing Company, who also owns Harts Pub in Sydney’s Rocks. The pub is located on what, in the early years of settlement, was referred to […]
History in a Bottle #2 – The Battle of Central Station
The name Angry Man used to be what Murray’s called their Brown Ale. But for some reason they switched it to their pale. Which is okay with me – I think it’s […]
History in a Bottle #1 – The Foundational Orgy
Welcome to the start of the week I like to call History in a Bottle. The aim here is to talk about Australian beer and history. Not the boring history, the […]
The Six-Pack – May 15, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from BrewDog’s James Watt Death to the fat cats! Watch this video here https://t.co/LjchEemhZh pic.twitter.com/UiF5PHyPNZ — James Watt (@BrewDogJames) May 12, 2015 Yep, a guy sitting in a […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘When this was first brewed in 1980, you could probably drink a bottle of beer from every US craft brewery in one night and still walk home.’’ Mark Dredge reviewing Sierra Nevada […]
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