After the latest instalment of the Hottest 100 Craft Beers were announced on Sunday, I started to wonder if it has much of a future. The big issue is its predictability. This […]
Hottest 100, where to from here?
Calling shenanigans on Gage Roads
Right, I’m calling shenanigans on Gage Roads. More specifically, the shenanigans are directed at their limited release series. There have been two so far. The first was The Convict, an Australian strong […]
The beer’s better than the advertising
Sometimes I just don’t get beer advertising. At all. Especially when it’s linked to a tasty beer that already sells itself. Take the guy the above video. He’s the ‘‘Beer Pilgrim’’ – […]
What The F..k Are You Waiting For? – Day Six
Yeah, I know this is an Aldi beer, brewed by it’s Storm Brewing Company name, but I was sort of obliged to include it. Why? Well because I recently acquired some shelves […]
What The F..k Are You Waiting For – Day Four
I think it was the weight of expectation that made me avoid Holgate’s Beelzebub’s Jewels. See, I’m a fan of Holgate and Beelzebub was one of the few Holgate beers I hadn’t […]
What The F..k Are You Waiting For? – Day One
Being a beer geek, I tend to buy more beer than I need. That gives me a choice when I want something to drink. While I’m making those choices, there are beers […]
Brewing with HopDog
A few weeks ago I wrote a story for the newspaper about being a brewer for a day with Tim Thomas at HopDog Beerworks in Nowra. It was cut quite a bit […]
A slab story
An open letter to Dani Allen and Jayne Lewis of Two Birds Brewing. You know, I don’t really buy slabs of beer very often. Virtually never in fact. My actual annual tally […]
It’s Hottest 100 time
Around this time of year it is the done thing that all Australian beer bloggers must write a post about how they cast their votes in the Hottest 100 Craft Beers of […]
A HopDog BeerWorks gallery
Hey, it’s New Year’s Day, and you’re probably not up to reading anything. But looking at pretty pictures is much, much easier. I visited HopDog BeerWorks in Nowra on Monday and decided […]
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