1) It’s not surprising I was quite excited to score a bottle of Pliny the Elder as an early birthday present (early by just over two months). As beers go this sucker […]
Five Things About … Pliny the Elder
Five Things About … Ex Novo’s Dynamic Duo Double IPA
1) I do envy my brother. At the moment his job means that he has to fly to Portland on a regular basis. Sure, there is the huge downside that he’s away […]
GABS Brewer 2017: Prancing Pony Brewery
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 […]
Five Things About … Southern Brewers’ We Lost an Eye
1) When you buy a growler, the brewery usually puts a tag around the neck. On that tag is written the name of the beer and the alcohol content. This is, as […]
Wollongong beer alert!
Note to self – brushing your teeth shortly when you plan on tasting a beer isn’t the best idea you can have. It’s a lesson I learned yesterday afternoon. Working the afternoon […]
Wollongong beer alert!
If ever there was a beer I was going to crawl over broken glass for, it’s the double IPA from the Illawarra Brewing Company. Well, of course, that’s exaggeration for the sake […]
IPA Week – Day Five
I don’t get how BridgePort’s Hop Czar can be so cheap over here. BridgePort is based in the US state of Oregon and, near as I can tell, there’s no brewing under […]
My American beer mule
Here’s what’s good: Having a brother who has to make regular trips to the US for work. And he’s willing to mule some beer for me. Here’s what’s not so good: He’ll […]
A homebrew moment
My latest batch of homebrew may well be a watershed moment in my journey as a homebrewer. Yes, I know that opening sentence sounded a bit pretentious but it does make sense. […]
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 […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 