Back in May the Craft Beer Industry Association changed its name to the Independent Brewing Association. That was good for two reasons; firstly it got the phrase “craft beer” out of the […]
Big decision for the IBA
Five Things About … Mornington’s Sorachi Kolsch
1) Of all the beers on the shelves at Dan Murphy’s, I reckon the one that most infuriates people new to the craft beer scene is Mornington’s Sorachi Kolsch. I have this […]
Five Things About … Feral’s Sly Fox
1) You know, maybe, just maybe, there’s actually five ingredients that go into making a beer. Water, hops, malt, yeast and time. No, I don’t mean it in the way the Crown […]
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 […]
Thoughts on the Hottest 100 beers
A few quick thoughts on today’s Hottest 100 Beers votes. Distribution isn’t everything: The top three – Hop Hog, Pacific Ale and 4 Pines – are all beers with wide-ranging distribution. And […]
Top Five for the year
So again, it’s time to vote in The Local Taphouse Hottest 100 Australian craft beer poll. The poll that is to beer geeks, what Triple J’s Hottest 100 is to music geeks […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Check this out.. craft beer made the Channel 10 news last year. It’s a piece on Western Australia’s Feral Brewing.
Tap Takeover is tops
It is perhaps a sign of my beer obsession that I was first in line to get into the 20 Tap Takeover at the Illawarra Brewery yesterday. Arrived there 15 minutes early […]
GABS brewer- Feral Brewing
Brendan Varis from Feral Brewing in working on a beer that might have something to do with oak barrels. What beer are you making for GABS? It’s still a bit up in […]
