The only other time I had Green Flash’s Palate Wrecker was when Scotty, the brewer from Rocks Brewing, invited me to a special tasting of some beers he’d brought back from the […]
Hoppy Beer Weekend – Saturday
Hoppy Beer Weekend – Friday
I’ve got this theory with hops. It’s not an original theory by any means. I reckon people’s palates get acclimatised to hops and so they crave hoppier and hoppier beers. So is […]
Homebrew in a flash
It’s been a busy time here at Beer is Your Friend, what with the recent month-and-bit of the GABS Brewer series as well as working on something planned for next month. So busy […]
Double IPA is the bomb
One of the many niches in the world of beer is the stupidly-hopped beer. That’s where the brewer decides that the best thing to do is ladle in so many hops that […]
IPA Day 2012
So today is IPA Day. What does that mean? Buggered if I know to be honest. I’ve just had people on Twitter talking about it and planning what IPA they were going […]
At the Wollongong Good Beer Dinner
Last night I was down at Wollongong’s Little Prince for the first of two beer dinners organised by Shaun and Ashur, the brewers at the Illawarra Brewing Company. The next one is […]
A very special beer night
As a beer lover, I regularly buy the US beer magazines that I find in the newsagents here in Wollongong. I’m not entirely sure that’s a good idea because it just ends […]
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