Visit the Holgate brewhouse in Victoria – and listen to an interview with head brewer and co-owner Paul Holgate.
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No Beer Til March – Week Three
This week I managed to resist beery temptation not once, but twice. And we’re talking serious beery temptation here. The first instance happened on Tuesday when I went to the Illawarra Brewing […]
Hottest 100, where to from here?
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 […]
The book that started a journey
The Australian Beer Companion Willie Simpson Explore Australia I bought this book when it was on special at Dymocks around Father’s Day. I already had the hardcover version but had seen this […]
Stuck in the past
1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die General editor Adrian Tierney-Jones Pier 9 For the first few years of my beer geekery, I had to rely on the local library’s copy […]
Wollongong Beer Alert!
So yesterday I happened to find myself at Stocklands Shellharbour and I just had to stop in at the First Choice Liquor outlet there to see if there was anything interesting. I […]
NAB and craft beer
There was a bit of a talk on Twitter last night about a new NAB ad that features three sisters who decided to open a brewery. I’d not heard talk about it […]
Unique Week – Day One
This here is an Untappd-inspired week at Beer Is Your Friend, because it’s Unique Week. That’s where I’m writing about seven beers that will be unique check-ins on Untappd – and they’re […]
Three of the best breweries in Australia
When it comes to a brewery’s output, it’s pretty safe bet that you won’t like it all. Maybe they do an ordinary lager, maybe they do a bland pilsner or an IPA […]
Signs of a beer nerd
Today there were two examples of proof that I’m undoubtedly a beer nerd (as if the fact that I write a blog about it wasn’t enough of a giveaway). The first example […]
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