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. […]
A homebrew moment
GABS brewer – the Australian homebrew champion
As well as professional brewers, there’s also a spot at the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular reserved for the reigning Australian champion of homebrewing. they get that title by winning the Australian Amateur […]
Homebrew economics
One of the things that appealed to me about homebrewing – and one of the things I tell others thinking about starting – is how cheap the beer is. That’s ‘‘cheap’’ as […]
Homebrew can be so fickle
Sometimes homebrew can be a most unco-operative creature. The beer I have in the fermenter under the stairs hasn’t been doing what it’s supposed to at all. See, it’s a double IPA […]
What’s in the fridge – Day five
Let me tell you an embarrassing beer story. Some years ago, when I’d just started out on this great beer journey, I’d come to the conclusion in my mind that the Rogers […]
A chat with the co-creator of GABS
Steve Jeffares, co-owner of The Local Taphouse and one of the creators of the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular aka GABS obviously loves a beer. So has he tried to make some himself? […]
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 […]
The Session #72: How we love beer
The Session (aka Beer Blogging Friday) is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single […]
The Thursday quote
“The marketing geniuses at the world’s industrial breweries haven’t a clue as to what kind of beer you like. Even if they did, the bets they could do would be to dump […]
Homebrewing help
Fellow beer blogger James over at Beer Bar Band has just last month become a homebrewer after a few years of just drinking the stuff. So that prompted me, a homebrewer celebrating […]
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