I just ducked out to a bottle shop near work that is known to stock the odd beer from HopDog in Nowra. I was specifically after brewer Tim Thomas’ White Christmas. I […]
Beer and browsing
Hey, where did all the alcohol go?
Ever since an unfortunate incident with a bottle of whiskey when I was 14 I have an aversion to alcohol that tastes like alcohol. That incident saw me drink way too much […]
Riding the Weekday Wagon
As of Monday I’ve been making an attempt to get back on the Weekday Wagon. It’s a concept that was borne from drinking too much of the wine from the family winery […]
Stimpy! You eediot!
Normally a picture like this – a bucket full of beer – would indicate happy times, such as a party. But this isn’t a happy story, as perhaps implied by the subject […]
Beer time at Trainworks
I always go to a beer festival with a well-thought out plan. And it’s usually a four-step plan. 1) Go and try the odd beers and those I’ve never had before as […]
Brewery is for swingers
One of the problems of loving craft beer and living in Wollongong is that the stuff can be hard to get on tap. You can get the bottled stuff easy enough but […]
Brewer Q&A – HopDog
A Q&A session with Tim Thomas, brewer at HopDog BeerWorks in Nowra. How did you get into brewing? I got started in brewing when I went in with a couple of mates […]
Craft beer in the Illawarra
For your interest, here’s a story I wrote for the Illawarra Mercury about craft beer on the South Coast. South Coast drinkers are discovering craft beer, just like others around Australia. […]
HopDog gives a fig
I’d like to get down to HopDog brewery in Nowra much more often than I do. But, from the northern suburbs of Wollongong, it’s a bit more than an hour’s drive down […]
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