In my neck of the woods, the Illawarra Brewery underwent a makeover last month. One that includes demolishing the old bar so they can put in 24 taps. Since the relaunch those […]
The trouble of too many taps
The Sessions #87 – Local Brewery History
It’s time for the Session – also known as Beer Blogging Friday. That’s where bloggers unite, metaphorically speaking, and write about the same topic – which has been predetermined by that month’s […]
Ending the tyranny of Untappd
Early last month I read a post from Jack at The Westbender about his New Year’s Resolutions (and kudos for Jack for resisting the cheap gag and not calling them ‘‘New Beers […]
Wollongong beer alert!
Note to self – brushing your teeth shortly when you plan on tasting a beer isn’t the best idea you can have. It’s a lesson I learned yesterday afternoon. Working the afternoon […]
Wollongong Beer Alert!
You know what you’ll find if you head to the Illawarra Brewery bar today? A bloody big stout from Feral called Boris. It’s part of the Western Australian brewery’s Brewpub Series, that […]
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 […]
A saison for the season
Last week a bunch of us went on another pub crawl. You can go here to see what happened last time around. This time we hit all the same places – just […]
A tasty break from work
A sign that you might be a beer geek – you use your meal break at work to head to a bar so you can try a new beer. A sign you […]
Old man goes on bar crawl
So I went out on a bar crawl last week. Sure, that might not sound like a big deal to you young hipsters who are out every night of the week and […]
Beer + Food = Fun
The Illawarra Brewing Company is doing some fine, fine things for craft beer in Wollongong. Most obviously, there’s the fact that they make beer here. Then there’s the swinging taps they have […]
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