Here’s what’s good: Having a brother who has to make regular trips to the US for work. And he’s willing to mule some beer for me. Here’s what’s not so good: He’ll […]
My American beer mule
I miss Monteith’s
It breaks my heart a little bit to see what has happened to Monteith’s because I used to think they were something special. Lets go back to 2003 and my then-girlfriend now-wife […]
P is for pine, fir and spruce tips
When I drink some US IPAs I joke that they’ve brewed it by throwing a Christmas tree into the fermenting tanks. You know, because they taste super-piney. But pine trees have actually […]
Star Wars homebrew
Okay, so after a few experiments at making an IPA went wrong (definition of wrong: I can still drink them because I made them but they won’t come out when we have […]
Unique Week – Day Three
I love a bit of history on a beer label – those James Squire’s labels that told the story of the convict-turned-brewer were great (and I also loved that the story was […]
GABS brewer – Birbeck’s Brewing Company
Jared Birbeck from Birbeck’s Brewing Company in South Australia is delving into the family history for part of the inspiration for his IPA. What beer are you making for GABS? The beer […]
Friday drinks – Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
This is not an IPA – it’s an ‘‘extra IPA’’, according to the label. I’m not really sure what that means – do you get more IPA for your money? Is it […]
A great day off
When you’re an adult male a day off tends to come with a check-list of things to do. And so it was for me on Tuesday, where with a number of hours […]
An IPA? No way
It’s probably a sign of beer geekery that, even if you don’t think much of a certain brewery, that you hunt down a special release of theirs. Or maybe it’s just a […]
Racing out for Racer 5
I don’t really need to keep buying beer. But I do. Like just recently for example, I headed to Thirroul Village Cellars, to see what they had. They’ve steadily been getting a […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 