1) This week the long-running industrial dispute between CUB and the 55 workers it punted ended. The workers did have jobs to go to but they were with a contractor who would […]
Five Things About … Hoegaarden
Five Things About … Matilda Bay Wild Yak
1) Here’s another thing to add to that list entitled “I don’t understand WTF Matilda Bay is doing”. You’ve got their new beer, called Wild Yak. But it’s not “wild” – not […]
Five Things About … Matilda Bay’s Dogbolter
1) One subject that regularly gets touched on in this blog is the concern that Matilda Bay doesn’t seem to have any idea what the hell it’s doing. In fact I probably […]
Born to be mild?
I’m not the first to scratch his head at what the hell CUB is doing with Matilda Bay. This guy doesn’t get it. And neither does this guy either. Me, I don’t […]
Ten things about … the GABS festival beers
You can start with dessert: If you’re a little bit anal retentive like me, you’ll feel a compulsion to start your beer sampling at Container A, Section 1. And if you do […]
The most popular stories of 2015
It’s the end of the year, which usually means it’s time for beer bloggers to do a round-up of the best beers of the year. But I’m not doing that because I’m […]
Overlooked Beers – Day One
One thing I’ve realised in this month of just drinking Australian beers is how many of them I overlook for the other 11 months of the year. I see them on the […]
Five Things About …. Stone & Wood’s Forefathers
1) Phil Sexton’s hit rate is astonishing. If other people managed to create one iconic beer brand in Australia they’d be happy. To try and push for two would just appear greedy. […]
The Six-Pack – July 24, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Tiffany Waldron Found in Melbourne… Draft beer jelly bellies! pic.twitter.com/VfeobYuWmS — Tiffany Waldron (@beergirlbites) July 20, 2015 I have been looking for these beer-flavoured jelly beans for […]
Matilda Bay – a tale of too many beers
By now, you’ve probably heard that CUB plans to tinker with the Matilda Bay brand. A large part of that is spinning off Fat Yak to effectively make a new brand, […]
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