1) There doesn’t seem to be a lot of lover in good beer circles for New Zealand brewer Monteith’s. They launch a barrel-aged porter and some suggest it was aged in aluminium […]
Five Things About .. Monteith’s XPA
The Six-Pack – September 25, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from New Zealand Beer Writer of the Year Jono Galuszka Damn @MOABEER, this packaging is insane. A bit nicer than that other RWC beer. #fourmoreyears pic.twitter.com/JYW6ptbAMA — Jono […]
The Six Pack – February 6, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Bryan D Roth In 2014, the top 100 "best beers" per RateBeer users had an avg ABV of 10%. That's up slightly from 2013's avg of 9.6%. […]
The Six-Pack – October 3, 2014
Number 1: This tweet from Jeremy Danner of Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City. Beer snobs, you are worse than the breweries you hope to save the world from. Choose happiness. Enjoy beer. […]
The Six-Pack – August 29, 2014
Number 1: This tweet from…well…it’s from me. Even with a crowd #frothandbubbles is great. Hope it returns in 2015. — Glen Humphries (@26bear) August 23, 2014 Wollongong had a great beer festival […]
The Friday Photo
Drinking Dan’s Dry
The Drinking Dan’s Dry challenge was always going to reach this point sooner or later. The point where I had to drink the Monteith beers I hadn’t yet checked into Untappd. For […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Three
Permit me to say something nice about Monteith’s. See that label over there on the left? That label starts me reminiscing about the time I discovered Monteith’s and when it was good. […]
The Thursday quote
“Between 2002 and 2009, it was illegal to brew a Saison in New Zealand or to import a beer called Saison, including classics such as Saison Dupont. Brewing giant DB had quietly […]
Crap Beer Week – Day Four
Regular readers would know of my great disappointment with Monteith’s. I once loved their beers but now they’re ordinary. And the new beers they’re launching are really hit and miss. I really […]
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