On the weekend I got this tweet – and challenge – from Pia over at Girl + Beer. 1 beer for the rest of your life? Damn, that's a tough Q! @26bear […]
One beer for the rest of my life
The Thursday Quote
“I spent a day driving to Orval and back again and I recommend not to bother. It’s bullshit that the monks are making the beer.” Ashley Huntington Two Metre Tall brewer From […]
Beer of the Week – Orval
The beer: Orval. Where did it come from?: I got it from Figtree Cellars, the only place in Wollongong that stocks it. But they originally come from Belgium. What’s it like?: It’s […]
The top Trappist
In the brewing niche occupied by Trappist beers, there is none so fine as Orval. You can have your Rochefort, your La Trappe and your Chimay (though if you could leave me […]
T is for Trappist breweries
The thing I find most fascinating about Trappist breweries that there is a “Trappist police” of sorts who closely monitor who is calling themselves that. If you look at a bottle from […]
O is for Orval
Of all the beers from Trappist breweries, Orval is definitely my favourite. Firstly, how can you go past that lovely art deco-style bottle? Then there’s the beer itself, pale and with far […]
Drinking the list
About 18 months ago, I started writing a beer column for the Illawarra Mercury. Before that time, I’d only delved as far into the craft beer world as the beer section of […]
