Reading stories online about the Yeastie Boys Spoonbender series, I kept coming across a sentence that always went something like this: the beers use botrytised viogner in the form of candi sugar […]
Beer of the Week – Sly Persuader
The Six-Pack – June 20, 2014
Number 1: Some good news from @phil_cook Great to be back "in the studio" with @GeorgeLanglands. Episode one of Beer Diary Podcast season four is in the can. pic.twitter.com/U5QlxzjuUv — Phil […]
GABS brewer – Yeastie Boys
GABS Brewer: Stu McKinlay from Yeastie Boys in New Zealand What beer are you making for GABS? A smoky dark mild ale with chipotle and a hint of fruity NZ hops. All […]
The Thursday Quote
“The simple philosophy you should try to keep in mind is that is that beer is (and always should have been) a luxury good. Modern factory brewing, where beer is more about […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘We wanted to start off doing one-off beers rather than a regular range of beers such as a pilsner, a pale ale and a porter like most breweries. We’ve never had a […]
Yeastie Boys and bad reviews
This beer, called Gunnamatta, from New Zealand’s Yeastie Boys is the subject of perhaps the worst beer review I’ve read. I don’t mean “worst” as in the harshest, though it is that. […]
Melbourne Beer Trip – Day One
I flew back home on Sunday after a lightening-quick visit of Melbourne during Good Beer Week. In this instance “lightning-quick means “two-and-a-half days”, having flown in at lunchtime Thursday and out again […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 