Less than a year ago, I was ruminating on the future of craft beer. Things were looking grim even then, and since that time something like a dozen or more other breweries in this country alone have gone through the mill, including Australia’s oldest craft brewery, Grand Ridge, which has been brewing since the 80’sContinue reading “Pecker Up”
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Diff’rent Strokes
It is possible – easy, even – to drink a different beer every day of the year without repetition, all produced entirely within Victoria. Hell, even just the Greater Melbourne area. New South Wales has more breweries, Queensland slightly fewer, plus the rest of the states are also producing quality drops. And this isn’t evenContinue reading “Diff’rent Strokes”
Music is the New Cheese
A New Take on Beer Pairing Romeo and Juliet. Peanut butter and jelly. Whiskey and the jar-o. Some things just go together. Music and booze is one of those magically delicious pairings, and further to a conversation I had a while back, here is a recommendation for something I’ve been loving recently paired with somethingContinue reading “Music is the New Cheese”
Canvent 2: Canvent Harder
Greetings! If you didn’t read part one, please feel free to catch up here: Or don’t! Sometimes you can enjoy just the second half of the story. Anyway, let’s dive straight back into the review of 2023’s Canvent Calendar with… Wednesday, December 13th – Deeds Brewing Sticky Toff Sticky Toffee Pastry Stout 6% Smells immediatelyContinue reading “Canvent 2: Canvent Harder”
Canvent 2023
It’s that most magical time of the year time of year when I review the Canvent Calendar from Carwyn. Will that first offering be something safe, accessible, popular, welcoming? Something easy to draw people in and start things off in a good place – a NEIPA or DIPA, perhaps? Who knows. The joy is inContinue reading “Canvent 2023”
Scottie’s Soapbox 4: Live Free or Soap Hard
The Persistence of Memory Let me fly you, oh dearest reader, on wings of memory to the heady era of the early nineties. There was a time, oh my loves, and you may not believe it so, but please believe me that there was a time that sweet chilli sauce was bold, and new,Continue reading “Scottie’s Soapbox 4: Live Free or Soap Hard”
Scottie’s Soapbox 3: Soap Hard with a Vengeance
5 Treasures Beer or The 5 Great Delights of Beer: My good friend, Frankie Framing-Device asked me the other day why I like beer. What is it actually about beer that I enjoy? The obvious answer might be the taste, but I remember a young boy sitting with his mate chatting about beer andContinue reading “Scottie’s Soapbox 3: Soap Hard with a Vengeance”
Scottie’s Soapbox 2: Even Soapier
They say that the sense most strongly associated with memory is smell. And I have experienced this – standing on the escalator at Parliament Station with the scent of burning train brake-pads in my nostrils, I had my consciousness slammed twenty years back into the previously murky recesses of my 6 year old self,Continue reading “Scottie’s Soapbox 2: Even Soapier”
So Long, and Thanks for All The Piss
Milk Bar Series – Tropicana Imperial Cream Sour Deeds Brewing Here’s what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about beer: it says that beer is a simple fizzy drink made from malt, hops, water and yeast and also notes its intoxicating effects on certain carbon based life forms, The Deeds’ Guide to Brewing alsoContinue reading “So Long, and Thanks for All The Piss”
Where’re Pots?
Red Eye Rye Red Rye IPA Dainton Brewing
Exit Pursued by a Beer 