When I reviewed the last @counterculturebeer in May, I asked for something big and black to suit the end of July. And here we are in early August sitting watching the sunset at the back of the Blue Mountains with temperatures of 2 deg sipping on the next instalment, a delightful milk stout - It’d [...]
Fixation Brewing's Obsession "session IPA" from my favourite IPA brewer, Tom from the home of the pies (boo go the swannies!). @fixationbrewing have been pumping out award winning IPAs since their foundation in 2015. After cutting his teeth at @stoneandwood Tom was green lighted to start his passion project, a brewery dedicated to making my [...]
I’ve been drinking craft beer for almost 20 years, and there has always been @holgatebeer . Nestled in the central Victorian town of Woodend, the husband and wife team have been brewing beers in their brewpub since 1999, a time when the Australian scene was very bleak. Brewpubs are my favourite type of brewery, adding [...]
The amazing brewers at @hopnationbeer were winemakers in a previous life, and they’ve returned to their roots with a new side project - @siteferment . As part of the Site Fermentation Project they are making mixed fermentation beers as well as single vineyard wines. This is exciting stuff for lovers of beer and wine (like [...]
Santa Monica Brew Co at Santa Monica Beach California. Had the pleasure of dropping by here with the family while holidaying in California and Los Carbos Mexico. The place itself was well thought out with good seating, fermentation tanks etc on display and live sports scattered on teles throughout the place. The standout though were [...]
I really love hoppy red beers at this time of year. Sometimes I need a hop fix, wrapper around comforting malts as opposed to the black beers I often drink at night in winter. During the week I had three different versions, but the best by far was the Alpine Red X by @jindabynebrewing . [...]
I visited @coastalbrewingco a couple of months ago during a north coast holiday, and have been pleased to see their distribution seems to be increasing further afield. I tucked away a few cans of my favourite beer for winter, the Black Head Milk Stout (named after the beautiful beach at Halliday’s Point). I enjoyed it [...]
Generally I try not to review a beer twice, but the @twobirdsbrewing Double Sunset is an exception! Two years ago I had this special edition amped up version of their core range Sunset, so when I saw they’d brewed it again I was very excited. It was in my 2007 top 5 and there will [...]
Sometimes single hop beers can be a little one dimensional, lacking the balance of different hops to advance aroma, flavour and bitterness. The @hopeestate Single Hop Hazy on the other hand does a marvellous job. It uses the new hop variety of Sabro, which I admit I hadn’t heard of before. It’s a really interesting [...]
@slipstreambrewing x @beenleighrumdistillers Rum Barrel Baltic Porter is a perfect South East Queensland collaboration. The two year old Slipstream teaming up with the 140 year old Beenleigh to showcase the fruits their labour’s. There aren’t too many Baltic Porter’s made in Australia, but essentially they are a bloody big black beer originating from the Baltic’s [...]
Happy 8th birthday to @twobirdsbrewing , one of my favs. A regular in my fridge and a regular on these pages, it’s great to see them going the distance after starting up before it was cool. In keeping with their birthday releases, the traditional eighth birthday gift of salt appears in the form of a [...]
El Segundo Brewing Co. White Dog IPA El Segundo California USA. El Segundo Brewing Company is the product of founder, Rob Croxall’s love and passion for beers. More than anything, Rob has a knack for hoppy beers, much like @fixationbrewing in Melbourne. Being a brewer, he decided leave his longtime career in aerospace financing to [...]
