I can be a little Sydney/Melbourne centric in my posts I’m sorry, but it really only has to do with accessibility in my local haunts. So to say I was excited to receive this beer gift from Brisbane’s inner south @slipstreambrewing is an understatement. I’m always keen to explore beer from around this great land, [...]
@nine_fingers_brew was born out of a musicians unfortunate accident which left him with nine fingers. The loss to the music world is a gain to the brewing world if the Black Ale Sun is anything to go by. Brewed for @gabsfestival 2019, it’s labelled as an Extra Black Ale (XBA). This is probably an apt [...]
@philterbrewing has become a favourite over its short history. The Red in particular regularly filling my fridge during the cooler months and the Caribbean Stout wowing me each time it’s been made. Haze is their latest limited release, in a striking green, red and yellow can. I’ve had some really good NEIPA’s lately. This is [...]
Thunder Road Brewing Shake It Up India Pale Ale. "Thunder Rd is an independent brewery operating in the Melbourne inner suburb of Brunswick, Australia. Since opening its doors for business in 2011, the brewery's beers have been distributed for sale in Melbourne and distribution is now expanding throughout Australia." First time I've seen or tried [...]
Dainton Brewery Fruit Punch India Pale Ale "Dainton Family Brewery started in 2013 and is located in Carrum Downs, Victoria. It produces many highly acclaimed brews, most notably their Cherrywood Smoked Rye Baltic Porter which won champion Australian Beer at the 2017 Australian Craft Beer Awards." Some very interesting beers coming out of Dainton lately [...]
Bridge Road’s wonderful barrel ageing program, Mayday Hills has come up with another Brettanomyces delight with the Rhubarb, adding 100kg of locally stewed rhubarb into a light Berliner Weisse that’s spent time in a foedar. It’s a really interesting beer that adds more complexity than your usual Berliner Weisse, yet remains light and refreshing. @maydayhills [...]
Fixation - noun - a preoccupation with one subject, issue, etc.; obsession. To say @fixationbrewing has an obsession with IPA is an understatement. All four of their core beers are IPA’s (West Coast; IIPA; citrus IPA; and session IPA). A quick peruse of @Untappd found one classified as ‘sour - ale’ and one classified as [...]
Mikkeller "Beer Geek" Vanilla Shake Oatmeal Stout brewed with coffee and vanilla. Beer geek is spot on and Mikkeller Brewing from Denmark are super beer geeks! In 2006 Mikkel was a math and physics teacher that started experimenting with hops, malt and yeast back home in his kitchen in Copenhagen. Today Mikkel Borg Bjergsø exports [...]
Stone & Wood’s winter offering, Stone Beer, is a nod to the traditional European method of putting heated stones into the kettle. The 2019 version is a magnificent porter, where the subtleties of the wood fired stones hang in the background of rich chocolate, roasted malts and bitter hops. A great example of a style [...]
@gabsfestival 2019 done and dusted. Probably the best beers Trent and I have been served since we starting going many years ago in Redfern. This year we finally plucked up the courage to do the double session. Was great to catch up with @mark_neal head brewer @basementbrewhouse over a few beers from @oddculturebar. We bumped [...]
As the temperatures in Sydney dropped below 10 deg each night this week, I’m sticking to stouts. Milk (or sweet) stout last week, I’m stepping up a category with the @hopnationbeer Karma Oatmeal Stout. Oatmeal stouts were once an extension of sweet stouts, with the addition of oatmeal to increase the body. They’ve morphed over [...]
Akasha limited release Black Smith Black IPA from Five Dock Sydney. Always aggressive with their hops and great restraint with their malts I've eagerly been waiting for this one. Black IPA is my favourite style, it was a gateway for me into the dark arts of porters and stouts. Dark roasty malts with citrusy resiney [...]
