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Drinkin' vessels
"How do I love thee Beer, Let me count the ways" There are many ways to consume this wonderful liquid. Traditional Aussie beer glasses...
Jul 212 min read


Belgian tripel.
For some reason Belgium and beer go together as well as pizza and beer. Having been there a few times and wanting to go back, that's...
Jul 113 min read


Warming winter Stout.
Sometimes, but not often, I find something to look forward to in winter. I'm usually more of a summer type of beer lover, and would...
Jun 273 min read


Brew house chaos.
Homebrewing can be a bit technical at times, we're not all experts, and sometimes we make mistakes. Well I make mistakes. I first brewed...
Jun 193 min read


Alchemy
"Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer" Henry Lawson Beer brewing is part Art, part Science and part Magic, and...
May 283 min read


H2O The Main ingredient
Beer is traditionally brewed using 4 ingredients, Water, Malt , Hops and Yeast. The 4 are in order of volume. The water we consume goes...
May 233 min read


Nothing like it.
A brewery taphouse visit is my favorite activity when traveling around and sometimes the existence of a taphouse is the reason for me...
May 132 min read


Redhead in the vineyard.
My Saison is a success, although I don't really like Saisons. I made this one when I scored a bucket of Tempranillo grapes from Dryridge...
May 21 min read


Never thought I'd say it.
I'm not a Millennial or a Gen Z and I don't often sport a beard, so I don't look like your typical Craft loving IPA drinking avatar...
Apr 283 min read


I wont try this again.
I'm not a teacher, I don't have school age kids, but I still call week nights, School nights. My beer taps are between my garage and my...
Apr 152 min read


First things first. Then the Rabbit hole.
For a new comer to home brewing, the first thing to learn is sanitation. There isn't a much more important process than to make a...
Apr 105 min read


Gruut Beer. Before hopped beer
Gruut or Gruit or Gruyt or Kruyt all mean 'herb mixture used to bitter and flavor beer.' A gruut beer is a beer that uses herbs instead...
Apr 72 min read


Easter at Home on Tap
Easter at home or away is a time to enjoy beer. Once you are past the easter egg part of your life, it only makes sense that beer is the...
Apr 12 min read


Saison time.
A couple of years ago, we were driving home from a day in the mountains and there was a ute in front of us with some buckets of something...
Mar 303 min read


Brew Love Balter Xpa Clone.
I don’t know if its just me that has changed or did Balter Xpa on tap at the local change when the brewery sold out to CUB, who then...
Mar 272 min read


Brew Love. Drinking Local
I'm in a pretty good place at the moment, not mentally or anything, I'm in Brew Mountains Brewery bar at Valley Heights having an Ipa....
Mar 252 min read


Brew Love Trip to Mudgee NSW
Whenever I’m away somewhere I like to check out the local breweries or tap house. In fact, I’m reluctant to go anywhere if there is no...
Mar 242 min read


Brew Love. For a good time see tap no.3
Oatcream Ipa. Having tried a few of this style at my local super brewer Mountain Culture and not being able to drive home, I had a...
Mar 211 min read


Double deep fried Mars bar stout. ( really )
Went on a Uk holiday last year, 4 weeks in their summer, was supposed to be a sight seeing and family history trip. Turned out being a...
Mar 202 min read


NIGHTMARE OF CAKE '24 IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
On our '24 Uk tour we dropped into a small craft brewery in Glasgow who’s name escapes me, no, Drygate brewery near that big old church...
Mar 182 min read
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