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Bright Brewery – Stubborn Russian (2015)
Right now in the US barely an adjunct stout is released without a line out the door and tales of people hiring homeless people to sidestep allocation limits (yes, this happens). In Australia, however,...
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Podcast ‘sode 42: Beervana II with Townshend’s and Breakside
The second part of Beervana 2015 is an interview with Martin Townshend, of Townshend’s Brewery (NZ) and Jacob Leonard from Breakside Brewery (US). The former being based in a very isolated part of NZ,...
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A naive snob’s perspective: Big business and selling out
Right now we are watching the beer industry go through all sorts of massive change and as “craft” beer growth continues the massive multi-national beer companies are starting to bust open their wallets...
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Podcast ‘sode 43: Crownies with Wolf of the Willows
This week we drink Crown Ambassador with the Wolf of the Willows husband and wife team. We dissect the beer, then we move on to learn all about their plans for their new brewery in collaboration with...
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A naive snob’s perspective part II: I worry
Today it was announced that Mountain Goat brewery was to be bought out by Asahi. Today two pioneers of modern beer in Australia have finally been paid what they deserve for years of hard work. I worry,...
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Podcast ‘sode 44: Branding with Damian Kelly and Emma Bemrose
We invited branding expert Damian Kelly and graphic designer Emma Bemrose to tell us all about big beer branding and how it’s done. Damian played a big part in the last major rebrand for James Squire...
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Little Creatures Dog Days – The Australian tweener rolls on
The new Little Creatures seasonal release is a 4.4% “Summer Beer”. Or in other words; their new “tweener”. tweener ˈtwiːnə/ noun US informal noun: tweener; plural noun: tweeners 1. a person or thing...
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Podcast ‘sode 45: We sell out… and then chew on microphone for a bit
We gab a bit about the local beer industry and what want to see from the players, big and small. Not much more to it than that. Have a listen. iTunes here (subscribe if it hasn’t updated) Stitcher...
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Podcast ‘sode 46: Julie from Craft Revolution
This week we speak to Julie Hancock from Craft Revolution, a new importer bringing in beers from Red Hook, Kona and Widmer Brothers. The three brewers are part of the Craft Beer Alliance in the USA....
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Restaurant Review: Hawker Hall, Melbourne
Hawker Hall is the new restaurant from Melbourne restaurant powerhouse Chris Lucas. With flagship restaurant Chin Chin still commanding queues on a daily basis, and sister restaurants Kong and Baby...
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