BEER: Little Brewing Co. Galaxy IPA Single hop IPA from the Little Brewing Co. I've had two of these now with similar results. Light golden, this has a delicate pineapple citrus nose with a surprisingly heavy malt. …
IPA meet hefeweizen. Or at least that's the intention for this Stockade Brew Co. Hopzilla Hoppy Weizen. Works too. A blend of Galaxy. Citra and Cascade hops, this has the expected hop aromatics that are nestled …
I've had four bottles of these Fixation IPA now; enough to know that this is right up my alley. Fixation is an offshoot of Stone & Wood, with a focus purely on IPA. This is the …
'This is a big IPA. Infact it's a pretty big double IPA'. That's the understatement on the bottle. Indeed, this HopDog BeerWorks Shizzam Four Hop Double IPA is a behemoth. First brewed back in 2008 by the …
Great packaging and in a can. Garage Project Garagista IPA for the double win! Double hopped too, with this utilising NZ, Aussie and American hops. Lightly aromatic, the big and strongly bitter palate is driven by hops …
I've had four of these Fox Hat Metric IPA now and I like. Love the big cans too. A West Coast IPA style, yet with more malty richness than expected, this is caramel/orange-brown in colour, with a …
There's a sense celebration here at Graham HQ this weekend, as I had my stitches removed on Wednesday (after this happened) and followed it up with a (seriously slow) ride this afternoon. I didn't feel that bad today …
The latest from the Pirates and selling fast (apparently). I've smashed through six cans of this over the last week or so and gee I'm a big fan - only challenge is that the cans …
Murray's presence in NSW continues to rise, with their brod range popping up both on tap and in bottle shops all over the state. This started as one of Murray's 'Short Supply' experimental beers and then …
Love the packaging on these Kaiju! beers. Fun 500ml bottles of goodness. Kaiju! have scored plenty of fans over the past few years with a combo of style and flavour, with high placings in the …
I'm a massive fan of these Pirate Life beers. Love that they're in cans too - #moretinnies, please! This Pirate Life Brewing Hopco NZ Pale Ale is one of the Pirate's new releases and is brewed …
I haven't been reviewing beer much on here of late, even though I've been drinking shedloads of the stuff. Time to rectify that. Nomad are literally one of my 'locals', with the brewery just 5km from home. …
BEER: Endeavour Reserve Pale Ale 2012 5% alc, 32 IBU Each year the Endeavour Pale Ale gets better, and this 2012 iteration is probably the best yet. I liked drinking more than the 2012 Amber Ale too …
BEER: Sail & Anchor Cat's Shank Kolsch I'm recording this more to remind me than anything else. Remind me just how cynical a beer this is, purported to be a 'craft beer' yet made under contract on …
Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale 2012 (America) 6.7% Source: Retail 'From the fields and into the kettle in under 24 hours' So goes the story for this 'wet hopped ale'. The hops are are harvested in Yakina, WA …
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA (Nevada, USA) 7.2% Source: Retail www.sierranevada.com 'At Sierra Nevada we take hops seriously'. That they do. Sierra Nevada remains at the pointy end of North American beer production, the beers mainstream, but still as seriously …
Sail & Anchor Boa's Bind Amber Ale (Australia) 5.0% Source: Retail Now this looks promising! A great Fremantle pub reviving its brewing. Promise? It smells light and a little diffuse, with toasty grain but little else. Less promising. …
Beerilicious BEER: Mountain Goat India Pale Ale (Richmond, Victoria) 6.2% Source: Retail www.goatbeer.com.au I've always liked the Mountain Goat beers. I fell in love with the Hightail many years ago, even though it had a habit of refermenting in the …
Stoke Bomber Kiwi Pale Ale KPA (Nelson, NZ) 5.5% Source: Retail www.stokebeer.co.nz This being holiday time and notably warm and steamy, I'm drinking a large quantity of beers this week. The intention is to try and drink as widely …
BEER: Knappstein Enterprise Brewery Reserve Lager 5.6%, $18 4 pack Source: Sample In an unusual twist of fate, I like this more than the Enterprise Cabernet Cabernet that it was delivered with... Brewed by the Knappstein brewery - …
At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.
Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.
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