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 …
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 …
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 …
'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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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' …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.