Middy Beers, Muddy Definition

We are seeing a spate of beers coming from the big players, marketing themselves as mid strength beers in recent times, but it’s not something particularly new; Aussies have been throwing around the term middy for quite some time. Admittedly that’s also the name for a certain serving size but the term mid-strength has...

Most Trustworthy Beer Blog

Today seems like a good day to do a blog post with a recent survey revealing that bloggers are the least trusted profession. Not that I would call this a profession and realistically how many people are there that would call this a profession? Or earn a paycheck from it for that matter? With that...

Blog Site Gets A Rebrand

With my new role and title as ‘Sporadic Blogger for Mash Palace’, I thought it was high time the site got an update. This will, in theory, prompt more regular posting… In theory. Complete with a brand new logo and layout, Bill Of Beer welcomes in 2016.

Pilgrimage to the Best Beer in the World

Somewhere in the back roads of nowhere, two and half hours drive from Brussels, lies a Trappist monastery brewing world class beers following recipes that are almost as old as our country. Ratebeer.com lists Westvleteren 12 (or Westy 12 to its friends) as one of the highest rated beers in the world by the site’s...

Mash Palace Beer On The Market

We celebrated the release of Mash Palace’s Indra Fridgee IPA Saturday 22 August at Brew On Quay in Auckland. The brew team all arrived early to get our first taste of the commercial batch brewed by Hop Federation and we were not disappointed. Full frontal hoppy aromas of citrus and pine hit you first,...

Volume Markers for Your Home Brew Kettles

Finally got around to making some volume markers on our boil kettle on the weekend. One of the boys had shared this post they found about making permanent etchings on stainless steel. The process uses everyday items that you will probably have hanging around your home and as the post says the hardest part...

Consistency Is Key

Consistency is the key to success in beer. For all our bitching and moaning about the big beer companies and their boring beers one thing they are brilliant at is consistency. The lack of this will likely be the downfall of many smaller brewers trying their hand at a somewhat fickle market. On some...

Get Out and Get Beering

Auckland’s beer community is truly coming alive as of late. Auckland has been referred to many times as the sleeping giant of good beer by many more prolific bloggers than me, but that doesn’t make it any less relevant this time. What I want to focus on though, is the amount of great and...