Sydney marathon for the beer palate
The next few posts will comprise my travel/beer diary as Bill of Beer discovers more of Australia and the beers they are brewing. This is the third in a six-part series. We travelled leaps and bounds on day three of the search for good beer and evidently, so has the craft beer market in Australia....
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Drinking with the enemy
The next few posts will comprise my travel/beer diary as Bill of Beer discovers more of Australia and the beers they are brewing. This is the second in a six-part series. Day two of finding beer in Australia felt like it wouldn’t hold any surprises to me. We were planning on a trip into...
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Craft beer in Australia? Who knew?
The next few posts will comprise my travel/beer diary as Bill of Beer discovers more of Australia and the beers they are brewing. This is the first in a six-part series. A huge upset win from the Warriors over Melbourne and a spontaneous decision saw me make my way to Australia to watch grand...
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Lizards and bears and beers, oh my!
Each of the Galbraith’s Cask Ale Series nights have been something I have been looking forward to. I was pretty happy to be there on time for the latest launch, patiently waiting in line with about fifteen other beer enthusiasts as the bar staff labouriously hand drew each pint. I stood there watching as...
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Drinking Beers out of the Creek
I certainly chose a great day to visit the newest craft beer pub on the North Shore of Auckland, and plenty of other people had the same idea because tables were at a premium. Deep Creek Brews & Eats has only been open about a month but the word seems to be spreading about...
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Can I get that tasting rack to go?
Or “I’ll have a six pack of awesome, please”. Any of you who live near the Auckland CBD will probably know that New World College Hill is one of the best places to go to get your craft beer fix. Confronted with metres of beer fridge overflowing with ales and lagers from all over...
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Bill’s IPA Day
On a night where the majority of our beer scene were in Our Nation’s Capital (and let’s be honest; Our Nation’s Beer Capital too) attending the BrewNZ Beer Awards; the rest of us not fortunate enough to be in Wellington were tracking down Indian Pales Ales for the cause of International IPA Day. Thursday...
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Bill of Beer’s Top Five IPAs
Well, way down here in little ol’ NZ it’s almost International IPA day. And before our beer scene starts going crazy with Beervana talk, I thought I would get in early and share my favourite IPA’s with the world. I sourced myself a couple of new IPA’s for the day as well so this...
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Jumping on the IPA bandwagon
The New Zealand craft beer market is going crazy for big hoppy beers and IPAs (Indian Pale Ales) are becoming more and more popular. So it wasn’t going to be long before the big boys of the NZ beer market tried to get a piece of that action. DB must have been too busy...
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