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Beer Reviews – Trying Something Different

And you will know my name is the Beer Healer! Sorry for the lack of posts on the site this month, but I have been busy recording videos for my nightly Advent Calendar beer reviews. I have been mucking around with trying different things, including singing and rapping (very badly) my reviews to classic songs…let’s…

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Craft Beer & E-Bikes In Sydney

Sydney Craft Beer Scene By E-Bike! Hey guys, just a quick post this week as I try and draw a very long bow between my recent e-bike tour of Sydney on my 15th weedding anniversary trip, and the craft beer scene in the city and suburbs. Below is a video that I shot while riding…

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Revisiting My Top 10 Craft Beers From The USA

Checking back in on my fave American Craft Beer. Last year I took a look at some of my favourite American Craft Beer and came up with the list below. Love it, or hate it, this is the 10 that I came up with, I think there are some ripping beers shown here. I was…

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Is Bali Ready For The Craft Beer Revolution?

Craft Beer In Bali…do they want it? So we have just returned from a family holiday in Bali…and I am cold! It was 32 – 35 degrees celsius there every day, now I am sitting at home in tracksuit pants and a hoodie as I shiver through the second day in Hobart under 15 degrees!…

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Do We Have Double Standards With Craft Beer Brands?

Are there double standards with the way we think of brands in the craft beer industry, compared to other industries? I don’t have the answer, but it has made me think. The Olympics have been everywhere you look for the past few weeks. I was reading an article the other week about how in previous…

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Even More Failures In Beer Marketing

Here we go again with more failures in beer marketing! But before I go on with this hard hitting investigative blogging… Pale Ales Will Pale Ales be a future item in these articles? Well I guess, seeing as I am talking about them now, they are kind of a current fad? Name me a brewery…

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Six Degrees Of Sep-BEER-ation

Relationships make the Craft Beer world go round! First up, did you see what I did there with that article heading? #Genius! So if you didn’t see my video montage of my time at GABS last week, check it out here. My time at GABS really got me thinking about what I enjoyed most about…

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The Mini Bar Is Dead…

Is the Mini Bar dead? Can Craft Beer revive it? It’s 8pm on cold Autumn Wednesday night in Melbourne and I am sitting at the Rooftop Bar typing away, while I freeze my ass off! Why? Cos my hotel room had a mini bar with nothing in it…not one beer! When did the Mini Bar…

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New Kid On The Block – The Hobart Brewing Company

Brewing Beer Is a Lifestyle Choice! Recently, Hobart Tasmania, celebrated the opening of a new craft brewery in the heart of the city…it was a very cold night, but us Hobartians are used to that! Situated on Hobart’s picturesque waterfront, in an area that has everything from a University Campus, to high end accommodation, a shipping…

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Follow Up On My Craft-Jacked Family Holiday In Vietnam

Craft Beer & A Family Holiday In Vietnam Note: this article story is a follow up to a previous story, 6 Ways I Want To “Craft-Jack” My Family Holiday In V ietnam. Back in Australia, fresh from a few weeks in Vietnam! If you have not been to Vietnam, I can highly recommend a trip…

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