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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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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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Craft Beer Branding – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Just cos Craft Beer is cool, doesn’t mean all craft brewery brands are! If you do a bit of a search in the inter-web for great craft beer brands, you will find a bunch of websites that focus on the labels of beer bottles and cans…for me, a brand is much more than just the…
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Challenging 10 Perceptions in The Aussie Craft Beer Market
Don’t Shoot The Beer Messenger, I’m Just Starting A Conversation! Prior to sitting down to write my article, I was conversing with some industry mates over their “feedback” on my debut in the media last week. I really wish I’d had the opportunity to do some media training when I was working for big beer,…
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Why Is Drinking Beer At The Brewery So Cool?
Getting Down To My Local (brewery that is!) Last week I was speaking to a good mate of mine about life, kids and beer. I was wrapped up in ugg boots at home in front of the footy and he was on his way home from the pub, well the pub at the local brewery…
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Sour Beers – Why Don’t I Get Them?
One of the biggest craft beer trends of the last few years would have to be that of Sour Beers. 15 of the 120 GABS Festival specialty beers this year were of the sour variety…definitely punching above their weight. There have been countless articles written about how awesome sour beers are, how they will be…
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Session Stouts: An Interview With R Gosling
Talking Dark Beer With Russ Gosling, Little Creatures Head Brewer Apologies if you were clicking through to read an interview with the “other” R. Gosling. This R. Gosling, Russ, is the real deal and he has recently brewed a beer that might just be the first of its kind in this country. It’c called the…
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No Boring Beer Please
Let’s create a Craft Beer Consortium In my 60 Second Beer Review this week, I mentioned the Murray’s Brewing catch cry of “No Boring Beer”! I bet some of your reading this have wanted to cry this out to a bartender at some stage when you walk into a pub, look at the tap beer lineup,…
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