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Settling Down – The End of Craft Beer Promiscuity?

Craft Beer Promiscuity, When Will It End? Check out any of your favourite beer bloggers websites, or social media feeds, and you will most likely find them talking about the latest, hard to find, limited release beer from “ABC Brewery”. A barrel aged this, a naturally fermented that, or an over the top Quintuple IPA…

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Mid-Strength Craft Beer – Can You Dig It?

I love Mid-Strength Craft Beer…are you with me, or against me? There are so many things I love about craft beer…the community and the culture, the variety, the creativity, the taste and the process. But, I have to be honest with you, I am not a huge fan of the higher ABV’s that tend to…

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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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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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6 Ways I Want To”Craft-Jack” My Family Holiday To Vietnam

Craft Beer & A Family Holiday In Vietnam EDIT: Before we start with this weeks story…if you haven’t seen the first of my 60 Second Beer Reviews, check it out here. Sounds like people are liking them, so I will keep going with it! Back to this weeks story! So it’s now about 3 weeks out…

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Sharing Beer Blog Love!

A Shout out to Beer Bloggers who rock my world! So I have been at this blog thing for six months now, and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I have to say that it is sometimes very hard to find things to write about and so I trawl the internet reading news articles, opinions, tweets and…

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Viva La Craft Revolution

The Hottest 100 Australian Craft Beers were announced last week, sparking a lot of online discussion about the state of the industry in this country. I am hearing everything from big brewers unfairly dominating the scene, to the countdown turning into a popularity contest for marketing departments, Beer Snobs have been up in arms, and…

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Craft Beer At Local Markets – Times Have Changed

So I was at this small Twilight Market in Hobart last week and had a fantastic time there with the wife and kids. There were plenty of people around, it was warm and sunny until about 8pm (one of the benefits of living where I do, long twilight hours), and there was something for everyone….

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