Result

So, after the last post, the results are in.

We will be getting Little Creatures Bright Ale and 4 Pines Kolsch for the next few months, and then swapping up real soon.

Keep comments rolling in if you have suggestions and ask your friends too. I think it's a really interesting discussion point. I might even do a poll at a later date.

What's the best craft beer for easy drinking in Australia?

Quick Quiz/ Help me out yo!

I have come upon a bit of a problem.

I work at an advertising agency and we very luckily have a bar area and a fridge which is always stocked with beers. These are usually of the extremely mainstream variety. Tooheys and Hahn Super Dry are stables, while the purchase likes to spice it up with the ever exotic Corona!

Luckily, we also have a thing at work called the Cain award. This award in honor of the first murderer in the bible goes to the thing that each month gathers the most votes for getting rid of. I like this because instead of people bitching at work, they can just vote for the cain award and get rid of their problematic issues, like annoying systems of processes.


This month I organised dissent among my colleagues, and have managed to have our beer choices win the Cain award.

BUT here lies my challenge.

I am now faced with choosing three beers that everyone will enjoy. I was thinking 4 Pines Kolsch, Little Creatures Bright ale or even the divisive Gage Roads Atomic!

What would you choose, if you had to pick three beers for the Friday afternoon drinking pleasure of over 150 of your closest workmates? Remembering that a Rauch might not get the reception you gave it when you were stroking your chin in the local beer cafe.

Trainworks Post Review

I wrote a piece on Trainworks which you can go see at Brews News now.

What's your opinion on Big Beer Festivals, are they good for the craft beer community? Do they attract the right or wrong crowds? What improvements could they make?

The Grifter Interview

I mentioned that I had done an interview with the folks from The Grifter Brewing Company a few weeks ago. Well, I finally got around to clearing it up and you can have a read of it here. Tell me what you think. I'd really like to know if this is the kind of information that you wanted to know about the starting of a brewery? Could I have approached it differently?

Craft Beer and Marketing

Tonight I'll write an article about this video, in the mean time watch this and have a think if you want.

Trainworks Winter Beer Festival

Just a quick one. Really looking forward to the Trainworks Winter Beer Festival on the 25th of August. I would encourage all to come along and check it out, it's gonna be lots of fun, great brewery line up, including my faves Redoak, Balmain, Rocks Brewing and all the regulars. Also if you are going, contact me and we can share a beer and have a chat.



Read the review here.

Working on it....

At the moment I'm working on a number of articles that I'm hoping to get on the site really soon. Here is a quick preview to keep you eager to read more OG word-smithing.

Introducing the Grifter: I'm interview Glenn Wignall and the crew behind Grifter to get in insight behind what it takes to start a beer label from the ground up, what they've got planned on the horizon and more more more.

I'm also going to be doing a write up on The Union hotel, a little insight on why, in today's beer market place, it's good to stand out and the balance serving great beer and being an approachable pub.

Last but not least, I'm writing an article about the small bar revolution in Newcastle, I'll hoping be speaking to Chris Hearn, owner of the Terrace bar and taking a look at how craft beer is playing a part in the revitalisation of a city in atrophy.

Hope I can deliver these to you soon, in the mean time drink enjoyable beer and see you at the pub.

P.S Those in the Inner West area, should note get along to The Duke tonight, they are putting Young Henry's on tap and the YH guys are gonna be down there. So show some support for local, fresh beer and show the guys at the Duke how much you appreciate them supporting it too.