Reviewing winter 2018 beers – stouts, porters and dark ales

Winter time is my favourite beer drinking time of the year. A cool crisp night is perfect for enjoying a … More

The most influential beers and brewers of 2017

Since this blog launched more than six years ago, the beers have changed a lot but 2017 saw some of … More

Sometimes I dream about starting a brewery… then I remember that I have no money and my homebrewing skills are … More

Every year RateBeer publish a list of the top 100 breweries based on the reviews on their site. For those … More

2016 felt to me like the year that craft beer grew up. It seems now that the breweries rising to the … More

The Extra Special Bitter (ESB) has a cocky name that belies its appeal as a beer style that is generally understated, balanced … More

I don’t look forward to a windy, rainy, icy cold winters but I do look forward to the winter beers. … More

It’s a tough question to answer. But that’s just the kind that I like to debate – preferably with a … More

Who would you rate as Australia’s best brewers? This is the question that I’m answering on a regular basis with these … More

Hot spot 1: Sydney’s inner west One of the more exciting developments for me in 2015, was both watching from … More