Articles by Brad Gellert

The beer(s) or moment(s) that turned me on to good beer:

It might not have been the moment but I’d like to think that all those steins of dunkel and hefeweizen I drank at the Brisbane German Club in the years before I knew what a hop was must have quietly transformed my tastes.  

You've got three beers to turn someone else on to good beer; what are they and why?

• Ballistic Beer Hawaiian Haze – a beer that cuts straight to the chase in its overt pleasantness.

• Rodenbach Caractere Rouge – a masterclass in balance and complexity, and the kind of beer that could impress someone who covets a wine like Henschke Hill of Grace.

• Badlands Brewery Pilsner New World – a familiar bright, crisp lager but hopped with enough Nelson Sauvin to make it truly interesting.  

The last beer you enjoyed (at time of writing):

A tiny can of Newstead Brewing’s A Long Story Short wheat wine. 

Three things that represent you:

• Sticky, high-hydration, unworkable bread doughs 
• Oysters
• Pub trivia