Articles by Pia Poynton
Pia, aka girl + beer, takes lots of photos of her dog, makes pasta when she's hungover and loves beer and telling its stories. Find her on Instagram and Facebook.
The beer(s) or moment(s) that turned you on to good beer:
Discovering Hoegaarden and Belgian beers when I got my first bartending job at The Belgian Beer Café Perth. It was like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, I discovered the world of beer was vastly bigger than I had ever imagined.
You've got three beers to turn someone else on to good beer; what are they and why?
- Balter XPA - fresh vibrant hops, just the way they should be.
- Eagle Bay Cacao Stout - real chocolate flavours but still very much tastes like beer.
- Boatrocker Miss Pinky - approachable acidity, refreshing and delicious.
The last beer you enjoyed:
I just finished Omnipollo Noa Pecan Mud Cake, part of Guy Southern's #cellarbeersunday and encouraging drinking some of those delicious beers we all keep cellaring away! Before that, it was CoConspirators The Sour Matriarch – I am digging the sour NEIPA beers right now.
Name three things that represent you:
- Jebediah - my fave band, their music makes me so damn happy.
- Boxing - rediscovering my love of this!
- Can I list my dog? I wanna list my dog! [You can list your dog!]
Brew & A: Pizey
A decade ago, he was offered the chance to help out at Bootleg Brewery by a couple of mates from his cricket team. Now head brewer and celebrating a decade at the WA legend, Ryan "Pizey" Nilsson-Linne tells all as part of our Brew & A series.
Gage Roads' New Road
It's been a momentous few months for Gage Roads, with the WA brewery winning Champion Australian Beer and then announcing a split from Woolies. Pia Poynton caught up with one of the men plotting the new course.
The Collaborators: Where There's Hope, There's Hops
An American couple who have been growing hops for their home brew for years have launched a hop farm in Margaret River. Karridale Hop Farm has enjoyed a successful first harvest and is looking to bring an old variety back to life.
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The Boys Are Back In Town
The Monk in Freo has a new dream team in charge and is busy redesigning the venue, the beers and the menu – and starting a barrel room program to boot.
WAy To Go
If you like tap takeovers, beer dinners and schmoozing with brewers then WA Beer Week is going to be a pretty busy week. perhaps it’s best you call in sick to work now just to save the hassle later on…There’s…
