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.
A Day In The Life Of: A Hop Farmer
Of beer's four main ingredients, it's hops, those pungent, sticky wee green cones, that have done more to drive the growth of craft beer than any other. Pia from girl + beer spent a day during harvest at Karridale in WA getting up close and personal with them.
Mashing In Anew
As it prepares to launch into its second decade of brewing, WA's Mash is starting afresh. Inspired by one of the newest members of the brewery team, they've unveiled a new look and are set to release some of their beers in cans too.
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.
Reduced To Beers
A Perth restaurant is taking the beer cocktail concept to another level. At Baby Mammoth, they're creating beer vermouths with local and imported craft beers to use within cocktails, a Pia Poynton discovers.
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Cicerone certified staff, expertly curated beer lists and fine food and wine in the very heart of Perth. The WA capital has been slow on the craft beer uptake but, as Petition Beer Corner shows, now it's catching up it's doing it in real style.
Mining A Rich Seam
Visitors to WA's Great Southern region will probably have visited Boston Brewery and sampled its wares. Now, with a new brewery in place and bottling line on the way, you may not have to travel quite so far to check them out, as Pia Poynton discovered.
Best New Beers of 2015: Western Australia
We're (almost) at the halfway mark in our look back at the new beers released across Australia in 2015. This time we move to WA, where two of our regular contributors joined a pair of local beer experts to select their pick of the year.
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.
Featured Events
Hop-A-Long Geelong
If the idea of spending an afternoon running around Geelong in pursuit of great beer is your id…
Coming Events
March 30, 2023,
Tequila Tromba Dinner at Stomping Ground
March 30, 2023,
Bad Shepherd's Beer & BBQ Showcase
March 31, 2023,
Gold Coast Brewers Lunch feat. Stone & Wood
March 31, 2023,
Bridge Road Fresh Hop Harvest Tap Takeover at Prince Alfred
March 31, 2023,
A Reckless Beer Degustation - CANCELLED
April 1, 2023,
Hop-A-Long Geelong
