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!]
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.
Hop Swapping
Bootleg Brewery bring their retired pale ale back – sorta – with a new series of single hop beers designed to showcase different hop varieties from around the world.
Going 'Steady
It's been an impressive first six months in business for WA's Homestead Brewery, with crowds packing the venue and brewer Ron Feruglio with 12 beers under his belt already.
So Much Pink
International Women's Day was also the day of the second International Women's Collaboration Brew Day. It saw five separate all-female brews take place across Australia.
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 a record number of events this year – more than 60 – all taking place across…
Hey, We're The Monkeys
It's not every Sunday that you get to sit down and talk to a pair of monkeys but that's exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago. Alex Poulsen and Ross Terlick are the two new brewers at Cheeky Monkey, the brewery and cidery in Caves Road in Margaret River. They have taken over the reins …
Featured Events
Sand, Sea & Steins: Oktoberfest at Stone & Wood
Celebrate the world's biggest beer festival the Byron Bay way as Stone & Wood host their Oktoberfest…
