Articles by Mick Wust
About Mick
Mick Wust writes fun and dumb things about beer at Schoonerversity, and is a freelance copywriter for the beer industry
The beer(s) or moment(s) that turned you on to good beer:
I'm sure I'd had good beers before this, but the first imperial stout I ever tried made me feel like Popeye with spinach.
You've got three beers to turn someone else on to good beer; what are they and why?
- Old faithful - Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
- Tangy and fun - Green Beacon 7 Bells Passionfruit Gose
- Sweet boozy explosion - Founders Dirty Bastard
The last beer you enjoyed:
Pina Colada IPA by Bucket Boys/Australian Brewery. Like drinking a tropical island.
Three things that represent you:
- Book - World War Z (seriously, read it)
- Travel - Greece
- Food - all the carbs.
Crafty Crawls: Fortitude Valley
As the fifth Beer InCider festival hit Brisbane, we took to the streets of Fortitude Valley to check out the craftiest offerings for another in our ongoing Crafty Crawls series.
Festival Beers
Major music events used to be the preserve of industrial lager and RTDs at music festivals, but things are changing. Music festivals are even looking to create their own craftier beer offerings, as Mick Wust discovers.
Beer Travel: Bali, Hops, Water & Yeast II
In part one of his endeavour to hunt down good beer in Bali, Mick Wust focused on the offerings from Big Beer. In part two, he delves a little deeper, calling in to the country's only craft brewery and meeting some US importers.
Beer Travel: Bali, Hops, Water & Yeast I
"Is there any good beer in Bali?" Our intrepid writer Mick Wust followed the well-trodden path to one of the most popular holiday destinations for Australians and set out to discover whether those with crafty palates can find satisfaction.
Fresh Or Dead
As the audience for craft beer grows and competition intensifies, quality and education are more important than ever. We speak to a Brisbane brewery and Melbourne retailer finding their own ways of spreading the fresh is best message.
Felons To Storm Brisbane
The beer lovers of Brisbane can prepare to party like it's 1823 as a new brewery venue takes shape on the edge of Brisbane River, underneath the iconic Story Bridge. Mick Wust called in to meet the Felons as they took delivery of their tanks.
Crafty Crawls: South Brisbane & Beyond
Much is made of the growth in breweries in and around Brisbane, but the bar scene is no slouch either. So, less than two years after publishing a South Brisbane/West End Crawl, we've had to divide and conquer, creating two where there had been one...
Brewing By Design
There's been no shortage of new breweries opening in and around Brisbane in recent years. But, with its Scandinavian influences and no core range policy, Range Brewing looks set to stand out from the crowd, as Mick Wust discovers.
Semi-Pro. But Not Half-Arsed
From a meeting at a beer festival to the need to find a name for a Brewsvegas competition via gypsy brewing at various Queensland locations to finally opening their own brewery in Brisbane, the Semi-Pro story is a classic "figure it out as we go" one, as Mick Wust discovers.
Craft Beer Heroes: Les Riddell
From the Pineapple Hotel via a dark lager epiphany in Canada to The Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst, Bright Brewery, countless snow-covered slopes and then back to the Pineapple Hotel... We take a journey through good beer with Brisbane's beery Spiderman, Les Riddell.
Featured Events
Ocho Beer X Spotty Dog Brewers Collab Launch At Saint John Craft Beer (TAS)
On Thursday 18th July, Saint John Craft Beer is hosting the launch of Ocho Beer and Spotty Dog …
Coming Events
Tomorrow,
Ocho Beer X Spotty Dog Brewers Collab Launch At Saint John Craft Beer (TAS)
Tomorrow,
2 Brothers Brewery Bar Shout At Fishers Craft Bar (VIC)
Tomorrow,
Pink Boots Mystery Dinner At Recreation Bistro (VIC)
July 19th, 2019,
Winter Beer Festival At Thunder Road Brewery (VIC)
July 19th, 2019,
Welder's Dog Tap Takeover At The Monkey Bar (NSW)
July 19th, 2019,
Stout And Oyster Night 2019 At Mountain Goat Brewery (VIC)
