News & Feature Stories
Fleshing Out The Bones
It’s a journey that’s taken in Masterchef, Iron Chef, the Beer Masons and scurrilous tabloid column inches, but one that’s finally nearing its end. The body of the bar is in place, the industrial aircon unit’s about to be bolted to the ceiling, the kitchen’s sparkly and…
Not So Little Creatures
Congratulations are in order as today marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Little Creatures. On the morning of November 10, 2000, the doors of the Freo brewery were opened to the public for the first time. Well, sort of… “We were going to open at 10, then pushed it back to 11 a…
Taphouse On Top Again
The Local Taphouse in St Kilda has been named Australia’s Best Beer Bar in the inaugural Beer & Brewer magazine Best Beer Venue Awards. It completes a double for the Local Taphouses after the Darlinghurst site picked up Best Specialty Beer Venue at Bartender Magazine’s Australian Bar…
Blog of the Month: Beer Bar Band
Beer, bars and bands. Is there a finer trio of activities on which to dedicate your spare time? Certainly not in the mind of James Davidson, aka jayelde, creator of the blog of the same name that’s dedicated to his three favourite social pursuits. Since launching in February of this year, it&…
The Best Of Aussie
They’ve taken drinkers to Canada, Germany and the States, assaulted their palates with hard-hitting hop bombs and warmed their cockles with roasted malts in winter. And now they’re heading home. Yes, for their next SpecTAPular, The Local Taphouses in St Kilda and Darlinghurst will be cel…
Brew & A: Red Hill
As a brewery, Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula produces beers in which the ingredients sit in perfect harmony with each other. Therefore it’s good to know that the brewers making them appear to have pretty much nothing in common (other than a love of beer). When not bickering over the ste…
Beer Tastings In The Age
As the mainstream media begins to devote more attention to what is happening in the world of craft beer in Australia, the opportunities for The Crafty Pint seem to be on the rise. This week, M magazine in the Sunday Age in Melbourne ran an article on beer tastings. It hasn’t yet appeared onlin…
Nail Bites Dog
Proving it’s not just wacky Scots who can play the marketing game, WA’s Nail Brewing has laid claim to the title of world’s most expensive beer after selling a limited release bottle of its Antarctic Nail Ale – made with ice transported from the Antarctic – for $800. Th…
More Crafty Venues
According to the kind words that have been coming our way over the past two months, it seems you like what we’re doing here at The Crafty Pint. However, we’re aware that our bottleshops section has been looking more than a little threadbare, so it’s with great pleasure that today w…
Doodling For Dough
A while back, The Crafty Pint penned a piece for the Sunday Age about a new bar concept that would give people the chance to fund projects in the developing world by doing little more than having a drink. The Shebeen Bar – named after the ramshackle, illicit beer halls that sprung up in South …
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Pint of Origin 2023 IPA Blind Tasting Championship
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Gold Coast Brewers Lunch feat. Stone & Wood
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Bridge Road Fresh Hop Harvest Tap Takeover at Prince Alfred
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A Reckless Beer Degustation
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Hop-A-Long Geelong
