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Beer & Food: Offally Good Part I
The official launch of Chris Badenoch’s book, The Entire Beast, took place last night. It’s the former Masterchef / current Iron Chef / future Josie Bones owner’s guide to using pretty much every part of an animal in the kitchen – with recipes either featuring beer as an ingredient or with s…
Pint of Pumpkin, Please
Either The Crafty Pint timed this East Coast trip remarkably fortuitously or there’s so much innovation going on in Australia’s craft breweries these days that there are unexpected treats waiting around every corner. Because just over 24 hours after helping out with the brew of Stone & Wood’s …
Crafty In The Press
The other day, an Age article on some of the more unusual beers currently available in Victoria drew 45 comments when it was posted online – a pretty impressive tally and hopefully an indication of how many people are becoming interested in hunting down new beer experiences. If you missed it, …
Fed Sq Winners Are In
The results of the People’s Choice Awards from last week’s Fed Square Victorian Microbreweries Showcase are in. They’re a way for the beer drinking public to have their say on who’s impressed them over the two days. And, with 1,800 people through the Atrium last week, there w…
From Keller To Seller
Fresh is best when it comes to beer. And never more so than when dealing with a kellerbier. It’s a German style of lager – literally translated as cellar beer – that’s served totally unfiltered, resulting in a cloudy beer, with hops added just before it’s delivered to the pub. Rarely seen …
Fed Sq Showcase Roundup
As the doors opened at 4.30pm on Wednesday afternoon and people started flooding in to the Fed Square Atrium, the Holgate Brewhouse team pointed out that The Crafty Pint had a stand next to theirs. It was an unexpected bonus, given we thought we’d arranged for an ad in the booklet and nothing …
Thunderstruck
It’s no secret that a new brewery under the Thunder Road banner has been under construction in Brunswick for some months now. However, the team there has been keeping things so close to their collective chest that details have been little more than sketchy rumours. However, they’ve pulled back t…
Surprise, Surprise!
The bi-annual Victorian Microbreweries Showcase is almost upon us, with another two days of sellout crowds expected in the Fed Square Atrium as more than 20 breweries and brewing companies get the chance to show off their wares to the public. And once again it should give the 1,500 attendees a first…
Murray's Hit Melbourne
There’s been rejoicing in bottleshop aisles this weekend as the first major delivery of beer from Murray’s, one of NSW’s finest breweries, arrived in Melbourne. They’re going one step further this week when, on Tuesday evening, brewery founder Murray Howe and head brewer Shaw…
Beer Cocktails
From the people that brought you Mountain Goat malt shakes come Beer Cocktails! Yep, that’s right. The folks at Beer DeLuxe are continuing along their path to educate drinkers about beer in the most unusual and creative ways, this time with a mix of hop-infused spirits and the use of actual beer o…
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Akasha X Archie Rose Barrel Aged Boilermaker Night
OK, taste buds, buckle in – this could get wild. For one night only, Five Dock's finest…
