Brew Am I
Having blown up Melbourne’s Cherry Bar on the last night of Good Beer Week with a night of hard rock, blues and craft beer, the original instigator of the Rockstar Brews concept in Oz is teaming up with…
Good Beer Week 2013: Birra Del Borgo Degustation Dinner at Grossi Florentino
Event: Birra del Borgo Degustation Dinner Venue: The Wynn Room at Grossi Florentino Date: May 21, 2013 Good Beer Week Stream: Foodie Preamble: There is an unwritten law in the craft beer world which states:…
Breaking New Territory
Darwin is set to host its first craft beer festival later this month. The Darwin Beer Festival takes over the city’s spectacular waterfront Convention Centre, with more than 80 craft beers and ciders…
What A Week!
The first Good Beer Week took us by surprise as it came out of nowhere. The second one took us by surprise as it went off so much more than the first one. This time around, the committee that runs the…
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AIBA 2013 Winners
Back at the end of 2012, when compiling our 50 Beers of 2012 for James Halliday’s Wine Companion Magazine, we wrote: “The powers-that-be push stablemate Fat Yak but those in the know drink Matilda…
Good Beer Week 2013: Boilermaker at The Beaufort
Event: Boilermaker at the Beaufort Venue: The Beaufort Date: May 21, 2013 Good Beer Week Stream: Beer Geek The Event: Many people’s knowledge of a boilermaker probably extends so far as a shot of whisky…
South West At The Fest
Somewhere in south west WA there is a brewery tank full of hefeweizen made with cacao husks. A few kilometers away is another brewery tank, but this one is full of porter made with coconut and vanilla…
Good Beer Week 2013: Cavalier Creation Degustation
Event: Cavalier Creation Degustation Venue: Slowbeer Date: May 21, 2013 Good Beer Week Stream: Foodie The Event Collaboration and craft beer are no strangers; whether it’s between two breweries…
The NSW Invasion
The New South Wales craft beer scene has been bubbling away furiously in recent times and it’s finally spilling over into neighbouring Victoria for Good Beer Week 2013. It means that, this week, Melbourne…
Crafty Tales Launches
There are a lot of very talented people in the craft beer world. And not just the brewers either. In our relatively short lifetime, The Crafty Pint has been lucky enough to work with a number of filmmakers,…
Good Beer Week 2013: The Big Apple & The Goat
Event: The Big Apple & The Goat Venue: Mountain Goat Brewery Date: May 18, 2013 Good Beer Week Stream: Beer Geek The Event: Good Beer Week’s highlight Beer Geek event came in two parts. There…
Good Beer Week: Going, Going, Gone
The first event to sell out for this year’s Good Beer Week was gone in less than 12 hours. Others have been following with regularity ever since. So, as one of the festival’s media partners,…
ARE YOU READY!!!!!
The wait is almost over – the third Good Beer Week kicks off in less than 24 hours. The Crafty Pint will be there at 8.30am tomorrow morning for the start of the very first event, The Big Apple &…
The Bicep's Back
It started as a bit of fun. Challenged with brewing an unusual beer for the Media Brew beer competition at Beervana, The Crafty Pint approached Murray’s to be its partner. They agreed and were soon afterwards…
Get Ready for Good Beer Week - The Brewers: Kiwi Invasion
New Zealand has a craft beer scene that sparked into life earlier than ours and, dare we say it, has a greater strength in depth than Australia (for now at least). We’ve been lucky enough to have…
Getting Blind With Crafty: Pint of Origin Pale-Off
The latest Crafty Pint Blind Tasting Panel was one with a touch of Good Beer Week about it. With the festival imminent – and amongst its attractions the expanded Pint of Origin state-by-state showcase…
Up For GABS
Where do you go after scaling up an event you’d previously run for a few hundred people at your pubs to an epic featuring almost 60 brand new beers in a heritage listed building that attracted around…
Statement On Temple's Liquidation
A little over a week ago, word reached The Crafty Pint that Temple Brewery & Brasserie had gone into voluntary liquidation. This sad news was leavened by a conversation with one of the owners who assured…
