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The Craft Beer Industry Association is on a roll. Last month’s Craft Brewers Conference – Australia’s first – was deemed a success by those who attended and saw the national association…
The QHC Returns
The craft beer scene in Queensland has been enjoying welcome growth in the past couple of years, with a steady rise in the number of quality beer bars and new breweries. Its home brewing scene is equally…
Brewing's Back In Bendigo
It’s more than 100 years since the last new brewery opened in Bendigo, according to Doug Brooke, and decades since the last one closed. But, thanks to him, the city only has to wait another couple of…
Blog of the Month: Two Brewers Abroad
Given it’s been rather more than a month since we last ran a feature on one of the many colourful blogs that exist in the world of Aussie craft beer, the series' name is becoming a little less than accurate.…
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A Craftier Colony
At the risk of being castigated by the brewers, beer lovers and venue owners of our home state of Victoria, it’s been The Crafty Pint’s contention for some months now that there is currently no more…
Tell Us About It!
Back in April, Elwood teacher Torben Vedelsby left the classroom to find voicemails and emails awaiting him from the Good Beer Week team. Did he still live in Melbourne? Did he remember filling in a survey…
Good Beer Week 2013: The Bishop & The Pope vs Red Hill
Event: The Bishop & The Pope vs Red Hill Venue: Bishop of Ostia and Pope Joan, East Brunswick Date: May 22, 2013 Good Beer Week Stream: Foodie The Event: In 2012, the neighbouring East Brunswick venues…
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…
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…
