Brewer Abroad! Nick at Nøgne Ø Pt II
A few weeks back we ran an article by Holgate brewer Nick Rhodes, who had not long touched down in Norway to commence a brewing internship with Nøgne Ø. It was part of a brewer exchange that has seen…
Biggest Awards Yet
The Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) was already the second largest awards of its kind in the world, and this year has become bigger still with a new record number of entries. Reflecting beer’s…
Getting Blind With Crafty: IPAs
After a couple of lager-centric panels to kick off what are now monthly Blind Tasting Panels, the third showdown saw a sharp shift in direction into the beer style that is probably closest to the hearts…
GBW 2013: See The Light
Nine weeks tomorrow, the third Good Beer Week will kick off with a series of awesome events that herald nine days of dinners, tastings, tours, masterclasses, new brews, live brews, interstate guests, international…
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Edging Ahead
A few weeks ago we brought you news of the collaborative brewing venture that had been kickstarted by Australia’s Northdown Craft Beer and Danish gypsy brewer Christian Skovdal Andersen of Beer Here.…
Show Us Yer Hops
As regular readers of this site will be well aware, the Australian hop industry has been going through very exciting times in the past few years. In particular, Hop Products Australia has been sending…
Bendigo's Beer Boom
Back in June 2011, The Crafty Pint ran a story about the launch of a new group dedicated to promoting craft beer in its hometown. Bendigo Beer was the brainchild of a pair of beer loving locals, who had…
Back Where It All Began
There are some interesting back stories in the Australian craft beer world. We’ve got a classical pianist, former winemakers, a history professor, a stack of corporates that saw the light and even one…
Are You Enthusiastic?
Two politicians who have been actively promoting the cause of small brewers in Australia in recent years have thrown their weight behind a new campaign from the Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA).…
Crafty Snaps: Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2013 Artisan Market at Como House
On its opening weekend, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival took over the rather spectacular grounds of Melbourne’s Como House. It was the site for the 2013 Put Victoria on Your Table Artisan…
Joker In The Pack
A few weeks ago, we noted a little hubbub in the online beer world about a new release from a brewing company we’d not heard of before. Our lack of knowledge was excusable, however, as it turned out…
James Halliday Article: On The Hop
This week sees the launch of the eighth edition of James Halliday’s Wine Companion Magazine, in which we have an article looking at the Australian craft beer industry’s position in the wider world.…
Plucky Brewers
There's a strange wind about to blow across the land. But this isn't some bluster conjured up by Mother Nature. This is manmade, born of years of frustration finally being released in an almighty sigh…
Keep On Dropping
Across Australia, recent months have seen some of the best-known craft breweries celebrate significant milestones. Feral turned 10. Mountain Goat reached 15. Holgate is about to release its 1000th brew,…
Beer Travel: The South West Craft Beer Festival
It was a very beery weekend here in the South West, more so than usual for an area with more microbreweries than anywhere else in the country, as thousands of craft beer drinkers descended on 3 Oceans…
Old and New
It’s a coming together of old and new – not to mention a little bit of old dog learning new tricks – as we get around to expanding the Crafty Pint family once more. Today sees us add nine more brewery…
Bring On The Brits
As the Australian craft beer scene has caught fire and we’ve seen incredible and innovative beers landing here from the US, Scandinavia, Italy, Japan and New Zealand, there’s been a temptation to feel…
GABS Goes Global
When the concept was first launched two years and one day ago, the Great Australian Beer Spectapular (as it was back then) featured 20 new, unique beers being tapped for the first time at The Local Taphouses…
