Sailors Grave & Meatsmith The Bone Yard Beer
Melbourne specialist butcher and wine merchants Meatsmith have a close relationship with East Gippsland brewers Sailors Grave and, for Good Beer Week 2021, hosted an event together called The Bone Yard. The name has also been given to their first collab, a beer featuring some of Meatsmith's brother as…
BecauseWeCAN Vol.1 News
Let's face it, there's a lot of weird beer out there these days. You don't have to head back that far to find a time when the mere act of having a pale or amber ale in your hand would have you instantly marked down as an effete hipster to be avoided at all costs by "real" beer drinkers; now we live in…
BecauseWeCAN Vol.6: Sour Power News
Let’s be honest with ourselves, shall we? If there’s one thing the beer community isn’t lacking, it’s opinions. You’ve got the hazy bois crew on one side, the Make Beer Clear Again stand on another. You’ve got those for whom anything over 10 percent ABV is an instant 4.5 stars (or higher)…
BecauseWeCAN: GABS 2021 Edition News
Brewers might be releasing one-off and off-the-wall beers all year round, but if you want to experience the truly creative and the absolutely whacky, the best place to do that is GABS. The festival's original raison d'être when it launched at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda back in 2011…
BecauseWeCAN Vol.3 News
“Farm to table" has planted its roots deep down in the world of gastronomy, with fine dining destinations eager to ensure guests are aware of the tiny distance between their organic allotment and your tastebuds. The beer world has been part of this trend in recent years too, with “paddock to pint”…
BecauseWeCAN Vol.5: Crazy For Hazy News
When deciding upon the direction for this instalment of BecauseWeCAN, The Crafty Pint's look at some of the more out there beers on the market, I hit up a few of my local bottlos, asking staff what the trends are this spring. And no matter whether it was the crafty superspots that double…
BecauseWeCAN Vol.4: Barrel-Aged Imperial Stouts News
If winter means anything to brewers and brewery social media managers, it might best be summed up in one word: stout. Certainly, it's pithier than: "Why the hell do people stop drinking as much beer just because it's colder? Don't they realise we still have bills to pay and mouths to feed?…
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre Is Democracy Manifest News
What is it about Marrickville that encourages brewers to move into disused warehouses like thirsty hermit crabs? Is it the distinctively working class roar of the ever present flight path, or the businesses that are best catalogued by scent rather than appearance? Either way, the Golden Triangle apparently…
