Young Henrys GBW 2013 Rockstar Brews Beer
During Newcastle Craft Beer Week, The Crafty Pint was sharing a late night whisky with Young Henrys founder Richard Adamson when the idea was hatched for him to bring his rockstar brewing collaboration concept to Melbourne for Good Beer Week 2013. Thus it was that six months later My Dynamite, Front…
Boatrocker Brewery Ramjet 2014 Beer
The all-conquering Ramjet is back! The first vintage of the barrel-aged imperial stout from Boatrocker wowed all beer lovers whose path it crossed, won over by its luscious blend of roast characters, chocolate, vanilla, oak and whisky. And now the 2014 vintage, which was offered to punters as a sneak…
Hargreaves Hill / Bodebrown Lupolado Bock Beer
Last year, a travelling Tasmanian beer blogger who had written a piece for The Crafty Pint before setting off around the world called in to Bodebrown, a small craft brewery in southern Brazil. They'd recently won the Best New Exhibitor title at the 2012 Australian International Beer Awards and made Adam…
Sailors Grave, Brewski & Beermash Strawberry & Rhubarb Pie Beer
While Pint of Origin Week (or not-Good Beer Week, whichever you prefer) was light on international visitors compared to the glory days of GBW, when it came to international beers vast swathes of the planet were represented with aplomb. And at Beermash – host of Scandinavia's beers once again in 2022…
Crafty Six GBW Special #4: The Foreign Invasion News
When Good Beer Week was originally conceived it was designed, in part at least, as a series of consumer events that would make use of the presence in Melbourne of a host of Australian and overseas brewers for that year's Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) dinner. Since then, as the festival…
Crafty Six GBW Special #2: Something Completely Different News
Among the many great things about beer is its versatility. If you're an adult, there aren't many fun activities to which it's not suited: BBQ, beach, watching sport, attending gigs, comedy and on and on. It's one reason why the Good Beer Week Good Times stream – the home for all manner of events at…
Crafty Six GBW Special #1: Da Funk News
There's less than a month to go now until the fifth Good Beer Week kicks off. Already, the number of sold out events is into double figures as the growing popularity of good beer and awareness of the festival come together in perfect harmony.You can check where The Crafty Pint will be appearing (as well…
Crafty Six GBW Special #3: Country Life News
Having enjoyed a great evening in the company of MPs and staffers from the Victorian government last night, sharing the good news story that is craft beer alongside the Craft Beer Industry Association, it seems only right to make today's Good Beer Week preview one that focuses on the regional events.Already,…
Crafty Six GBW Special #5: Hit The Road News
In previous years, there have been Good Beer Week events that have taken guests by boat around Port Phillip Bay, on Puffing Billy around the Dandenongs and by tram around the city. Heck, last year, the guests at the Masterclass of Madness got picked up by hot pink pole dancing bus from Moon Dog (at which…
Crafty Six GBW Special #6: Degustations with a Difference News
If you like your beer served with a side of awesome food, then you're not going to go short in Good Beer Week. Once more, the festival's Foodie stream is one of its biggest, along with Beer Lover, as heaps of Victorian eateries get on board.Whether you favour BBQ, modern Aussie, dumplings, Japanese cuisine,…
Crafty Six GBW Special #7: Not Beer News
It's not just about the beer at Good Beer Week. OK, it's mostly about the beer. In fact, it's very heavily beer orientated. One might say it's about as beery a week as one could ever conjure. To be honest, it's [OK, we get the message. Move on, please – Ed.]For those who enjoy other tipples there's…
Crafty Six GBW Special #8: Fun & Games News
There's a strong argument to be made for Good Beer Week being all about good times. Sure, there's education and adventure to be had along the way, but we'd like to think that attendees have a good time even at the most intense of masterclasses.But within the youngest and fastest-growing of the festival's…
Crafty Six GBW Special #9: Learn Stuff News
Chances are you'll learn something pretty much wherever you go during Good Beer Week, whether chancing upon a new beer, discovering an incredible beer and food pairing, meeting a brewer or uncovering a great new venue. But there are events on the schedule that put education front and central too.For…
Crafty Six GBW Special #10: Gimme More More More News
Right then. Time for one last plunder of the Good Beer Week program for our tenth and final Crafty Six preview. And we've saved the biggest (in a way) til last with a look at six events ideal for people keen to get their hands on as many beer samples under the one roof at the same time as possible.Obviously,…
Crafty Cabal Update - April 2019 News
It's time for the April update from The Crafty Cabal, The Crafty Pint's beer lovers bonus scheme where readers become supporters and gain access to thousands of bucks worth of goodies and events throughout the local beer world. Before we get stuck into it, thanks to everyone who…
Latest News from The Crafty Cabal - February 2020 News
Welcome to February's update from The Crafty Cabal, the beer lovers bonus scheme from The Crafty Pint. We've got a stack of new updates available for members – and heaps of signup bonuses for members-to-be. Before we get stuck into what's new, we've got two separate competitions that are closing soon,…
GBW: The Crafty Crawl News
As if lining up a whole seven days of events in celebration of the wonders of good beer wasn’t enough, here at The Crafty Pint we thought we should give you good people the chance to win stuff while enjoying Good Beer Week. So we spoke to the venues that are hosting events, a few other craft beer…
Crafty Cabal Update – 05.05.17 News
What with the long weekends, the Crafty relaunch party and all manner of other distractions, it's been a little while since our last update on all the goodies we've got for our supporters. Which means there's plenty to tell you about... We'll kick off with a few things that are approaching going,…
Crafty Cabal Update – 01/07/16 News
The challenge is on to see which of two of our keenest Crafty Cabal members will be first to fall. We held the Brisbane launch for The Crafty Cabal at The Scratch last Saturday and among the Cabalistas in attendance were two who have now been to all four main events so far: Boatrocking Cabarrelistas,…
Crafty's Picks: May 12 to 18 News
Is there a bigger week of beer events in Australia than this one? Perhaps next week, but let’s not get bogged down in semantics. Let the feast of festivals begin! The Big One This Friday, the official Good Beer Week opening party (which, for the pedants, is actually the night before the official…
Ten Years Of Crafty: Meet The Team II News
In part two of the midway feature in our Ten Years Of Crafty series we again hand the mic to some of the people who've been part of the growth of the site over the past decade. You can view part one of Meet The Team here and find the remainder of the series here. To date, we've looked at the site's…
Cabal Update - 17.2.17 News
Beer festival season is not over yet, and the Crafty Cabal has got you well and truly covered. Throw in some tasty CANimals and a chance to meet a whole load of brewers, and February is proving itself to be one hell of a month for Cabalistas. Melbourne BeerFest 2017 The Melbourne BeerFest returns…
Cabal Update – 16.03.17 News
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. We're bring you the latest fortnightly update on everything new from The Crafty Cabal – our beer lovers bonus scheme for people who love what we do and want to help us do it better – a day early as we've got a few things on this weekend. And some sweet news re…
Bugged Out: GBW's Sour Side News
Welcome to beer's bugged out side. To paraphrase a line from Dire Straits' 'My Parties': "The secret's in the yeast." Craft breweries the world over are taking their cues from traditionally brewed Belgian and German styles such as lambics, goses and Berliner weisses to create unprecedented flavour experiences. Brettanomyces,…
