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Heroes and Villains Brewer

These days, you’ll find Heroes & Villains growing into their Osborne Park brewery, yet the story stretches back more twenty years, of which the past few have seen head brewer Shannon Mizen’s dream realised in liquid beer gold. Like many, Shannon began homebrewing as a means to save money, and…

Fixation Brewing Co (Lion/Kirin) Brewer

Around 2014, we'd often hear refrains along the lines of: "Everyone's got an IPA these days." Yet it didn't take much investigation to discover that, a few exceptions apart, this was far from the case. Sure, there were plenty of one-off or occasional draught only releases hitting taps, but in terms of…

Heroes and Villains Feel The Fiori IIIPA Beer

Having mates in symbiotic industries has not only helped Heroes and Villains' Shannon Mizen land upon an early brewery location, but now his caffeinated connection drips through this substantial West Coast IPA. “We had several conversations about the idea of a collaboration over the years, and this…

Fixation Brewing The 86 Hazy IPA Beer

They're not calling it a New England IPA as such, but one of the beers prepared for the launch of Fixation's brewpub, The Incubator, is a hazy IPA that sits closer to such beers than anything else they've released to date. Taking its name from the iconic tram line that runs past the venue's front door,…

Fixation Brewing The Fix (Bottles) Beer

It was while hosting a hop masterclass featuring various brewers, hop growers and sellers that we heard a panellist get straight to the point as to why American style IPAs have become so popular – and continue to grow in popularity. It's a pretty simple theory and one with which it's hard to argue:…

Heroes and Villains Beer Of The New Age (BOTNA) Beer

The beer that started it all. Well, commercially at least. Beer Of The New Age not only nods at a certain rock band, but is also a reflection of changing tastes. The modern pale ale malt base includes golden naked oats, Maris Otter, pilsner and a touch of CaraMunich for good measure, keeping the malt…

Heroes & Villains, Impi, Phat Brew Club & MCC Labels Resist Beer

The year to date has brought challenges for many, but nothing compares to the level of suffering unleashed on those living in or forced to flee from Ukraine. As the Russian invasion continues, the Drinkers For Ukraine campaign has offered brewers around the world an open source beer recipe, designed…

Heroes and Villains Attention Seeker Oat Loaded IPA Beer

Oat loaded IPA, you say? Well, that’s what Heroes and Villains’ main man Shannon Mizen has to say, although this latest entry in their limited release Villains series could just as well be considered in the oat cream IPA realm, and, despite the name, Attention Seeker does almost the opposite for…

Fixation Mighty Boy, 100, Blues For The Red Sun & Social Space Beer

When they sent samples of their August Incubator quartet, the Fixation team suggested an order in which to try the beers (not that I was planning on taking on all four at once, of course). It's the order they're listed above, but for the purposes of this write-up let's start at the end. Why? Because…

Fixation Brewing Totally Rad, Don't Brett On It & Paw Paw Pow Beer

Fixation’s Collingwood home has well and truly been living up to its Incubator name, with head brewer Sam Bethune averaging a new beer every week. So you can’t exactly blame him for contorting his IPAs into all kinds of different shapes. Of the latest trio, let’s start with the lightest and…

Fixation Brewing The Fix Beer

When this new venture between Stone & Wood and former Mountain Goat rep Tom Delmont launched last year, it was with the aim of brewing nothing but IPAs. So, having already built a reputation on the back of their flagship IPA, they're sticking to their word and following up with this double IPA. It's…

Brick Lane Brewing Lager Beer

When Brick Lane launched, you might have taken a look at their backstory and backers, which includes some big names from worlds such as sport and media, and figured this was unlikely to be an operation that, a few years down the line, would launch a lineup of fruit sours or take part in a global brew…

The Story Of: Pacific Ale News

It's the middle of 2007 and three mates are gathered in the kitchen of a house in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills. They're surrounded by 45 different bottles of beers. It's a motley lineup, one that stretches from Czech pilsners to Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, from Mountain Goat…

The Story Of: Moon Dog Black Lung News

The Story Of... is a series in which we pay homage to notable Australian craft beers. They could be trailblazing beers that have redefined the scene, iconic beers with a place in history or beers that simply stand out from the crowd for one reason or another. Over the past couple of years, we've turned…

The Story Of: Korben News

The Story Of... is an occasional series on The Crafty Pint that's traditionally delved into the backstory of iconic and cult beers. It's been a while since we last ran one – and we may well expand it to include more than just beers in the future.For now, however, the series makes a comeback with the…

The Story Of: Watermelon Warhead News

"All men are created equal," said Thomas Jefferson rather famously, presumably intending to include "and women" if only he hadn't spilt his morning tea over that bit of his cue cards. But does the same apply to beers? Or are some beers greater – whatever that means – than others? For…

The Story Of: Moff's Summer Ale News

Last month, we went behind the scenes at The Indies beer awards, peering inside the world of the stewards without whom such events couldn't run. Now, as part of our occasional The Story Of... series, we take a deep dive into the story of Moff's Summer Ale, the little beer that can – and does. Completing…

The Story Of: Bridge Road Brewers Chevalier Saison News

Back in 2005, Bridge Road Brewers was a small outfit in Beechworth, brewing beers out of Ben Kraus’ parents’ shed. Craft beer was still a relative novelty in Australia, certainly a far cry from where it is now, and with few independent breweries operating throughout regional Australia. Far…

The Story Of: B2 Bomber News

Several imperial IPAs get released each week, black IPAs can be a little hard to find in 2023, and Belgian IPAs, well, outside of a couple of smaller Aussie breweries you’d probably need a time machine to hunt down a locally-brewed version. Yet despite its improbable series of prefixes, there's an imperial…

The Story Of: Hop Hog At Ten News

In 2008, the field was wide and open for those who’d already launched a brewery in Australia. But, if you were living within that world, your view was probably far more myopic.  Back then, the challenges of gaining shelf space and taps – not to mention fighting to have craft beer recognised…

The Story Of: Boatrocker Ramjet News

For the second in our series looking at the story behind some of the coolest, most iconic or most sought after beers in Australia we ahowcase Boatrocker's Ramjet. The imperial stout has only been around a couple of years but has blown away pretty much everyone who has tried it. The beer even has…

The Story Of: Little Creatures Pale Ale News

If you ask Australian craft beer drinkers – or brewers, for that matter – to name their beer epiphany, Little Creatures Pale Ale would crop up in more stories than most. Indeed, we'd wager that a survey of all drinkers – at least those with a few years of discernment under their…

The Story Of: La Sirène Saison News

Traditionally, saisons were brewed by the farmers of the Wallonia region to be consumed in the warmer months. So, as the mercury starts to rise across Australia, we decided to feature a brewery that has put French and Belgian inspired farmhouse ales at the heart of everything it does as part of our…

The Story Of: Little Creatures Rogers' News

This week saw Little Creatures release a new Single Batch beer. Reinhold is a Sticke Altbier head brewer Russ Gosling describes as a German cousin to the brewery's mid-strength staple Rogers'. Here, Ross Lewis from The Sip, travels back in time with one of the Rogers in whose honour the beer…

The Story Of: Lark Imperial JSP News

Barrel-aged beers are a common sight during winter. Increasingly, you'll find them celebrated in boilermaker pairings too. And yet, despite their relative ubiquity, the Wolf of the Willows Barrel Exchange Project – one centred around barrel-ageing and pairing beer with whisky – manages to stand out…

The Story Of: Mountain Goat Hightail News

This month sees Mountain Goat turn 19, which means its first beer, Hightail, is also turning 19. A year on from the brewery's purchase by Asahi, we spoke to its brewer, Dave Bonighton, about the beer then and now, and the many other Goat beers it's inspired. When was the beer first conceived? Probably…

The Making Of A Champion Hazy News

When was the last time you drank a good beer? What about a great beer? Have you ever had a beer so good you cried salt tears because you wondered if you’d ever drink something quite as delicious again?  OK, maybe the last one’s just me… but the point is that sometimes a beer isn’t…

The Catfish: Ten Lessons From Ten Years News

Catfish Blues has to be the most mysterious important song ever made.  The first known recording was in 1941, created by Delta blues musician Robert Petway, whose exact dates of birth and death remain uncertain. Also unknown is whether he was the first person to sing Catfish Blues or merely the…

The Crafty Pint’s Top Stories of 2016 News

We've completed our look back at the year just gone via 2016's Best New Beers (according to our panels, at least) and had a look at what the year ahead may hold. But, as the craft beer world prepares to launch into another big year, we've got one more reflective post for you. This time, we take…

A Day In The Life Of: A Festival Volunteer News

Beer festivals, for the most part, wouldn’t function without volunteers. It’s that simple. While there’s the romantic notion of volunteers enjoying a beer with brewers at the end of the festival and taking home some of the leftovers (and there’s some truth to this), the reality is usually…

The Big Issue: Ownership Revisited II News

Back in May, on the day the Independent Brewers Association (IBA) was launching its seal, we returned to the topic of ownership, one we'd first addressed in depth in late 2015. Between those articles, several other Australian brewing companies had been acquired by bigger operations: 4 Pines and Pirate…

The Vinification Of Beer News

As anyone who’s ever taken a bottle of La Sirène’s Fleur Folie into a BYO wine-only dumpling place well knows, the lines dividing beer and wine are converging. Sure, the phenomenal growth of glamorously utilitarian cans and a relentless desire for novelty are taking beer in other directions too,…