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Nowhereman Aloha, F**kers Tropical Sour Beer

Where do you start with a beer name like this? Its aggressively playful title definitely evokes the sour yet sunshine in a glass beer, likewise the limited run of tiki glasses available at the brewery for its debut, but it could come in a little hot for the PC police. No matter, for most people it means…

Beer Travel: NZ Tiki Tour IV Wine Country News

The Rimutaka Hill Road is a real bastard. When you look at it on a map, its winding route is like viewing a seismograph at the point when an earthquake hits, the solid line suddenly and rapidly jolting up, down and even back on itself. It’s steep too. When the railway first began running up this way…

Beer Travel: NZ Tiki Tour I Coromandel News

Māori call the island Te-Ika-a-Māui: "the Fish of Māui".  Māui was a a mythological figure who, among many incredible feats, hauled this piece of land up from the ocean. When you look at a map of New Zealand it does have the rough outline of a stingray caught in an evasive turn, so perhaps…

Beer Travel: NZ Tiki Tour III Greater Wellington News

Waikanae is a nice place. It’s quiet, close to the beach and lush with bush. Perhaps that’s why so many people come here to die.  There’s nothing morbid about that. It really is nice. It just happens to have a lot of retirement villages. But, equally, it has been, and is increasingly, an…

Beer Travel: NZ Tiki Tour II West Coast, North Island News

From the street you can see the cross on the apex, the unmistakable religious symbol signalling a place of worship.  When you come here it doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from. There are people from all walks of life. Women. Men. Young. Old. The higher power here – the one…

Brew & A: Five Barrel Brewing News

Prior to making contact for this article, the last time I'd spoken to Phil O'Shea, of Wollongong brewery Five Barrel, was at the height of the summer's bushfire season. He'd volunteered his services to help design the Resilience Beer that would raise funds for communities in impacted regions. Nine…

The Best Of The Territories In 2021 News

We’ve swept through the states over the past fortnight, looking back at the standout beers and moments from 2021 in WA, Tasmania, NSW, Queensland, Victoria and SA, and now it’s time to wrap up our Best Of… series with the Territories. Yes, as with the Indies trophies and our Pint of Origin…

Australian International Beer Awards Winners 2018 News

It was clear from early on that some of Australia's smaller brewers could be in for a good night at the Australian International Beer Awards. The likes of Black Hops, Beerland and Hope Brewhouse were racking up gold medals like they were going out of fashion, even if many of the early trophies went…

Now Is The Sour News

While some might have forecast the renaissance that beer has been enjoying globally, would many have predicted the rise of sours?  As part of a quid pro quo for Kerry McBride's recent Garage Project article, award-winning beer writer Michael Donaldson laps up the tsunami of sours breaking…

Aussie Exports: Brendan Without Borders News

After making the move from Melbourne to Wellington in late 2014, Brendan Amos landed on his feet in the beer world, scoring a gig at beer distribution company Beer Without Borders not long after his arrival. Since then, he has upped sticks again to make the move to Auckland, where the craft beer scene…

Crafty Sprawl: Sunshine Coast Venues & Bottleshops News

In part one of our guide to the Sunshine Coast, we looked at the breweries on the lower half of the coast (from Caloundra up to Nambour). In part two, we covered the rest of the breweries (from Coolum to Cooran).  In this final instalment, it's the turn of the other crucial part of any vibrant…

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…

Building Moon Dog's World News

I can’t remember exactly when it was. Presumably midway through 2010, not long before The Crafty Pint was about to go live.  I was in Carwyn Cellars, chatting to then store manager James Greenfields and, while the specific date isn’t that important, it’s worth adding a little context.…

Hottest 100 Kiwi Craft Beers of 2016 – Analysis News

Somewhat fittingly, it is the orange one that ended up winning.  When travelling around New Zealand in the middle of 2016, in the months shortly before Panhead Custom Ales ceded its ownership to Lion, you couldn't help but notice the prominence and popularity of Supercharger, the Upper Hutt brewery’s…