by Daniel Ridd | Feb 14, 2020 | Craft Beer, Festival
The Ballarat Beer Festival began in 2012. While that doesn’t seem long ago, just consider that breweries such as Balter, Pirate Life, Bentspoke, Philter and Modus Operandi weren’t even around. Hazy beers were years away. Australian made wild ales and fruited...
by Daniel Ridd | Oct 22, 2019 | Craft Beer
As some of my followers on social media will know, I recently had Bridge Road Brewers Hazy Bling. In my comment accompanying the picture, I confessed how writing about this beer caused me to reflect on my relationship with its older sibling, Bling. Far too much for a...
by Daniel Ridd | Mar 13, 2019 | Craft Beer, GABS, Social Media
The GABS Hottest 100 Australian Craft Beers(H100), and the New Zealand version of the poll, are an interesting look at craft beer in their respective countries. What started as a bit of fun among a bunch of staunch craft beer drinkers at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda...
