Brews Reviews

Interesting fact: Back in the mid 19th century Hobart was notorious amongst sailors worldwide as place where you were most likely to catch something awful from the ladies whom plied their trade along the busy docks. The Tourism Tasmania pamphlets which gleefully tout the Salamanca area as a precinct for dining and culture never...
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James Davidson gets up close with the Beer Diva and the Victorian Women of Beer...
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Weihenstephan/Boston Beer Company Infinium Biere de champagne 10.5% abv 750ml Take a world renowned brewery that will celebrate its 1,000th birthday in less than ten years’ time and one of the United State’s most successful craft brewers, give them each a copy of The Reinheitsgebot and two years to come up with a collaborative beer and the...
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Prof Pilsner discovers that when the dog sits on the tuckerbox these days, there's chocolate cake inside...
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Malt Shovel Brewery brings the smell of wood smoke back to the Australian summer barbeque.
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In tougher economic times the phrase ‘champagne living on a beer budget’ is frequently used to describe ways to continue living well while tightening the belt a little. While there is an implied slap to beer in saying that, it is also very accurate. With beer you can always drink exceptionally well at a...
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The Beer Masons have shown that if the quality is there, people will pay for it to come...
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Beer company Endeavour Beverages has recently launched two new beers, Reserve Pale Ale and Reserve Amber Ale. Both are well-balanced and flavoursome brews, but will they age well?
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Aaron Caruana visits Harts Pub on a cold Sunday afternoon and finds it the perfect weather for a pint...
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Pete Mitcham explores a bar that demonstrates that high tech wizardry only matters when it is backed up by people that really know beer...
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