In 2006 Ron and Renata Feruglio created Temple Brewing Company. Without a commercial brewery of their own, they operated as gypsy brewers by producing three core beers plus a couple of special releases at other people’s microbreweries across Victoria. Those three beers — a pale ale, ESB and saison — quickly gained a reputation as high quality interpretations...
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Christmas in Australia is a time of family gatherings, barbeques that often include the sharing of refreshing beers as we reflect on the year past and plan for the year ahead. Our sunny hot climate sends many Christmas drinkers to the bottle shop for slabs of thirst quenching and easy drinking lagers. However, what...
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That Beer Bloke, Ian Kingham will be presenting another beer showcase, this time featuring a match up of 14 Australian and New Zealand craft beers. He will be joined by Paul Mercurio on December 12th at Beer De Lux Melbourne and Lachlan McBean on Jan 24th at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, Sydney with. Tickets.
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This Saturday, 26th November, Josie Bones gives 10 people the chance to have an intimate lunch with the brewers from Red Hill Brewery. As part of their Saturday Sessions series, Josie Bones are hosting a four course lunch paired with three of Red Hill’s highly regarded brews. A special fourth beer, selected by the...
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I attended my first ‘formal’ beer matching dinner a few nights ago – an event full of fun, fellowship, food, and of course plenty of fine beers. The setting, Decks Seafood Restaurant on the tranquil South Bank of Brisbane, livened up by sixty or so beer appreciating patrons after a full on day of brewing lectures...
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The Victorian Microbrewery Showcase is well established as a forum for spreading the good word of good beer to those already drinking the amber nectar and who wish to expand the horizons of knowledge and experience. It has done so since 2006 and has done it well. But what of those folk who lurk furtively...
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After a successful launch last year, Matilda Bay is taking to the streets again to spread the good word that food and beer are perfect partners through their ‘Brewers Bites’ initiative. This program saw the frontline troops hitting selected fresh food markets in Melbourne and Sydney to offer shoppers an up-close-and-personal invitation to some...
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One of the stand-out events for those who attended Melbourne’s Good Beer Week back in May was the inaugural Brewers & Chewers dinner at The Local Taphouse. The intimate 3 course dinner party provided beer lovers with the opportunity to eat, drink and chat in depth with highly regarded brewers from the likes of 8...
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There’s a bit of a tradition, going back to mediaeval times, of beer being served with meat. Whether it’s a Wiener schnitzel in a Bavarian bierhaus or a mug of warm British ale to wash down a whole suckling pig, beer and meat seem a natural partnership. For this reason Yulli’s, on Surry Hills’...
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This recipe for beer braised spatchcock is from Paul’s first cookbook, Mercurio's Menu, published by Murdoch Books.
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