Rick Besserdin gives us a great recipe to share with friends over an Australian ale on a hot Australia Day’s afternoon…
Brewery tour: Bridge Road Brewers
Rick Besserdin makes another stop on the High Country beer trail, this time in historic Beechworth, where he stops by Bridge Road Brewery for a beer and a pretzel…
Brewery tour: Bright Brewery
In another dispatch from Victoria’s High Country, Rick Besserdin drops by Bright Brewery to find the sort of blowhard that never bores you at the pub…
Brewery Tour: Sweetwater Brewing Company
Rick Besserdin heads to Victoria’s High Country and has a beer with Sweetwater Brewery’s Peter Hull.
Brewery tour: Black Dog Brewery
Driving along about five kilometres of dirt road through the township of Taminick, we come to a sign that reads Booth’s Taminick Cellars. It is here that we will find Victoria’s latest brewery, Black Dog. It is the creation of fourth generation winemaker, James Booth. We park near a beautiful old stone building that has… Read more →
Brewery tour: Jamieson Brewery
Located on the banks of the Goulburn River, where it enters Eildon Lake, is the picturesque Jamieson Brewery. Terri Marsden is the new owner of the brewery and pub after the purchase was completed a couple of weeks ago, at the end of November 2011. Jeff Whyte, the former owner and brewer, who gained a… Read more →
Fish parcels with pilsner
Serves: 6 Preparation: 5-10 min Cooking: 10 min Now that summer is almost here, it’s an ideal time to have friends around for delicious but simple to make meals like this one. The fish cook just as well in the oven or on the BBQ, wrapped in paper (En Papillote) or foil. The foil works… Read more →
Touring Coopers Brewery
Coopers is Australia’s largest independent brewery. Still run by members of the Cooper family, they have held their own through many difficult periods for almost 150 years. Most of their beers are ales, brewed with the same care and yeast that was used over a century ago. As the world’s largest exporter of home brew… Read more →
Endeavour True Vintage Beer
The boys at Endeavour Beer have a great philosophy. They noted that wines have seasonal variations, each vintage is cellared and savoured for its own idiosyncrasies, and yet this does not happen with most beers. So they are openly promoting the year of vintage, this being the year that the ingredients were harvested. Andy Stewart,… Read more →
Mornington Peninsula Brewery
Stuart Dew’s brilliant performance for Hawthorn in the 2008 AFL Grand Final has changed the make-up of the Victorian craft beer scene. Dew kicked two goals and set up two others, leading the Hawks on to a win. Meanwhile, Mount Eliza neighbours, Matt Bebe and Malcolm McLean got together to celebrate and, like all of… Read more →