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Crafty’s Dark Secret is out
The Crafty Pint has revealed the locations that will be pouring the beer created as part of the inaugural Good Beer Week Masterclass of Champions…
The Ultimate Beer Experience
We get a lot of media releases here at Brews News, most of them are more crammed with adjectives and superlatives than there are tears in an episode of Masterchef. Still, this one caught our attention and so while we would normally strip ‘ultimate’ out of any headline, we left it in this one to… Read more →
Critics’ Choice Countdown #12
There were critics of last year’s Critics Choice guide who said that you couldn’t do the book every year because it would be too much the same. The first entry this year suggests that they could be wrong. The first beer in The Critics’ Choice top dozen is the Bridge Road Brewers and Nøgne Ø… Read more →
Nano Nogne O Collab launched tomorrow
I’m not sure at what point an enthusiastic homebrewer becomes a pico-brewer or a nano-brewer – or whatever you want to call ultra small brewers – but if you have Kjetil Jikiun turning up to brew with you, I guess you can call it whatever you want. We’d normally not share news about ultra-exclusive one-bar… Read more →
Brewing legend to visit New Zealand
This month Wellington’s Hashigo Zake has the pleasure of hosting a legend of the worldwide explosion in craft beer on a whirlwind tour of New Zealand. Kjetil Jikiun is the founder and head brewer of the Nøgne Ø brewery in Grimstad, Norway. In its short history Nøgne Ø has become celebrated in the world of… Read more →
International brewers on top at AIBA
International breweries took out 11 of the 15 trophies awarded at the 2010 Australian International Beer Awards, announced tonight at a presentation dinner at The Palladium, at Crown in Melbourne. In addition to scooping the majority of trophies, the prestigious Champion Exhibitor Trophy is headed offshore as well, awarded to Norwegian boutique brewery, Nøgne Ø… Read more →
Mussels from Brussels…or Brisbane
This is beer sommelier Ian Watson’s version of a Belgian classic. It is so simple to prepare, but one of those high impact meals that will make you the star of any dinner party. Ingredients 1kg Mussels, preferably black but green will do fine (cleaned and de-bearded) live Mussels are best however frozen will be… Read more →