This week we catch up with beer writer, brewer and now beer Forefather, Willie Simpson. If you read about beer in the era before blogs, Willie was most likely the person whose words you read. Willie has been writing about beer since the late 1980s and, more recently, been brewing it at his brewery, Seven Sheds, in Railton Tasmania.
Willie Simpson
Sydney brewery produces Australia’s best craft beer
Last night the Australian Craft Beer Industry Association presented its inaugural craft beer awards…
What is 'craft' beer
With today’s release of the Local Taphouse Hottest 100 the term ‘craft’ beer has been hotly debated today? It’s a good time to reprise this piece from last year pondering the question…
Willie Simpson on craft beer
To add to our recent discussion about ‘what is craft beer’, Australian Brews News sought out Australia’s premier beer writer–and very handy brewer–Willie Simpson to get his thoughts. Here’s what he had to say…