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Not to mention the suburbs wikipedia can't bring itself to mention, Merriang and the very much on-topic Beveridge!

I think more or less all wattle seeds in aus are edible, but there's a bit of variation from species to species. From what I've heard, the most palatable wattle seeds come from Wirilda (Acacia retinoides), which is more a coastal plant in Vic. No idea whether the seeds from the silver wattles...

P.S. more in line with the topic of the thread, at the moment I'm brewing a herb beer using the fruit of native hop bush (Dodonea viscosa). Apparently some of the early European settlers made a few brews with it before hops had been brought out here. No idea if it'll taste any good; I imagine in...

This is a good point. In many ways, I think maybe it makes sense to treat the laws as a mere codification of the changes that have already happened on the ground. I remember reading an article a while ago that argued hops only really became more popular (in England, anyway) from the 16th...

Plus we could get sponsored by dodgy commercial rock radio stations.

Hello all, I am a Preston resident, a noob as far as this forum is concerned, and only sporadic brewer, having not ventured beyond the occasional partial mash, though looking to expand my brewing horizons. To this end, I'm keen to jump aboard this brew club malarkey. I am greatly enamored with...