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A collaboration mead by yours truly (El Presidente for life and Head Brewer of the Kyogle Gentlemen Brewers) and co-brewer PK has taken first prize. And don't write off the hippies, they fully embrace the alternative & sustainable lifestyle and there are a lot of good crafters of home made...

This Saturday night, 7 March. A 30 piece Oom-Pah band touring from Bavaria. 20 types of wurst, 6 varieties of schnitzel, pork knuckles, sauerkraut etc.* Fresh Bavarian beers air freighted into Brisbane using world's best practice cold chain management practices.* Dirndls, dirndls, dirndls...

I'm a little conflicted. I'm 99% straight, but Maris Otter is such a fine and versatile malt that the photo makes my pants feel funny . Roll on October.

Here’s how I met Stan. One day, a friend and I were in a strange part of Kyogle, in a district that is slightly seedy and threatening, on the run from our wives. Things were getting dicey re the girls so we had to duck into a front yard and hide behind a hedge of lilly pilly. We were both...

Today's the day. First kegs of this year's Stone Beer being tapped this afternoon. This is my kind of beer and I rate this brewery highly. From the ad: "Live music + Food +Beer + Hair cuts + Screen printing + Good times + Proceeds go to charity + Stone Beer + Giveaways Go old school and...

I'm not sure if you chaps from around the Jacaranda City collect memorobeerlia, but I found this in my collection the other day. From my very brief research, the brewery was bought out by Tooheys around 1964 so this bottle likely predates the takeover. She's showing her age a bit but I've used...

http://www.visitnimbin.com.au/whats-on/annual-calendar-all-events/p/137/begin/1391173200#event1619 A friend and fellow brewer brought this to my attention and has offered to drive. Looks interesting. We might swing through Nimbin on the way home as the pub has Stone & Wood beers on tap. Plus...

Not sure how serious you are about Italian motos but here's what we're restoring in the brewery at the moment: 1974 Ducati 450 Desmo (a.k.a. Silver Shotgun). I've added my glass of dark lager in the foreground to reinforce my brewing cred. More pics to follow. P.S. Go Turkeys (not sure if...

Recently, a long time homebrewer in town passed away and left 4000+ bottles to his mates. I have snagged a few as his family were going to take them to the tip for recycling! I have a surplus of approximately 100 dozen. They are all 750ml crown tops; a mixture of Coopers, NSW Bottle Company...

Pale ale racked mid-August. Relocated from cupboard to unpowered fridge (i.e. insulated cupboard) on Sunday. 38 degree day, some minor agitation. Almost complete vertical lift-off. Plastic casing at in ceiling is quite strong/rigid. If we can harvest this power and up the scale; we're going to...