Many of the fantastic breweries dotted around the Victorian landscape are significant enterprises in their local community. They generally employ local people directly and create employment indirectly through increased tourism, local production of ingredients, demand for accommodation and meals. All this activity can be very important to country towns or out-of-the-way suburbs. It can help [...]
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7 Jul
Reasons to drink craft beer #3
A while ago, a friend claimed that he got completely different and more severe hangovers after drinking mass-produced beers (even in small quantities) compared with craft beers. This seemed like a potential urban myth to me. Given my scientific background, it was clear that I needed to devise an experiment to determine the existence and [...]
4 Jul
Reasons to drink craft beer #2
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting some fellow beer lovers at an evening of Prickly Moses beer tasting at Young and Jackson’s in the city. A couple of the folk who brew the beer (and market it, and deliver it, and bottle it) were there to host the evening and took time to [...]
24 Jun
Reasons to drink craft beer #1
Despite what people will tell you about their favourite mass-produced beer, it probably tastes very similar to the next person’s favourite mass-produced beer. Only when you start to taste some of the craft brews available do you start to realise the variety and complexity possible in beer. A reason to drink craft beer? Because it [...]
