In this jumbo-sized episode, Stu McKinlay from Yeastie Boys joins us for a chat about all things beer, music, and pants. Beers Anchorage Whiteout Wit Troubadour Blond Brooklyn Sorachi Ace Yeastie Boys / Some Young Punks Spoonbender Series: The Sly Persuader, The Sun Before the Darkness, The Last Dictator Bridge Road / Nøgne Ø Aurora Borealis BrewDog Abstrakt AB:09 Links Platinum Liquor Liberty Brewing Baylands Brewery & Brewing Supplies Wheaty Brewing Corps Emerson's Invercargill Brewery Som...
Jun 12, 2014•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 24
Following Adrian's recent holiday to the Philippines and Korea, we discuss several craft beer markets in Asia. Beers San Miguel Red Horse Beer Fat Pauly's 2014 Kalayaan Independence Day Limited Sour Ale Baird Angry Boy Brown Ale James Squire Hop Thief 6 Links Global Beer Exchange / The Bottle Shop Fat Pauly's Hand-crafted Ales & Lagers Fake Brewdog in China Craftworks Taphouse Galmegi Brewing...
May 31, 2014•49 min•Ep. 23
Darren "Doc" Robinson of Doctor's Orders Brewing joins us as we try his new beer, Vaccine, a 100% Wheat Wasabi Porter. He also talks about his GABS 2014 beer, a few other upcoming beer projects, and shares a few bits of exciting news. A special thanks to Frankie's for letting us record in their back room. Beers Doctor's Orders Vaccine Sixpoint Righteous Ale Yeastie Boys Rex Attitude...
May 19, 2014•44 min•Ep. 22
Leading up to our first birthday we catch up with Mick at the Royal Albert Hotel to talk tap takeovers, handpumps and dumplings. Beers Mountain Goat Fancy Pants (can) Sixpoint Hi-Res (can) FiftyFifty Healthy Spirits (15th Anniversary)
May 02, 2014•39 min•Ep. 21
We talk all things barrel ageing and drink some pretty interesting beers. Beers Evil Twin Sønderho Hipster Ale Mikkeller/Three Floyds Boogoop (Grand Marnier Edition) BFM Abbaye De Saint Bon-Chien Grand Cru Moon Dog Jumping the Shark Links Black BA Black The Sampler Bushwick Mustard Pingu, no! Jabberwock Midstrength Whisky & Alement Fuckity-bye!...
Apr 18, 2014•43 min•Ep. 20
We finally ponder the question of what craft beer means and try to come up with a definition. Plus, some discussion on other general beer topics. Beers Samuel Adams Boston Lager Stone & Wood Pacific Ale Gage Roads Sleeping Giant IPA Sail & Anchor Changing Tides Links Global Association of Craft Beer Brewers Brewers Association (USA) Stone & Wood on flavour Good Beer Week Goon bag sculpture The Clock Hotel...
Apr 03, 2014•56 min•Ep. 19
No, cider is not beer, but we (rather drunkenly) did a cider episode anyway. Don't worry, though, there is (kind of) a beer in the episode at the very end. Ciders Batlow Cloudy Cider Zeffer Slack ma Girdle Thorogoods Vintage Dry Apple Wine 2008 Thorogoods Billy B's Golden Malted Apple Beer Links No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood (Correction: Oil! is a novel, not a short story) Edible Manhattan article about Aaron Burr Cidery Cider apples Willie Smiths Lark Whisky Aged Cider Thorogoo...
Mar 20, 2014•43 min•Ep. 18
A special episode as we visit the 4 Pines brewery in Brookvale. Tom and Chris, two of the brewers, join us for a chat, and founding brewer Andrew pops in for a cameo. They talk shop, including a preview of their upcoming GABS 2014 beer and a teaser of a potential barrel aged release. Beers 4 Pines Keller Door Single Hop Series - Calypso 4 Pines ESB (from the bright beer tank) Sixpoint Resin Garage Project Lord Cockswain's Courage Porter Links Bluetongue Brewery announces closure Nomad Brewing to...
Mar 05, 2014•53 min•Ep. 17
To tie in with last month's Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll, we discuss our favourite Australian beers of 2013 in the form of a fantasy draft. We also give a quick run down of the poll's results. Beers Mountain Goat Summer Ale Matilda Bay / Mountain Goat / Moon Dog Abbey Collaby 2013 HopDog Super Beast 2013 (we were drinking this but somehow forgot to say so) Feral Hop Hog Links Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2013 Watermelon Warhead returns soon Bridge Road / Nøgne Ø Aurora Borealis II Es...
Feb 20, 2014•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 16
We continue our journey into the world of British beer with the "experts," Willie and Brad. In this episode we explore some of the newer wave beers coming out of Scotland and England. If you missed the first part of the episode, check it out here . Beers Oakham Inferno Oakham Bishop's Farewell Cromarty Red Rocker The Kernel IPA 4C Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16 Links Greene King IPA How to pronounce 'Cromarty' Cromarty Brewing Co on Google Maps Traquair House Brewery Brewmeister Snake Venom (the strong...
Feb 13, 2014•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 15
We welcome Willie and Brad, two experts on the UK beer scene, to join us for the first episode of our two-part UK beer spectacular! We discuss their beer backgrounds, CAMRA, Real Ale vs Craft Beer, Cask vs Keg, pub ownership and classic British beer styles. Pip pip, cheerio! Beers Foster's Premium Lager Wychwood Hobgoblin Fullers London Porter Links CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale Brewdog: Pint vs Schooner Michael Jackson on Late Night with Conan J D Wetherspoon's...
Jan 24, 2014•53 min•Ep. 14
Pucker up for our sour beer episode! Joined by special guest Bronwen, we sat down and drank a whole bunch of really sour beers. Poor us. Beers Temple Scarlet Sour Lindemans Faro (Sweetened Lambic) 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cantillon Geuze 100% Lambic Bio Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge Goose Island Madame Rose 2012 Links Temple Brewery Deus Brut des Flandres Loverbeer Shit Beer Geeks Say...
Jan 09, 2014•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 13
It's a very Sessionable christmas, as we drink a bunch of delicious Christmas beers, and give each other gifts (in the form of beer) for this bumper bonus christmas special episode. It's pretty damn long, and a little bit rambling, but we drink some seriously awesome beer and have some good fun. Happy Holid-ales! Beers Mikkeller Hoppy Lovin Xmas Bridge Road Posse Summer Ale HopDog Secret Santa '11, White Christmas '12, Secret Santa '13 Yeastie Boys Gunnamatta Mikkeller Ris A La M'ale Mikkeller/A...
Dec 24, 2013•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 12
We're going on a Belgian holiday, come with us! In this episode, we drink and discuss Belgian beer. Ça plane pour moi. Beers Hanssens Artisanal Geuze Duvel Westmalle Dubbel Aussies doing Belgians Sours: Feral, Wig & Pen, Illawarra, Saison: Bridge Road Chevalier, La Sirene, Temple The Little Brewing Company (Wicked Elf & Mad Abbott) Others: Murrays We also recommend some cool belgian stuff, from waffles to JCVD to kebabs with chips in them....
Dec 12, 2013•50 min•Ep. 11
In this, our 'Vertical' episode, we drink a few different series of beers side by side. A lot of beers are released in a series, whether the beers are vintage releases released every year, or a bunch of beers with a common theme. Beers Stone & Wood Stone Beer 2012 & 2013. Coopers Vintage Ale 1999, 2011 & 2013 Red Duck Gruiter & Gruitest Other stuff we talked about: Bridge Road B2 Bomber Vertical (Mach 1, 2 & 3) Stone Vertical Epic Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Vertical HopDog Christm...
Nov 28, 2013•57 min•Ep. 10
Is fresher really better when it comes to beer? In this episode, we do some hard research, in attempt to answer that exact question. We also discuss the recent Sydney Craft Beer Week, Adrian's trip overseas and some excellent beers from Australia and abroad. Beers BrewCult Can't Fight the Funk Farmhouse IPA Alchemist Heady Topper Double IPA Red Duck Sabretooth Imperial IPA Dogfish Head 2008 World Wide Stout
Nov 21, 2013•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 9
It's the blind-tasting game! This episode we all brought some beers, but didn't tell everyone else what they were. Listen to us try and guess the beers. Some were easy, some weren't, and they were all delicious. Links Mikkeller Bar SF's Flux Capacitor Beer Blind Tasting (SPOILERS) Liam: Red Hill Scotch Ale (1 year old) Lee: Feral Raging Flem Tom: Mikkeller 1000 IBU Ultramate Adrian: BrewDog/Mikkeller/Nøgne Ø Black Tokyo Horizon...
Oct 31, 2013•44 min•Ep. 8
We all have beers (or other drinks) that we love, even though we know we shouldn't. In possibly our most snobbish episode ever, we all bring our guilty pleasures, and defend them while everyone else rips into them. Beers Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Choc, Peanut Butter & Banana Guilty Pleasures Tooheys Old (Adrian) Lick Pier Ginger Beer (Liam) James Squire Orchard Crush (Tom) Guilty Pleasure Pubs The Abercrombie The Doncaster The Clock...
Oct 17, 2013•36 min•Ep. 7
In an effort to balance out the Lager episode we did, we thought we'd go to the other end of the spectrum and try some of the most extreme beers we could get our hands on. It was extreme. Beers HopDog BeerWorks Redrum Yeastie Boys Rex Attitude Murrays Auld Bulgin Boysterous Bicep 8Wired Grand Cru BrewDog AB:08 Bar recommendations Royal Albert Hotel Forest Lodge Hotel Penny Blue...
Oct 03, 2013•55 min•Ep. 6
In our most exciting episode yet, we decided to drink nothing but the most interesting of beer styles, Lagers! But seriously, we thought it would be good to drink a bunch of lagers and talk about this incredibly important style, (even if it can be a little bit boring sometimes). We started off with the much awaited VB vs VB taste test, and then moved on to some quality lagers. Beers Old (New) VB versus New (Old) VB Croucher Pilsner Moon Dog Love Tap Double Lager Brooklyn Anniversary Lager EPIC L...
Sep 18, 2013•44 min•Ep. 5
In this episode, we went out to Riverside Brewing Co at Parramatta, and replaced Adrian with their head brewer Dave and assistant brewer Matt. We talk a bit about the brewery's history, beer epiphany's, breakfast beers and discuss what exactly is an Australian beer style. Beers Riverside 77 IPA Epic Hop Zombie Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast La Sirene Saison MG Triple Hightail
Sep 05, 2013•42 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, we discuss the recent Good Beer Week held in Melbourne, which we all attended. We also drink some beers that remind us of that awesome week, and look forward to the upcoming Sydney Craft Beer Week. Beers MoonDog Mr Mistofellees ParrotDog Bitter Bitch BrewCult Acid Freaks Garage Project Death from Above Links Why Intelligent People Drink More Alcohol Good Beer Week Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular Cumulus Up 8 Wired BUMAYE Sydney Craft Beer Week...
Jul 11, 2013•44 min•Ep. 3
In this episode, we drink liquid pizza shapes in the form of Lebanon's own 961 Pale Ale, celebrate Tom's 21st birthday with his first ever US beers and live up to the name 'Sessionable' with an Imperial Stout and an Imperial IPA. Beers 961 Pale Ale Young Henry's Real Thang Stillwater Artisanal Stateside Saison Devils Canyon Scotch Brooklyn Local 2 Bridge Road Bling Bling 6 String Imperial Stout Recommendations Liam: BrewDog Hello My Name is Beastie Adrian: Nail Brewing Clout Stout Tom: Bridge Rd...
Jun 15, 2013•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 2
Liam, Adrian & Tom discuss Beer Epiphanies, Beer Fashion, what they're drinking and offer some recommendations for what you should be drinking. Beer Epiphanies Mountain Goat Hightail Ale Pauvel Kwak Nøgne Ø 2 Captains DIPA Spitfire Stella Artois Beers Thorogoods Scrumpy Sweet Cider Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA Riverside 44 Amber Recommendations Stillwater Artisanal Ales (USA) Young Henry's 'The Real Thang' 961 Pale Ale (Lebanon)...
Apr 26, 2013•55 min•Ep. 1
