Anyone who has been following this blog for a while has probably picked up that I’m a massive fan of American Pale Ale. I’ve been working my way through the many great examples of this style brewed by Aussie brewers, including Duke, Barons and Fat Yak. But the grandaddy of them all is, of course, [...]
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Thirsty Critters goes to WA Part 2: Swan Valley Breweries
I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of our series on our recent trip to WA. After checking out some pubs on the first day, it was time to go a bit further afield on day two – so we booked ourselves on to a Beer Nuts brewery tour. This held obvious excitement for me as [...]
Would you give up your fingerprints for the sake of a late-night beer?
Image: NightKey Our esteemed Queensland Premier hasn’t been increasingly nicknamed Nanna Bligh by press and citizens alike for no reason these last few months. For lovers of late-night drinking, the first nail in the coffin came with the introduction of the 3am lockout. Despite most rational observers predicting this would be a slippery-slide to ever [...]
Thirsty Critters goes to WA Part 1: The Pubs
Thirsty Critters was lucky enough to go to Western Australia for the first time recently, and unsuprisingly had a great time – which wasn’t too difficult in a state seemingly made for beer lovers. From the huge range of locally brewed boutique beers on tap at many pubs, to the microbrewery delights of the Swan [...]
A visit to Stone & Wood Brewery, Byron Bay
Last week Thirsty Critters was commissioned to take our first ‘custom tour’ beyond the bounds of our usual itinerary. Instead of heading up to MT, we proceeded directly to Byron Bay to visit the gents down at Stone & Wood Brewery. My guests for the day were a contingent of staff from the Platform Bar, [...]
We’re not the only beer bloggers in town!
If you’ve been enjoying the Thirsty Critters blog so far (and we hope you have!) then you might want to check out some other ‘beer blogs’, from Brisbane & beyond. BeerMatt Brisbane is very lucky to be home to one of Australia’s foremost beer experts, Matt Kirkegaard. Until recently he was editor of Beer & [...]
Brisbane Oktoberfest: Not quite Munich, but still a blast
It is surely testament to the quality of German food and beer that sometime in September or October every year, mini-Oktoberfests spring up all over the world and everyone goes temporarily nuts for all things Deutsch. Either that, or a lot of people just love getting dressed up in dirndls and lederhosen. The German Oktoberfest, [...]
Another successful Thirsty Critters tour!
Thirsty Critters continues to grow! We proudly set off last weekend on our second tour, and there’s several more booked and ready to go – including a couple of special ‘custom’ tours to Stone & Wood (Byron Bay) and the Spotted Cow (Toowoomba). Last Saturday it was all about Cameron and his merry crew celebrating [...]
Want to try some Swedish beer this Sunday?
Late notice on this one but it has to be plugged – there is a special Good Beer Lunch on this Sunday that is not to be missed. It is with great regret that I won’t be able to make it – in a fit of aerobic ambition I’ve decided to cycle from Southport to [...]
Is it wrong to drink beer out of a plastic cup?
If you’re a drinker at one of 41 Brisbane establishments, your beer drinking vessel is about to change somewhat: It’s plastic for you, with glass now banned by law. Ostensibly it’s a move by Queensland’s Bligh government to reduce the number of glassings that have apparently been the scourge of Brisbane bars and nightclubs in [...]