Australian Adventures, Brews + Reviews, Homegrown, My Pilgrimages, Travel finds

Melbourne Beer Crawl

Beer crawls. I am extremely passionate about them, I genuinely think there are few more enjoyable ways to spend your day then to wander from brewery-to-brewery sipping fresh beer under the very tanks it was brewed in. And while the good old fashioned beer crawl has been put on hold while COVID runs amok, it’s…

Brewing, Brewing + Ingredients, Brews + Reviews, Homegrown

Wildflower – Australian Wild Ales

There is a beautiful new addition to the blossoming craft beer mecca of Sydney’s inner-west called ‘Wildflower’ that incorporates a unique brewing technique that involves fermenting beer with native bacteria and yeast foraged from wild flora around the state. I caught up with Wildflower’s owner and creator Topher Boehm to tell us all about his…

Australian Adventures, Brewing, Brewing + Ingredients, Brews + Reviews, Food + Beer, Homegrown, My Pilgrimages

Sydney’s Inner West Beer Trail

It seems like each time I leave Sydney and come back, another brewery has opened it’s doors and you can bet your lucky beer mug that it did so in the hip and happening inner west region of the city. There are now so many craft breweries in the inner west, you can literally walk…

Food + Beer, News

Oktoberfest in The Hunter

Oktoberfest is well and truly in full swing, however you don’t have to be in Germany to take part in the beery festivities, in fact you don’t even have to be in Europe. If you love your beer, then you should head on down to Hope Brewhouse in the Hunter Valley on the 30th September and…

Brews + Reviews, My Pilgrimages, Overseas, Travel finds

EURO BEER TOUR // Beer-Lovers Guide Bavaria Part I : Munich.

When most look at a map of Europe they see ancient history, incredible food, culture, architecture, art and a hip and happening fashion scene. I see beer. I see a kaleidoscope of beer varieties that date back centuries. I see beer cultures that influenced the rest of the world and a contemporary craft beer scene…

Australian Adventures, Brewing + Ingredients, My Pilgrimages

Brewers of the East Coast

Through my adventures as the Beer Pilgrim, I have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of people involved in the beer industry, especially brewers and I am always blown away by their passion and commitment to their craft. To say brewers take their job seriously is a massive understatement; most brewers I have met literally…