Articles by Crafty Pint
Biting Back
Shark Island Brewing Co was one of the businesses badly affected by a failed equipment supplier. Months on from their intended launch, they finally have beer.
Podcast People : Brunswick Beer Collective
With Good Beer Week in full swing, we find out who's behind a new Melbourne-based beer podcast, Brunswick Beer Collective.
Craft Beer Heroes: Steve & Guy
In advance of the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular hitting Melbourne and Sydney, we find out what drives its founders, who also run The Local Taphouses, to aim so high.
Crafty Six GBW Special #10: Gimme More More More
With the Opening Party tonight, it's time for our final Good Beer Week themed preview. This one highlights events offering loads of different beers under the one roof. Have a great week if you're joining the party!
Bring The Love
It's time for the Aussie beer world's biggest annual love fest. To all those coming to Good Beer Week, have a great week. To those who aren't, time to avoid social media for a week and start planning for 2016!
Boys n the Hub
For the fifth Good Beer Week, the Festival Hub is moving to Beer DeLuxe in Fed Square – the place where the initial conversation that sparked the festival took place in 2011.
Cali-borations
Three small Victorian microbreweries have been given the opportunity of a lifetime – collaborating with Californian breweries on new beers for Good Beer Week.
Crafty Six GBW Special #9: Learn Stuff
Our penultimate themed preview for Good Beer Week 2015 looks at some of the events set to elevate your beer knowledge to new levels.
Getting Blind with Crafty: English Ales
We head to the land where The Crafty Pint's founder spent most of his formative years for this blind tasting, which features a range of English style ales.
Drinking In Style: English Ales
They may not have the sex appeal of many US-inspired contemporary beers, but classics are classics for a reason. Here our resident scholar looks at some of the most popular English ale styles.
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Crafty Six GBW Special #8: Fun & Games
With just days to go until Good Beer Week 2015, time for another preview to help you pick your perfect event, this time looking at some of the fun times that lie ahead.
Prepare For #PoO15
Since launching in 2012, the Pint of Origin has grown into one of Good Beer Week's most popular features. Here's what to expect in 2015.
Sweet 'n' Sour Mash
Last year, sister breweries Mash and 3 Ravens picked up several major trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards. Much has changed since, as we discover.
Crafty Six GBW Special #7: Not Beer
Good Beer Week 2015 is less than two weeks away, so here's our seventh themed preview to help you find events. This one looks at events offering more than just beer.
Who Brews Steam Train?
For our latest Q&A with a young Aussie brewing company, we find out a little about two brothers from the Otways currently gypsy brewing as they plot their own Crowes Nest brewery.
Another Crafty Dozen
We've added 12 more breweries, bars and bottleshops to our Australian craft beer directory since the last roundup, which means it's time for another one.
Crafty Six GBW Special #6: Degustations with a Difference
As we reach the halfway point in our series of Good Beer Week previews, we highlight some of the quirkier degustations on the dega-heavy program.
Barrel Boys
Boatrocker Brewery is on the verge of opening a major barrel room and bar following investment from the group that previously launched Little Creatures.
Crafty Six GBW Special #5: Hit The Road
Time for our fifth themed Good Beer Week 2015 preview. For this one, we pluck out some adventures for those who fancy hitting the road.
Brew & A: Barossa Valley Brewing
Our latest Brew & A focuses on the new face heading up brewing at one of South Australia's longest-established micros, Barossa Valley Brewing.
Crafty Six GBW Special #4: The Foreign Invasion
The fourth of our Crafty Six themed previews of this year's Good Beer Week focuses on the international brewers arriving in Melbourne next month.
Win A Good Beer Weekend
Good Beer Week has launched a competition with Tourism Victoria that will see two people flown to Melbourne for a $3,000 plus Good Beer Weekend prize.
Crafty Six GBW Special #3: Country Life
Our third preview of the forthcoming Good Beer Week festival sees us take to the road to shine a light on some of the sweet events taking place in regional Victoria.
Crafty Six GBW Special #2: Something Completely Different
For our second Good Beer Week 2015 preview, we look at some of the more unusual events to have been concocted for this year's festival.
Crafty Six GBW Special #1: Da Funk
With four weeks to go until Good Beer Week 2015 kicks off, we're starting a series of previews to help you navigate the program and find the perfect event for you.
Brewer Beware
Australian brewers are urged to be extra vigilant when choosing equipment suppliers by a number of small businesses who fear they have lost tens of thousands of dollars.
Creating Waves
Four of Australia's top surfers – Joel Parkinson, Bede Durbidge, Mick Fanning and Josh Kerr – and a couple of mates are launching a brewery on the Gold Coast.
Going 'Steady
It's been an impressive first six months in business for WA's Homestead Brewery, with crowds packing the venue and brewer Ron Feruglio with 12 beers under his belt already.
Time For A Paddlin'
Former Masterchef Australia contestant turned brewing company owner Chris Badenoch has turned his hands to a new venture: bespoke beer paddles.
Beer Travel: NZ Hops
With the Southern Hemisphere hop harvest coming to a close and fresh hop beers on their way, we chat to the man heading up NZ Hops.
Getting Blind With Crafty: How We Judge
Approximately every couple of months, we host a blind tasting of beers – usually matching the season or a current hot topic. Here's how we carry out the judging and the thinking behind our methods.
Going Public
The Public Brewery has enjoyed huge success since opening its multifaceted venue last year. We find out why and also offer some tips to anyone considering opening their own brewery.
Big Names Head Australian Craft Brewers Conference
Brooklyn Brewery founder Steve Hindy heads a big-hitting lineup of speakers for the third Australian Craft Brewers Conference during Good Beer Week in May.
Beer Nuts: The Beer Tragic
Time to shine a light on another Aussie beer lover who takes their passion to the extreme. Our third Beer Nut is John "Beer Tragic" Black.
So Much Pink
International Women's Day was also the day of the second International Women's Collaboration Brew Day. It saw five separate all-female brews take place across Australia.
Good Beer Week 2015 Program Out March 13
The Official 2015 Good Beer Week program will be launched online at 9am AEST on March 13. The first chance to grab physical copies will be at the Gala Showcase.
Heaps More Hops
Australia's largest hop producer has announced a major expansion of its farms, meaning more Galaxy, Enigma and their peers for your beers.
Turning The Handles
One of the many marvellous things about Canberra's Bentspoke is its unique tap handles. We chatted with the retired cartographer behind them.
Craft Beer Heroes: The Scratch
The Brisbane beer scene has exploded into life in recent years and can lay claim to being the funnest in Australia. And much of that is down to the guys at The Scratch.
Who Brews Captain Bligh's Colonial Ale?
Brewing has returned to Hobart's Tasmanian Brewery Building with the launch of Captain Bligh's, a purveyor of traditional ales and ciders. And jam.
Who Brews Himmel Hünd Wit?
We chat to the woman behind one of Australia's newest brewing companies, Annabel Meagher of Himmel Hünd.
Mahyhem At Murray's
Murray's founding brewer, Graeme Mahy, returned to the NSW microbrewery from his native New Zealand to take on the head brewer role one more.
Festivals: Brewsvegas 2015
Brisbane's bar-led beer week, Brewsvegas, returns for a second celebration of all the great things going on in beer in Queensland's capital city.
The Craftiness Expandeth
The Crafty Pint's directory of Australian microbreweries and beer venues continues to expand. Here's the latest 12 new additions in case you missed them.
The Fifth Element
Former Riverside Brewing head brewer Dave Padden is back with a new venture. Look out for the first beers from Akasha soon.
Modern Day Hawkers
A new, state of the art brewery in Melbourne is set to release its first beers this month. Hawkers Beer is a joint venture between a pioneering Lebanese brewer and local chef.
Quietly Plotting
Having established their brand, the mates behind Quiet Deeds have invested in a serious brewery which is set to land in Melbourne this year.
A Touch Of Glass
Tiny Melbourne start up Cratfd Glass is looking to bring a touch of class to beer lovers' drinking with a range of sexy glassware.
Time To Rise!
The second Craft Beer Rising is approaching fast. Brewers, venues and beer lovers will celebrate local Australian beer across the country on February 28.
Shed's Dead, Baby!
Under new management and with a new direction and new beers, it's transformation time at Melbourne microbrewery Kooinda.
