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Woody Beers

From the outside looking in, the use of the stainless steel or aluminium keg has numerous advantages over the old wooden kegs. The metal kegs last much longer, you can move them easier, with not too much worry about dropping them, they are far easier to clean out and re-use, and the beers inside don’t pick up any flavours off the metal. The old style wooden kegs on the other hand, can be tricky. T...

Winter Warmers

Shorter daylight hours, needing to put socks on while I’m home, and even looking at getting old footy guernseys out for warmth….it all means that the Bledisloe is just around the corner! It also means that I can start trying to convince you to start cracking those bigger, fuller tasting beers. You know the ones I mean, the ones that you pour into a glass, and enjoy while out on your patio wi...

Fourex XXXX Bitter

We had mates stay with us over the weekend and between telling old stories, mostly full of lies, making fun of each other’s short comings, we watched Transformers 2, and to dull the disappointment I felt while watching it, I resorted to a few XXXX Bitters. I grew up watching Transformers, Macross and most other 80s cartoons (who remembers Marshall Bravestarr). I even owned an Optimus Prime and Sou...

White Rabbit Dark Ale

I’m not one that’s really up with all the new technology and whizz-bangery that’s out there now days. But I do know enough abbreviating for SMS to realise that OMG was in order when I first washed down the White Rabbit Dark Ale, this is a little beauty. White Rabbit Brewery is the latest addition to the Little Creatures empire, a brewer whose offerings I often find quite session-able. It’s located...

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