Posted: October 4, 2018
By Dion Clark. My in-laws live on the northern beaches of Cairns, so we visit there regularly. Now, it’s lovely there and everything, but there’s always been a distinct lack of breweries. Until now. The in-laws had often mentioned that an old friend of theirs “Terry” was also a homebrewer. A couple of times off-handedly …
Posted: June 23, 2018
In this golden age of brewing, we think it’s worth keeping a list of all the new breweries in our city and surrounds. This is a work in progress. Please comment below for recommendations, new breweries, or any information that you would like to add. What’s included? All breweries with a bar, or somewhere you …
Posted: May 1, 2018
By Tony van der Linden Do you like IPA? Of course you do. How about cheese? I do. What about Imperial Stout. Yes again. “How much?” you ask. A lot. So I was pretty stoked when I skimmed through the Brewsvegas program online to see all of these boxes ticked. After dithering about going to …
Posted: April 30, 2018
By Dion Clark Newstead put on a pretty great little party last week for the launch of Fresh Eleanor, a wet hopped beer with 100% fresh Galaxy. Held at the main brewery in Milton, affectionately and efficiently known as Milstead. There was a tasting paddle of other’s fresh hop releases, a tour of the brewery, …
Posted: January 22, 2018
By Nick Holt. Back in 2015 I met this guy Scott at the Embassy during their annual homebrew comp. He was one of the other homebrewers so naturally we started chatting. He mentioned he was in the process of starting a brewery in West End and that it was going to be an environmentally friendly …
Posted: September 30, 2017
By Anthony “Ziggo” Zigenbine. While everyone else was at the QABC judging QLD’s best homebrew, I was down the Gold Coast (finally) checking out Black Hops. After reading through Operation Brewery and seeing the effort that went into its setup, I was keen to check out the brewery in person. The venue itself is a …
