WTF is Chlorophenol?

30 January 2014 by Liam

Have you ever tried a beer that smells medicinal and tastes like band-aids? A run through my Untappd check-ins reveals four beers I’ve had with a flavour profile like a bandage: The infamous Golden Gun Smoked Ale Mad Brewers’ Wee Highlander Southern Bay Brewing Le Petite Tronc Avec Peche Yandina Brewing Goofy Foot Bitter Ale At first, I thought there was something wrong with me. Like many unconventional flavours you encounter when exploring the wider beer world, I thought that getting […]

Categories: WTF is... • Tags: bad beer, brewing, chlorophenols, craft beer, wtf

Brew Day at Bacchus

8 November 2013 by AM Benstead

Forget Cup Day. Tuesday 5 November, 2013 will henceforth be remembered as the culmination of all my stars aligning and the [beer] gods smiling favourably down upon me: I took a day off from work to brew beer. And, at Bacchus Brewing Co. in Capalaba, Queensland no less. No doubt you might’ve seen the furore on social media already, which can be accredited to the excitement of the six Brisbane-based beer bloggers who are taking part in the project. Here’s […]

Categories: Events & Festivals • Tags: Bacchus, brewing, craft beer

5 Things I Want From Beer

28 August 2013 by Liam

You may have noticed more reviews than normal in the last couple of weeks. I feel I need to clear out my beer cellar while the beer world has gone a bit quiet. Ammo and I haven’t got many activities planned which extend beyond Sunday afternoon at the pub, partly because ammo is settling into life in Brizneyland and I’m looking for a new HQ for Drunken Speculation. So, for now, the beery discourse is a bit more mundane. On the […]

Categories: Drunken Speculation • Tags: beer, brewing, craft beer