The GABS Beer, Cider and Food Festival, aka GABS, is taking dancing on the bar to a whole new level. Last year the team put an indoor Ferris Wheel inside the Royal Exhibition Centre. This year Ferris Wheel is back…
La Sirene’s Good Beer Week event Uptown Funk was a funky beer tour of La Sirene ales artfully paired with L’Artisan cheese, including cheeses washed in La Sirene’s own saisons and sours. To top it off, hosts Boilermaker House paired…
With 270 events on offer, there are amazing experiences happening every day in Melbourne during Good Beer Week. However, considering the scale of the festival, it’s also a given that some great events will fly under the radar. Case in…
Combining a little bit of history, a healthy dose of experimentation, and lots of tasty beer, Clay Time at The Craft event proved a cracking start to my 2017 Good Beer Week experience. The event saw Collingwood’s Craft & Co….
One of the best things about Good Beer Week is the one-of-a-kind experiences on offer. Case in point: The Garage Project Lab. For one night only, New Zealand brewery Garage Project converted Forester’s Hall into a beer science fair. Considering…
Good Beer Week is off and running! On opening weekend we dropped into Carwyn Cellars for an American masterclass with Deschutes Brewery. Leading the tasting was none other than Assistant Brewmaster, Ryan Schmiege from Bend Oregon. The US brewery started…
Melbourne has truly established itself as Australia’s food and drink capital. This autumn the city was the first outside of New York and London to host The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, and then the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards followed…
As both a craft beer obsessive and food lover, I can safely say I’ve eaten and sipped some pretty clever things. But while I’ve enjoyed plenty of dishes crafted from beer, I’d never tried (or even heard of) food being…
Food paradise Melbourne turns into the seventh level of heaven during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. Running 31 March to 9 April 2017, there’s something for everyone: express lunches for the CBD workers, nighttime cocktail excursions, all-day free festivals, and…
Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris, Neo vs. Agent Smith or Sean Archer vs. Castor Troy are just a few of the famous face-off battles of our times. These great movie moments had nothing on the beer-pouring, cat-calling brewers out for…