The Malthouse Blog
IPA - A beer of great character
Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:21

One of the most common questions asked at craft beer tastings is “what is an IPA?”  Beer writer Pete Brown provides a one sentence answer – “India Pale Ale was a beer style created especially for the British Raj in India”. 

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In praise of pilsner
Friday, 23 September 2011 13:03

The first pilsner beers were sold on 11 November 1842 at the Martinmas Fair [1] in the Czech town of Pilsen. 

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Bad Manners and Good Beer
Friday, 16 September 2011 13:00

Veteran Aussie rugby writer Greg Growden created a furore in New Zealand by suggesting in his Sydney Morning Herald column that a Kiwi Minister of the Crown had behaved appallingly at the Australia-Italy game in North Shore stadium. 

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Feral Monks, Fuggles and Footy
Sunday, 11 September 2011 15:38

For many years, Western Australia had the unenviable reputation of being a craft beer desert really.  The big brewers were oppressively omnipresent there until the Anchor Brewery (snuggled inside the Sail and Anchor pub) first challenged their dominance. 

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Little Creatures of Love
Thursday, 01 September 2011 21:23

Brewing yeast - saccharomyces cerevisiae - is the best micro-organism ever. It is almost certainly humanity’s favourite micro-organism too, having been used to make bread and beer since ancient times. 

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Ironic Cock and Bull
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:45

A “Cock and Bull Story” is defined variously as “a fanciful and unbelievable tale” or “an interesting but highly implausible story.”  Modern examples would certainly include Eddie Murphy

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