New Fresh Worts

We are really excited across the company at the moment, as we have a new Commercial Brewer supplying us with Fresh Worts. Northern River Brewing is a Boutique brewery in Alstonville, in the beautiful hinterland behind Byron Bay.

If you have been lucky enough to try one of their commercial beers (found in 1st Choice bottle shops and discerning restaurants) you will know they make some great beers. I particularly liked their stout, which is very smooth and not too bitter (I am a bit of a whimp on bitter stouts!). Their Blonde Ale is a crisp, tasty summer session beer, the Pale Ale is a beer with bite, not ashamed of its hops! They do a dark ale, a light beer, and a Raspberry one as well.....

NR Brewing are now producing fresh worts for us in the Pale Ale and Blonde Ale flavours. We launched the worts at our Enoggera Store a couple of weeks ago to much acclaim and will be doing another launch at Chapel Hill on October 4 - with a special Hefeweizen to welcome in the Summer. I've tried some of their early experiments with this beer and it just keeps getting better and better. So keep an eye out for the event and our write-up of it.

Daniel's Big Trip

Hi all. Daniel, one of our younger staff members, has taken off overseas for a trip around the great beer sites of Europe. He will be stopping at the Oktoberfest very soon and will write about it. Daniel will also be visiting the Orval Monastry - one of the very original breweries, that gave rise to the great beers of Europe.

Daniel has been asked to conduct some serious research for us, and write about the various great beers he encounters along the way. Assuming Daniel can find the balance between sampling the beers (for scientific purposes) and writing coherently afterwards, he should have a few interesting stories to tell.

Stay tuned for Daniel's blog entries.