Welcome to Oliver and Geoff's homebrewandbeer.com. Our site is about making and enjoying beer.
Beer is an often-maligned beverage. But it's bad or uninspiring beer that's given beer in general its bad name. In some countries, most beers are watery, unchallenging and bland. But in many places, luscious brews full of character have survived and are as popular as ever. Elsewhere, beer drinkers who had been given little choice in beer for decades are discovering what real beer is. Many smaller breweries that survived for years by making niche beers are booming, and brewpubs and microbreweries are producing beer that is made to be enjoyed.
Many people, in their search for good beer, have turned to homebrewing. It's easy to make a beer that is better than commercial brews in many parts of the world. Others homebrew simply because it is cheap.
Whatever your interest in beer, join us and share the joy.
Latest additions
On January 30, 2011, we added:
- Updates to Australian Breweries.
- More information from visitors about the origin of the term “dead marines” to the Dead Marine Project.
On December 21, 2010, we added tasting notes of Beard and Brau Bon Chiens, Beard and Brau Golden Paw Pale Ale, Beard and Brau Red Tail, Bootleg Oatmeal Stout, Boston's Mill Pale Ale, Epic Pale Ale, Hargreaves Hill, Extra Special Bitter, Hargreaves Hill Stout, Hawthorn Amber Ale, Hawthorn Pilsner, Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale, Kooinda Pale Ale, Moo Brew Imperial Stout Vintage 2009, Mountain Goat Rare Breed India Pale Ale, Stone & Wood Stone Beer and White Rabbit White Ale to the Reviews page.
This takes the number of reviewed beers to 292 since 2001.
On December 12, 2010, we added tasting notes of the 2010 bottle of the Millennium Ale.
On December 2, 2010, we upgraded the homebrew and beer
forum. We also fixed some performance issues with the forum, added several new sections and enabled quick reply for messages. Details of the upgrade and changes can be found here.
On November 21, 2010, we finally added tasting notes of the 2008 and 2009 bottles of the Millennium Ale.
On November 21, 2010, we added tasting notes of Carlton Pure Blond, Coopers 62 Pilsner, Coopers Vintage Ale 2009, Floreffe Biere D'Abbaye, Holgate Hopinator Double IPA, Matilda Bay Fat Yak, Matilda Bay Sebastian Reserve, Mountain Goat Steam Ale, Prickly Moses Otway Pilsner, Prickly Moses Otway Stout, Prickly Moses Red Ale, Prickly Moses Summer Ale, Prickly Moses Wheat Beer, Red Angus Pilsner, Red Hill Christmas Ale and Red Oak Christmas Cheer to the Reviews page.
This takes the number of reviewed beers to 276 since 2001.
On November 14, 2010, we updated Oliver's homebrew catalogue and Geoff's homebrew catalogue. Between us we are down to 40 bottles of homebrew. What a disgrace.
On September 2, 2010, we updated the register of Australian Breweries.
On January 10, 2010, we added:
- Updates to Australian Breweries.
- More information from visitors about the origin of the term “dead marines” to the Dead Marine Project.
- Visitor contributions about John Abbott to the Shity Steinlarger Project.
On January 9, 2010, we added Oliver's No.57 Coopers Mexican Cerveza, No.58 American Pale Ale, No.59 Coopers Pale Ale and No.60 Coopers Draught to Our Homebrews.
On December 24, 2009, we added:
- Some pictures of Oliver's bottle rinser to the Equipment section.
- Geoff's homebrews No.131 Geoff's IPA, No.132 Geoff's San Fran Lager, No.133 Two Plank Stout, No.134 TL's Oktoberfest and No.135 Brewcraft Chimay Blue to the Our Homebrews section.
Merry Christmas and happy new year
If you're one of the thousands of people who got a homebrewing kit for Christmas but don't quite know where to start, head to our forum. There you'll find out the brewing basics, read up on recipes and discover the secrets of making beer like a pro.
The Millennium Ale Project
One hundred beers for 100 years. Find out more, read the recipe, see
pictures of the brewing and bottling, and read the tasting notes for the Millennium Ale.
Geoff's Grand Ridge Brewery Haiku Project
Geoff's reviews of the beers of Australia's Grand Ridge Brewery in haiku, the 17-syllable poetry of Japan. He cast aside the ranking of beers according to numerical scales, stars and other forms of lineal grading. Read his haiku here.
The Dead Marine Project
Why are empty beer bottles called “dead marines”? Discover here how our curiousity was aroused and read suggestions from visitors to our site.
The Shity Steinlarger Project
We always like to receive feedback about our site, so we were
particularly chuffed when this email (we've deleted the F-words)
arrived in our inbox from John
Abbott:
“Mate ya sites shit!!! It sucks ass Aussie beer like Carlton cold is
better than ya f***in shity steinlarger! GROW SO BALLS YA F***IN WEAK
PIECE OF SHIT!!!!”
If you've got any thoughts on John's constructive comments, please let us know. Or better still, why don't you drop John a line? Also, read the emails on the subject from our visitors.
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