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 March 10, 2008, we added:
- The tasting notes and photos of the 2007 tasting of the Millennium Ale Project.
- A review of Bar Harbor Real Ale that we had misplaced to Oliver and Marcelle's US and Caribbean Beer Adventure in the Bits and Pieces section.
On January 18, 2008, we added reviews of 3 Ravens Black, 3 Ravens Blond, 3 Ravens Bronze, 3 Ravens Dark Smoke Beer, 3 Ravens White, Barons Black Wattle Superior, Barons Lemon Myrtle Witbier, Beechworth Brewers Saison, Boags Wizard Smith's Ale, Brewers' Pure Malt Ale, Matilda Bay Crema, Miller Chill, Pepperjack Ale, Charlotte's Hefeweizen, Crackenback Pale Ale and Razorback Red Ale to the Reviews page.
On January 4, 2008, we made a major update to ourHomebrew and beer forum. There are now many new and improved features that will mean finding out about making beer, drinking beer and a host of other topics is now easier and quicker.
On December 23, 2007, we added three new pictures to the Beer images page.
Also on December 23, 2007, we added recipes and/or tasting notes for Geoff's No.124 Adam's Vintage Ale Revisited, No.125 Munton's Irish Stout, No.126 Black Rock Nut Brown Ale, No.127 James Squire India Pale Ale, No.128 Little Creatures Pale Ale, No.129 Malt Shovel Summer Wheat Beer and No.130 Mountmellick Irish Cream Ale to Our Homebrews.
On December 21, 2007, we added reviews of Gage Roads Pure Malt Lager, Knappstein Reserve Lager, Sinha Stout, Coopers Vintage Ale 2007 (batch 6), Gage Roads India Pale Ale, Cascade First Harvest Ale 2007, Coopers Premium Lager, Bee Sting Honey Wheat Beer, Holgate Mt Macedon Ale, Holgate Old Pale Ale, Holgate Pilsner, VB Original Ale, Holgate ESB, O’Brien Pale Ale, Gage Road Pils, Hunter Draught, Buckley's Dark Bock and Buckley's Nuptialz to the Reviews page.
On December 18, 2007, we added Oliver and Marcelle's US and Caribbean Beer Adventure to the Bits and Pieces section. This is a collection of pictures and tastings of beers during a recent visit to the US, West Indies and Mexico. Mmmmm … Beer.
On December 7, 2007, we added some more long-lost tasting notes to the Reviews page, this time for Cascade Amber Ale, Lucky Beer, Monteith's Dry Kilned Celtic Red Beer (retasting) and Beechworth Brewers Australian Ale.
On December 4, 2007, we added some long-lost tasting notes from the 2005 bottle of the Millennium Ale Project.
On December 2, 2007, we added long-lost and recently rediscovered reviews of Bondi Blonde, Hearty Black, James Squire Rum Rebellion Porter, Little Creatures Bright Ale, Little Creatures Pilsner, Monteith's Lively Pilsner Beer, Monteith's Original Ale, Monteith's Zesty Radler Bier, Monteith's Rich Celtic Beer, Monteith's Golden Lager, Moo Brew Pale Ale, Moo Brew Wheat Beer, Red Duck Unfiltered Porter, Tooheys New, Tooheys Red Bitter, Cooper's Vintage Ale batch 5 (2004), Erdinger Weissbier, Trumer Pils, Carlsberg Beer, Brok Sambor Export, Tuborg Pilsner Beer, Dreher Classic, First Harvest Ale 2005, San Miguel Pale Pilsner and Holsten Premium to the Reviews page.
Homebrew and beer forum
Join our forum to discuss beer, homebrew, sport and life in general. With sections to exchange recipes, tip off members about bargains, exchange hints and ideas and lots more, it's a great community to become involved in. Non-members can browse posts.
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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