resources/LINKS
Some great beer websites
Homebrew
- RBI
- Geoff's take on this site: “Fair dinkum, the bloke’s a bloody genius. Check out in particular the hydraulic boiler liftovator and his wort chiller!” Australia is a bloody big place.
Oliver and Geoff are based around Melbourne, in the country's east. On the other side of the continent, Perth to be precise, are a couple of blokes who describe themselves as “kit and adjunct brewers” but who seem to be better known as “piss heads”. Simon and Paul have put together a ripper of a beer page with some top recipes, tips and photos. These blokes have also created some excellent inventions, particularly the “brewing stool”. The beer page is part of a site maintained by Simon and his partner Fleur, which also has a lot of stuff on it about great danes and Barbie dolls. Highly recommended. Also check out the bar
- How to Brew
- An online brewing book.
- The About Network
- Home brewing and beer information.
- Brew Your Own
- An online homebrewing magazine. Unfortunately it requires a subscription, but some parts of the site are free.
- Brewing Techniques
- This site has now ceased publication, but is a great source of information about all aspects of brewing, including formulating recipes, ingredients, equipment and styles.
Beer
- www.microbrewing.com.au
- A site that aims to educate Australians about beer and the Australian microbrewing industry, and as a result grow the fledgling industry. The site includes industry news such as associations, notice board, jobs available and merchandise.
- beer-pages.com
- An online magazine dedicated to real beer. “Our main focus is bottled beers: bottle-conditioned ales, world beers and anything that catches our attention as a distinctive "real beer".” Well known beer writer Roger Protz is contributing editor. Wine writer Tom Cannavan began the site after discovering the joy that beer offers.
- Eric's Beer Page
- An excellent beer resource, including an extensive listing of brewpubs, mainly in the US.
- Beertown
- US Association of Brewers site. A good resource, mainly for its huge list of breweries, large and small, from around the world.
- Michael Jackson: The Beer Hunter
- The world-renowned Beer Hunter has a wealth of information about his favorite subject on this site. Submit a question to Michael, read his tasting notes, find out about beer culture, send a beer postcard to a friend and find out where you can meet the great man.
- The Real Beer Page
- What this site proclaims isn't far from the truth: “Everything you could ever want to know about beer, brewpubs, microbreweries, homebrewing, and the beer industry is here! We have over 150,000 pages about beer, searchable brewery and pub databases, beer festival and homebrew event calendars, and news about beer.” Some of the other sites we have listed here are part of the Real Beer Page.
- Cooper's Pubs
- Another great beer bloke. This site is Cooper's Brewery, which produces “some of the finest natural beers in the world”. A great site, with tasting notes about the Cooper's range. articles about the brewery, its homebrew range and a host of other bits and pieces about Cooper's. It's also a great reference source if you want to know where to get a Cooper's on tap in Adelaide, South Australia, the home of the brewery; the site includes a comprehensive list of the pubs that serve these magnificent beers on tap and which beer they carry.
- 101 Beer Links
- You guessed it: 101 beer links!
- Boomerang Beer Lover's Webring
- Links to dozens of beer-related sites.
- Trash.net's Virtual Beer Server
- Hundreds of beer reviews from around the globe.
- The Great Aussie Beer Page
- Informing the world that Australian beers aren't just bland lagers.
- The New Zealand Brewer's Network
- A good site detailing the latest brewing news from New Zealand, including information about imported beers.
- Stephen Beaumont's World of Beer
- A good, up-to-date site about commercially-brewed beer.
- Sparging
- A newsletter related to the Real Beer Page about beer and brewing developments in Australia and New Zealand.
- Protz on beer
- Roger Protz is a prolific beer writer and gives Michael Jackson a run for his money for the title of the beer guru.
- AustralianBeers.com
- Judge for yourself whether this is “your guide to Australian beer, pubs and culture”.
- Beershots
- An interesting site of beers from around the world viewed under an electron microscope.
- Campaign for Real Ale
- The movement to save Britain's brewing heritage: the real ale.
- Australian International Beer Awards
- Held every May in Melbourne, Australia. If you're around, the dinner is open to the public.
- KBs Beer Bottle Collection
- Post a comment about almost 1800 beers from around the world and find out what others think about your favorites.
Pubs
- Melbourne Pubs
- Find a pub in Melbourne, Australia
Products
- Sabco Industries
- Commercial and homebrew keg supplier. Check out their universal kettle, which looks like heaven for a homebrewer. Do everything in it: mash, sparge, boil, ferment!
- Brew Mall
- Buy anything to do with beer over the Net: homebrewing and beer books, clothes, magazines, glasses and other paraphernalia.
- Beer Lovers Australia
- For years wine lovers have been able to have wine delivered to their door, now it's our turn. Beers (only preservative-free, of course) from nine of Australia's small breweries and brew pubs are available. The much-awarded Grand Ridge Brewery in Victoria is one of the participants.
- Spartanburg Stainless Products
- If you live in the States, this company has a great-looking range of vessels for brewing.
