The great debate of craft beer vs. manufactured beer has raged on for the good part of four years or since One Fifty Lashes was released into the market in 2011. Once upon a time, pubs and bottle-os only stocked the great goodness of tins red, gold and blue and bottles with unique caps containing questions that will forever remain unanswered. Next came the lure of exotic imports and beers with a fourth ingredient.
The friendly banter between Australia and New Zealand has been going on for years now. Whether you say “G’day mate” or “Sup cuz?”, or if you’re bickering over who’s better at rugby or has the prettier countryside (on that note, let’s not even get into the sheep jokes…), you’ve heard all this before.
Craft beer is taking off in Adelaide in a big way, and the folks at The Highway Hotel are well and truly aware of this. In fact, they’re embracing it with their upcoming Battle of the Beers. Customers have also become more picky about what wines are on offer and where they’re made, a trend which The Highway have made it their mission to have their staff know every little detail about their wines.
Recently I had two separate drinking experiences of similar intensity but with different results. One morning after, I could not get out of bed as I felt nauseous and had a bad headache. The other morning after I felt a little tired (which can be contributed to the late night) and exhausted but nothing major.
A brewery is a place where beers are brewed. That’s right, they did not just fall from the heavens. They’re a great place to try a few different beers and also to learn about your favourite drop.
Engineers turned beer brewers Patrick Alè and David Milstein founded Red Island Group in 2003 when they were only 23 years old. After ten years of developing the business, their brew Quiet Deeds has made a buzz in the craft beer scene, and is growing a wider audience all the time.
If Victoria’s beer of choice is VB and Queensland’s is XXXX, then surely a craft beer will be a contender to become South Australia’s favourite beer. Craft beer is becoming vastly popular within Adelaide‘s bar culture, so much so that The Highway Hotel will soon be holding their first beer tasting festival with twenty breweries putting their precious lager out for the local beer enthusiasts arguing over which one’s the best.