One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
So I’ve taken a week off after the completion of Cory’s Top 20. Hopefully someone will have discovered something new out of it, but regardless, it was a fun exercise for me. I’ll be back to writing about specific beers and breweries I discover and love from next Monday. But in the meantime, here’s a […]
Rank: #1 Location: Cambridge, TAS (Hobart) Favourite Beers: Puddlemaker Imperial Red, Dead Man’s Revenge Black IPA, Big Smelly Doona IPA Previous Blog Appearances: Puddle Maker, Last Rites Brewing Co And we’re finally here! Nineteen fantastic breweries (plus honourable mentions) down, and just one to go. So without further ado, my favourite brewery in all of […]
Rank: #2 Location: Canberra, ACT Favourite Beers: Crankshaft IPA, Cluster 8 IIPA, Sprocket IPA Previous Blog Appearances: Bent Spoke Brewing With just two breweries left on the countdown, we head back to the nation’s capital for Cory’s Top 20 – #2 Bent Spoke Brewing. Bent Spoke will be a familiar name to any Australian craft […]
Rank: #3 Location: Fremantle, WA Favourite Beers: Headliner IIPA, Harvest Red Ale, Woody Barrelson Imperial American Brown Previous Blog Appearances: Otherside Brewing, DDH Hazy IPA, Woody Barrelson We are now officially into the top 3 of the list. And for that, we return to Western Australia and Otherside Brewing. The one down side of Otherside […]
Rank: #4 Location: Port Adelaide, SA Favourite Beers: IIPA, Strata IPA, Mosaic IPA Previous Blog Appearances: IIPA We’re nearing the top of the list now as we return to South Australia. Cory’s Top 20 – #4 Pirate Life Brewing. This was another brewery that some might expect me to have even higher on the list. […]
Rank: #5 Location: Scottsdale, Tasmania Favourite Beers: Detonate IPA, Kumma Gutza IIPA, SMASH IPA Previous Blog Appearances: Detonate IPA, Kumma Gutza IIPA As we crack the top 5 of the countdown, we head back to Tasmania. But not to Hobart or Launceston, but to the small town of Scottsdale in the northeast of Tassie. Cory’s […]
Rank: #6 Location: Royal Park, SA (Adelaide) Favourite Beers: Californicator West Coast IPA, Golden Stout time Dessert Stout, Feelin’ Fine Oat Cream IPA Previous Blog Appearances: Big Shed Brewing Concern, Big Shed Brewing Concern – New Venue! For the next brewery on the list we go back to South Australia. Cory’s Top 20 – #6 […]
Rank: #7 Location: Camperdown, NSW (Sydney) Favourite Beers: Red IPA, El Capitan Hazy IIPA, Beach Yeti Sour Previous Blog Appearances: Wayward Brewing Our next brewery on the countdown comes from Sydney’s thriving Inner West brewing scene. Cory’s Top 20 – #7 Wayward Brewing. Honest upfront disclosure: I do have family that owns a stake in […]
Rank: #8 Location: Mona Vale, NSW (Sydney) Favourite Beers: Former Tenant Red IPA, Sonic Prayer IPA, MMXX Russian Imperial Stout Previous Blog Appearances: Former Tenant Red IPA Next on the list is one of the heavy hitters of Sydney’s craft beer scene. Cory’s Top 20 – #8 Modus Operandi Brewing. I know there will be […]
Rank: #9 Location: Carrum Downs, VIC (Melbourne) Favourite Beers: DIPA, The Raider Single Hop NEIPA, Shark Punch Tropical Aussie IPA Previous Blog Appearances: DIPA, Pickle Dan Reuben Rye Ale Number 9 on the list is surprisingly the first Victorian brewery as well. I may have overlooked a few down there, but we’re too deep into […]
