The past couple weeks have been very exciting for the team at Hop On Brewery Tours. After more than six years in operation, we decided to take the big step forward and enter into a few Australian awards this year, [...]
Why go on a brewery tour (instead of a pub crawl with your mates)? Recently we were informed in a post-tour review that our tours were “pricey”, which was a surprise to us because most feedback is that our offerings [...]
Recently we were contacted by a promotional company, OzStickerPrinting, about receiving free stickers in exchange for writing about them. Most of these requests get sent diretly to spam (or simply ignored) but the lure of free stickers was just too [...]
Discrimination and Diversity in Craft Beer The Beer Industry Diversity Survey, conducted by Beer Agents For Change, is a startling reflection on the industry we know and love. Working in the craft beer industry is amazing. There are perks like [...]
Rainy day? We've got you covered! The time of year has arrived when torrential downpours are the norm. After a year or so of being stuck indoors for a higher amount of time than usual, everyone is ready to get [...]
What do we mean when we market ourselves as the original and best brewery tour in SE Queensland? Registering our business in October, 2015, we had done our due diligence. We made sure we weren't stepping on anyone's toes and [...]
We've known about Hilltop Hops for a while now, and after seeing last year's hop harvest boasting visitors from a range of SE Queensland breweries, we knew we wanted to get in on the action. So this year we slid [...]
In the world of Australian craft beer, there were two large announcements in the second half of 2019, which sent tongues wagging and many independent craft beer supporters into meltdown. The first came in August, when it was announced that [...]
Unsure if the beer you're drinking is craft? The number of independent, small craft breweries in Australia - also called micro breweries or boutique breweries - has been growing steadily in the past few years. An ever-changing ebb-and-flow of openings [...]
If you’re new to the beer world or tend to buy your beer in tinnies (cans) or stubbies (bottles), “growler” may be a new term to you. In the simplest terms, growlers are large bottles, usually glass but sometimes plastic [...]
