I love seeing a new beer on the shelf, particularly when it’s from a place I haven’t seen beer from before. Badlands Brewery is from Orange in NSW, a place I visited for the first time during my family road trip to Dubbo last year (you can read all about that trip here). This beer…
The first thing you notice about this can is it’s wonderful retro design. The white can with green writing looks like it should be drunk in the changing rooms of a 1970s cricket match. Then comes the ring pull… it’s been a long time since I’ve had a drink with the full peel off ring…
This premium Jack Ryan Irish whiskey is a 15 year old single malt which has been aged in bourbon barrels and then finished in sherry casks – Bourbon and Bodega – Bourdega! The Ryan family have long associations with Irish Whiskey going back to a time when they bottled their own Ryan’s Malt which they…
Our Whisky expert is at it again, here’s his latest review for your enjoyment! The Glengyle Distillery in the Campbeltown region of Scotland was founded in 1872, and closed in 1925. In late 2000 the company of Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd. was formed with the express purpose of renovating and rebuilding the Glengyle distillery. Over the…
Unlike many beer and wine drinkers, I’m not usually a sucker for a label based purchase. Nor does the story behind the beer or wine make me want to drink it any more than another option. But I have to admit that this theory went out of the window somewhat with the Norton Lager. You…
The BenRiach distillery sits in the heart of Scotland’s Speyside region, just 5km south of the coastal town of Elgin. Once owned by Glenlivet and used exclusively in their blends, it was bought by Master Distiller Billy Walker in 2004. The Cask Strength expression was released in early 2016, and is a combination of American…
As a rule, Australian craft gins are produced to a seriously high standard. That’s why it’s always a pleasure to find one that stands out from the crowd. Poltergeist is without doubt one of these gins. There are two versions, the ‘Unfiltered’ and the ‘True Spirit.’ Our preference is for this unfiltered. Because it hasn’t…
Remember when you had the coopers red sparkling Ale and you would roll the bottle before opening it to mix all the sediment from the bottom? Do people still do it? Well, if Dr Tim’s Traditional Alewas in a bottle you’d want to do it to this, in fact it is recommended that you do…
I love all Stone & Wood beers, I’ve visited the brewery, tried as many beers of their’s as possible and LOVED them all until now. My wife and I were so excited to see ‘The Gatherer’ had landed in our local bottle shop, so we raced down on Sunday afternoon to grab a couple of the…
We’re delighted to welcome David from World of Whisky in Sydney’s Double Bay to the Dads Stuff team. Over the next few weeks David will introduce us to some of the best whisky’s going around, then if you like the sounds of them, you can buy them from the World of Whisky website. His first offering…
