Welcome to Oliver and Geoff's homebrewandbeer.com. Our site is about making and enjoying beer.
Beer is an often-maligned beverage. But it's bad or uninspiring beer that's given beer in general its bad name. In some countries, most beers are watery, unchallenging and bland. But in many places, luscious brews full of character have survived and are as popular as ever. Elsewhere, beer drinkers who had been given little choice in beer for decades are discovering what real beer is. Many smaller breweries that survived for years by making niche beers are booming, and brewpubs and microbreweries are producing beer that is made to be enjoyed.
Many people, in their search for good beer, have turned to homebrewing. It's easy to make a beer that is better than commercial brews in many parts of the world. Others homebrew simply because it is cheap.
Whatever your interest in beer, join us and share the joy.
Latest additions
On September 2, 2010, updated the register of Australian Breweries.
On January 10, 2010, we added:
- Updates to Australian Breweries.
- More information from visitors about the origin of the term “dead marines” to the Dead Marine Project.
- Visitor contributions about John Abbott to the Shity Steinlarger Project.
On January 9, 2010, we added Oliver's No.57 Coopers Mexican Cerveza, No.58 American Pale Ale, No.59 Coopers Pale Ale and No.60 Coopers Draught to Our Homebrews.
On December 31, 2009, we posted an update of Oliver's homebrew catalogue. The state of his homebrew stocks is truly sad.
On December 24, 2009, we added:
- Some pictures of Oliver's bottle rinser to the Equipment section.
- Geoff's homebrews No.131 Geoff's IPA, No.132 Geoff's San Fran Lager, No.133 Two Plank Stout, No.134 TL's Oktoberfest and No.135 Brewcraft Chimay Blue to the Our Homebrews section.
On December 23, 2009, we added tasting notes of Bridge Road Chevalier Hefeweizen Dunkel, Holgate Double Trouble, Bridge Road Beechworth Bling India Pale Ale, Bridge Road Beechworth Pale Ale, Coldstream Pilsner, Holgate Christmas Beer, Holgate Temptress Chocolate Porter, Lobethal Brewery India Pale Al, Lobethal Brewery Red Truck Porter, Malt Shovel Mad Brewers Raspberry Wheat Beer, Lobethal Brewery Bohemian Philsner, Bridge Road Beechworth Robust Porter, Bright Blowhard Pale Ale, Bridge Road Beechworth Bavarian Wheat Beer, Bright Hellfire Amber Ale, Buffalo Lager, Bright Staircase Porter, Bright Razor Witbier, Lobethal Hefeweizen, James Squire Sundown Lager, Buffalo Wheat Beer, Bintara Pale Ale, Bintara Black Beer, Coldstream Special Bitter and Bridge Road Beechworth Celtic Red Ale to the Reviews page. We also added re-tasting notes for Buffalo Sout, Buffalo Dark Ale and Bridge Road Beechworth Australian Ale
On December 22, 2009, we added to and updated the about homebrewandbeer.com section.
On Novmber 1, 2009, we added tasting notes of Zywiec, Wicked Elf Pilsner, Wicked Elf Pale Ale, Obolon Premium, Okocim Beer, Obolon Lager, Moo Brew Dark Ale, Maudite, Malt Shovel Abbey Ale, Karlovacko, Emerson's London Porter and Ekstra to the Reviews page.
Also on Novmber 1, 2009, we posted Geoff's updated homebrew catalogue.
On April 9, 2009, we posted 19 contributions from visitors to the The Dead Marine Project.
On January 19, 2009, we posted Oliver and Marcelle's Victorian Microbrewery Tour.
On January 15, 2009, we posted Geoff's updated homebrew catalogue.
Homebrew and beer forum
Join our forum to discuss beer, homebrew, sport and life in general. With sections to exchange recipes, tip off members about bargains, exchange hints and ideas and lots more, it's a great community to become involved in. Non-members can browse posts.
The Millennium Ale Project
One hundred beers for 100 years. Find out more, read the recipe, see
pictures of the brewing and bottling, and read the tasting notes for the Millennium Ale.
Geoff's Grand Ridge Brewery Haiku Project
Geoff's reviews of the beers of Australia's Grand Ridge Brewery in haiku, the 17-syllable poetry of Japan. He cast aside the ranking of beers according to numerical scales, stars and other forms of lineal grading. Read his haiku here.
The Dead Marine Project
Why are empty beer bottles called “dead marines”? Discover here how our curiousity was aroused and read suggestions from visitors to our site.
The Shity Steinlarger Project
We always like to receive feedback about our site, so we were
particularly chuffed when this email (we've deleted the F-words)
arrived in our inbox from John
Abbott:
“Mate ya sites shit!!! It sucks ass Aussie beer like Carlton cold is
better than ya f***in shity steinlarger! GROW SO BALLS YA F***IN WEAK
PIECE OF SHIT!!!!”
If you've got any thoughts on John's constructive comments, please let us know. Or better still, why don't you drop John a line? Also, read the emails on the subject from our visitors.
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