Upcoming Events

Ahead of the opening of their new brewery and venue in Geelong, we joined the Blackman's team for a brewery tour, Q&A and tasting of some of their hoppiest beers with Cabalistas.

We filmed the Q&A and tasting (although had to chop the first 90 seconds as I forgot to plug the mixer back in...) and you can check it out below.

It covers the family-run brewery's history as well as their beers and looks at what they've got planned for the future too.

VIEW STREAM HERE

We're pretty bloody lucky at The Crafty Pint in that we're able to call heaps of amazing people from the beer world our mates.

And two of the best of our mates are Nic Sandery of Molly Rose and Tom Delmont of Fixation.

They agreed to brew our Crafty Cabal relaunch beer, Disco Monks From Outer Space, and joined us for a streamed event to chat about it, their breweries, and whatever else we could think of on the evening of December 15.

VIEW STREAM HERE

On the back of the launch of Eclipse, a new hop from Hop Products Australia, we invited them and Akasha to join us for our third online event for Crafty Cabal members.

It was an evening that was both informative and entertaining, taking in all things hops – breeding, selecting, growing – and brewing with them, plus Akasha's rebrand, their story, and much more besides. You can catch up on it now.

VIEW STREAM HERE

Rocky Ridge rose to prominence in a hurry in WA and have never looked back.

On October 17, they launched one of their most limited of annual releases – the Devine Goodtimes Barrel-Aged Brett Saison – and we had a chat with brewery founder Hamish, team members Liam and Ricky plus beer collaborator / Crafty writer Guy Southern from Goodtimes Craft Beer and Black from deVine Cellars.

If you want to learn more about the beer, the brewery and more besides, check out the show:

WATCH HERE

We kicked off our regular online events for Cabal members with 3 Ravens' head brewer Brendan O'Sullivan.

The chat was centred around their Solera Stock Ale 2020, which is inspired by the Solera method and the centuries old brewing tradition of “Keeping Ale” and is set to be released to the public around Christmas.

First brewed in 2011 and stored in French oak wine barrels, the beer blends various vintages of barleywine to create characteristics reminiscent of sake or fortified wine.

check out the livestream here

We're making a dash for it...

Yes, we're trusting hotel quarantine will work well enough for the team at Crafty Towers to make it across the border to ACT for the beer festival in March and figured we should put on something extra for Cabal members while there.

So we're inviting any Cabalistas who can make it along to join us at Capital's Fyshwick brewery home on the evening of March 19 for a behind-the-scenes tour before joining the brewery team and Crafty crew for dinner and beers.

It's a rare, money-can't-buy chance to get up close with the legends who've helped put ACT well and truly on the beer map in Australia.

In fact, it's so money-can't-buy it's free. We'll bring along some goodies and, who knows, there might be the odd special guest too...

Blackman's Brewery have enjoyed great success since opening their brewpub in Torquay, winning major trophies, opening a burger bar in nearby Ocean Grove, and, most recently, announcing a new production brewery in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong.

They make fantastic beers in an array of styles, but their IPAs have frequently caught the eye, not least in the Same Day and Needs More... series.

So we've decided to celebrate their hoppy side with a twin-pronged event for Cabal members.

On March 31, you can join us at the Grovedale brewery for a tour with the team. Or, if you're elsewhere in Australia, you can beam us into your home from the brewery for a streamed Q&A and guided tasting.

The tasting will be based around the following:

• Needs More Amarillo IPA (NEW)
• Needs More Mosaic IPA (NEW)
• Reginald IPA
• Mervyn Pale Ale
• Juicy Banger IPL
• Ernie Tropical Hazy

Members can opt to attend the brewery and pick up the beers (and a stubby holder) on the evening, or pre-order the beers and stubby holder to be delivered ahead of the stream.

To celebrate the relaunch of The Crafty Cabal, we made a beer with Fixation and Molly Rose: Disco Monks From Outer Space – a Cosmic Farmhouse IPA.

Just 100 litres made it into kegs and we're tapping one at Molly Rose's brewpub on November 25.

The venue is opening on the night for Cabal members only from 6.30pm. You'll get a free taste of the beer on arrival and Molly Rose will be offering a special deal on the night for takeaway beers.

To celebrate the relaunch of The Crafty Cabal, we made a beer with Fixation and Molly Rose: Disco Monks From Outer Space – a Cosmic Farmhouse IPA.

Just 100 litres made it into kegs and we're tapping the first one at Fixation's Incubator on November 18.

The venue is opening on the night for Cabal members only from 6.30pm. You'll get a free taste of the beer on arrival and the Fixation crew are offering a special deal on the night for takeaway beers.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, spaces are very limited so please only book a spot if you're definitely able to come.

If you are able to coordinate groups (up to ten) with fellow members and let us know at crafty@craftypint.com that would be amazingly helpful for the Incubator crew.

Also, if it looks like there will still be space early next week, we'll shoot out an email offering spots for plus ones on a first in, best dressed basis.

UPDATE (13/11): We've hit full allocation, but I'm heading into the Incubator today to see if we can extend this at all. If not, there's still a few spots at Molly Rose.

The original Carwyn Collaborational had to be scrapped due to the nationwide shutdown and the ongoing situation in Melbourne means a physical event still isn't possible for the new date in October.

So the inventive folks at Carwyn Cellars are taking it online so you can take part at home.

You can read more about it here and, if you didn't already have a ticket and thus qualify for a beer box, you can save $5 if you buy a ticket in the pre-sale.

Once tickets are on sale, simply head to the festival website and tap the button below to reveal your discount code. The pre-sale lasts 48 hours from September 2.

NB Don't share the code around, however, as the Carwyn team may ask us to check the emails of those using the code to ensure they're members.