by Anne Majumdar
Sydney Craft Beer Week is coming soon and there's no better location for it. Balmy days in the city are all about blowing the froth off a couple of schooners in the nearest beer garden.
Rather than settling for the average mass-produced lager, a small group of craft brewers are shaking things up with the use of traditional techniques.
“Beer itself is a lot more interesting than people give it credit for,” said event director Joel Connolly.
He's set to prove it at Sydney Craft Beer Week with a program of more than 60 events across 32 venues from October 20 to 28.
Punters used to commercial beer will be surprised by unusual concoctions, such as barley wine aged on oak for three years, or wit beer spiced with coriander and orange peel.
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