We love getting care packages, especially when the packages contain beer!

Todays package contains beer from up and coming Kiwi Brewery "Urbanaut". Although only 5 years old they have already gained plenty of attention here in Australia with their unique and highly original "Beer Blender" Series.

These beer though...are a different breed. Three expertly crafted, very boozy little cans of deliciousness. They can may be small but they are pocket rockets.

A special thanks to Urbanaut Brewery for providing us the opportunity to try these beer, and thanks once more to John in NZ for your help and support! 

Let's be honest, Christmas is an expensive time of the year. Between the endless presents for an ever expanding family or throwing money at wava after wave of Christmas parties there is barely enough cash left over for decent beer for yourself.

So braving the Black Friday crowds and diving deep into the bargain bins of the local bottle shop the Pouring Old Men may offer some tips on buying some cheap beers this year.

Or if things go tits up they might inadvertently convince you to spend more money on beer instead.

There has been a sudden rise the in the prominence of zero alcohol beer in the local market. Around Brisbane we are seeing brand names usually consigned only to the bottle shop shelves having prominence in the soft drinks isle at the local supermarket.

So with an open mind and an armful of good intentions, the Pouring Old Men take a bold step into the world of Alcohol Free Beer to see how it stacks up.

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Through chance and circumstance, Russ and Kris hit the road late one night to check out a certain bottle shop in the Brisbane suburb of Stafford, and we came back with some cracking beers to check out for the show.

This is a small selection of what we discovered on our late night beer adventure.

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Taking a detour from the usual run of beers we try, on this episode of the show we try a few Ginger Beers and see if this seemingly increasing market has something of interest to us.

Please note that the audio is a bit...iffy this week, we had issues with storms and technical hitches that required a bit of Macgyvering to get corrected, 

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There's been a flurry of Cold IPA releases of late which had us asking...what is a cold IPA anyway?
So we grabbed a couple of them to put them under the microscope a bit to better gain an understanding of the style.

We also take some time to talk about movies that need more love than they received and Russ starts acting a bit too much like an old man.

This week our hosts are not actually at the races and this episode has very little to do with Horses, far from it in fact. The title is just a lazy marketing ploy that we have used to get attention on Melbourne Cup Day. Fingers crossed it worked.

This week in between a few race day anecdotes we taste a couple of brand new releases that taste a lot like much older releases and one much older release that tastes nothing like anything that's come out recently.

Tuesday is here, so it is time once again to pour one out...with The Pouring Old Men.

This is the 50th Episode of the Pouring Old Men podcast, what a long slog it has to get here.

There's a lot going on in this one...some old beers return, a brand new beer style appers. There's some games, some deep discussion and for the entire length of the podcast you can hear the tranquil sounds of night time in South East Queensland.

Thank you to all the loyal listeners who have gotten us this far, without your support it wouldn't be possible.