Beer Radar for TWTW 15th Feb 2013
By John Krüger
For years us Adelaidians have had to come up with dodgy excuses about why we had to sneak off to Melbourne or New Zealand at certain times of the year. Always leaving for unexpected funerals for distant relatives at the same time every year. Of course it’s all for beer festivals. Great dude food and a heap of different craft beers to sample on a lazy afternoon has got to be one of the simple, yet often hard to find pleasures in life. Well Adelaide, ask and you shall receive. The determined staff at the Highway hotel has been herding cats for months trying to get co-operation to launch a local craft beer festival. Finally, General Manager of the Highway, Simon Adami has taken the bull by the horns and organised one anyway. You’ve got to love that kind of attitude. He’s had a steep (and probably very enjoyable) learning curve with craft beer in the last 12 months, and their bottle shop has had a 145% increase in craft beer sales during the same time. Their wall of craft beer (with over 150 lines) has developed into one of the major beer destinations in Adelaide. It’s looking like the outdoor event will host over 20 micro-breweries, that will be showcasing their tasty wares over 2 days of pure beer joy on March 16 and 17. More details at www.thehighway.com.au