It wasn’t that long ago that buying a beer in a pub was a simple choice – VB or Tooheys New (XXXX was only for the adventurous).

But since the explosion of craft brewing, we’re now dazzled by a blinding array of options.

This week Murdo Mac spoke to International Craft Beer judge and Grainfed Brewing entrepreneur, Lachlan McBean for Newcastle in the Morning about craft brewing and how a simple beer drinker goes about making a choice of what to drink.


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