Beer: Slabs, Stubbies and Six-Packs

Ben Canaider and Greg Duncan Powell write and talk about drinking for a living.

Their ramblings often include beer. But they don't just write about it, they drink it as well: as a social lubricant, to stave of death by thirst, and just because they feel like it.

As drinks critics, they're not afraid to separate the pretenders from the real deal. In writing this beer guide they have combined their strict professionalism with their undisciplined enjoyment of sinking back a cold one.

You may have also recently seen them in their wine segment on Channel 7's Surprise Chef or picked up their annual wine guide, 'Drink Drank Drunk', which returns this October.

Beer: Slabs Stubbies and Six-packs is Australia's premium guide to local and imported beers - the good, the bad and the ugly. More than 100 of them.

But enough of all this because it's beer o'clock ...

Ben Canaider is a Melbourne-based lifestyle journalist who writes about alcoholic beverages for ABC'S DELICIOUS Magazine and THE AGE. He co-authors 'Beer, Slabs, Stubbies and Six Packs: A Tasting Guide' and 'Drink Drank Drunk' , an annual guide to the best 150 wines in Australia. His favourite beer is Coopers Original Pale Ale.

Greg Duncan Powell lives in a remote part of south-coast New South Wales. He is the Drinks Editor for VOGUE ENTERTAINING AND TRAVEL, AUSTRALIAN TABLE magazine and several leading beer journals. He co-authors 'Beer, Slabs, Stubbies and Six Packs: A Tasting Guide' and 'Drink Drank Drunk' , an annual guide to the best 150 wines in Australia. His favourite Beer is Pilsner Urquell, but this changes monthly on a whim.

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*The legal age for alcohol in Australia is 18*