Your good taste in beer news

It is back as usual but there is a new twist to the 2019 Fremantle BeerFest - WA premier brewery festival.

There is another side to Otherside. The WA brewery has strengthened its support for creatives by becoming the Art Gallery's official beer supplier.

The biggest three weeks of the Australian beer year have been and gone and we again learned WA is punching above its weight in the brewery stakes.

Many of the WA craft brewing brethren will flock to GABS in Melbourne next week and there is a strong list of unique brews from the west coast.

WA breweries using barley from Coopers can be confident they have taken the ingredients from the best malting plant on the planet.

The big appointments continue at the fast-growing Otherside Brewery with Al Taylor joining the WA beer brand as chief executive officer.