Betting the Farmhouse — Ryan Bickley of Lone Gum Farmhouse in Lonsdale, Australia
“Lone Gum just felt like the most exciting development in the South Australia beer scene at the time—it just so happens that some obstacles have meant that [most] are still yet to try Ryan’s stuff.” In a way, you get the sense that sharing his beers with the world is not necessarily even the first consideration for Bickley. “The [first] Sours that I liked were outside of my uni student budget, and the local ones were not that enjoyable for me, but I had a few from over the ditch [in New Zealand] that changed my mind a bit,” he recalls. “There weren’t many available when I started out, and I enjoyed them.