Whenever brewday nears, I started freaking out a little bit. Well, to be honest, the freaking out starts before then – it starts when I begin to work out what beer I’m […]
Homebrew freakout
Battle of our first brewers
When it comes to breweries named after early Australian brewers, pretty much everyone can name one of them. But, perhaps, fewer could name the other one. Or even know there is a […]
Racing out for Racer 5
I don’t really need to keep buying beer. But I do. Like just recently for example, I headed to Thirroul Village Cellars, to see what they had. They’ve steadily been getting a […]
Beer shopping at Aldi
In Australia, finding beer in a supermarket is still very much a novelty. I can remember ducking into an IGA in Canberra and being amazed to find they had beers in their […]
GABS, here I come
Like most beer fiends I’ve got a mental list of the beery events I’d like to get to. Most of them are in the territory best-known as ‘‘pipe dream’’. I’m talking about […]
Cause for celebration
Here at Beer is Your Friend, we have a bit of a soft spot for Coopers Celebration Ale. Okay sorry about that. There is no ‘‘we’’ at Beer is Your Friend. It’s […]
Take one every day….
On Friday I made my 365th unique check-in to Untappd since joining in April last year. So that means I’ve effectively pulled off the equivalent of the Beer Year. Purists will say […]
Beer Ads – Day Seven
Hooray Beer. Now there’s a motto to live by. And it’s a kinda funny ad too.
Absolute genius
Why wasn’t I made aware of the concept of a beer Advent calendar before now? I am so doing this next Christmas.
The Session #72: How we love beer
The Session (aka Beer Blogging Friday) is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single […]
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