1) This week the long-running industrial dispute between CUB and the 55 workers it punted ended. The workers did have jobs to go to but they were with a contractor who would […]
Five Things About … Hoegaarden
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The Thursday Quote
“To very many, this hot weather, is a very attractive subject. To them, therefore, it was good news to learn that the strike engineered by the brewers’ union has proved futile. The […]
Beer on the Box – Eichhof
Hey, watch out for the hippo.
The Brew Dog boycott
Just over a year ago, I wrote a post about how Brew Dog was like Rik from The Young Ones (kids, ask your parents). Both like to see themselves as edgy, as […]
Five Things About … Malt Shovel Brewers Hoppy Hefe
1) A long, long time ago, way back in 2012, the James Squire brewing guys didn’t just make entry level craft beer. They also had a seasonal label referred to as the […]
The Thursday Quote
“In the fall of 1991, the monks at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont in the south of Belgium contracted with monks at the Dutch abbey Koningshoeven to brew Chimay Blanche because construction at […]
Beer on the Box – Tiger
Reincarnation used to sell beer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3tywFm95Sg
Five Things About … Illawarra Brewing Company cans
1) For the longest time you could only ever get the beers from the Illawarra Brewing Company on tap. Initially that bugged me, but as I went further along on my beer […]
The Thursday Quote
“It’s pretty lazy and lame to keep peddling that stereotype [of the tattooed, bearded craft beer drinker], just like it’s lazy and lame for the mainstream breweries to peddle the stereotype that […]
Homebrewing without killing the family dog
It’s been a long, long time since I brewed a beer – more than a year in fact. According to my homebrewing log the last time I put down a brew was […]
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