In my neck of the woods, the Illawarra Brewery underwent a makeover last month. One that includes demolishing the old bar so they can put in 24 taps. Since the relaunch those […]
The trouble of too many taps
Some advice from years of blogging
Today marks the third birthday of Beer is Your Friend. Yep, I’ve been banging on in this bit of cyberspace for three years. That’s more than 1000 posts, 100,000 page views and […]
The problem of “Pacific Ale”
Stone & Wood’s Pacific Ale cold end up being the Australian beer scene’s version of Anchor Steam Ale – both in terms of the name becoming a style and also the need […]
Sexism in beer – I don’t get it
I decided to write this blog after reading another one on sexism in beer, written by some guy named Oliver. The reason is that in it he makes the point that it’s […]
Sail & Anchor’s slow rebrand
I really don’t know what Woolworths is doing with its Sail & Anchor range. It’s like they decided to have a beer label but then didn’t really know what to do. There […]
Beer geek freakout
Late last week quite a few beer geeks got hot under the collar about this story. I was one of them, suggesting that using the Budweiser Super Bowl ad as evidence that […]
Thoughts on the Hottest 100 beers
A few quick thoughts on today’s Hottest 100 Beers votes. Distribution isn’t everything: The top three – Hop Hog, Pacific Ale and 4 Pines – are all beers with wide-ranging distribution. And […]
Hey Jim Koch, settle down
Forgive me for being late to the party (I was on holidays last week), but I’m going to write about that Jim Koch article now. Come on, you know the one. The […]
Hey, pick on wine for a while instead
When we talk about alcohol in a negative way, why does it seem to always mean beer? For instance, a news report that covers the problems of drinking too much alcohol will […]
Reviled Foster’s finds a friend
So what do you do when you have a beer reviled in its home country? Well, you release another beer under the same name to sell to the people who dislike the […]
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