Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey Aurum Press (2014) When it comes to books about the beer history of a certain area I reckon the […]
Brew Britannia is a great story
Proof of great science writing
Proof: The Science of Booze Adam Rogers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) A while ago I wrote that I was less than impressed with a book about the science of beer called Froth. […]
The brutal truth about a dull book
The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers Adem Tepedelen Lyons Press (2013) This is a pretty weird book – one that links beer reviews with heavy metal. It stems from the fact […]
Time to crack open a beer … book
As I’ve said before, I like books as much as I like beer. I make a habit of ducking into bookshops and buying a book, even though I have more than enough […]
The Thursday quote
“They have also pioneered environmentally aware craft brewing, installing huge rainwater tanks and a bank of solar panels, and rewarding their employees either for cycling or walking to work, or using public […]
What about the beer, Ken?
BEYOND THE PALE Ken Grossman, Wiley I really wanted to like Grossman’s story about the brewery he founded. How much? So much that I’d planned to run a Sierra Nevada Week here […]
The Weekday Wagon
HIGH SOBRIETY: MY YEAR WITHOUT BOOZE Jill Stark Scribe, $29.99 A funny thing about books is that sometimes you can pick one up and start reading, only to quickly lose interest and […]
The Thursday quote
“In 1920 could anyone have believed that the Eighteenth Amendment, ostensibly addressing the single subject of intoxicating beverages, would set off an avalanche of change in areas as diverse as international trade, […]
The Thursday quote
“Woolworths, which owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS, and Coles, which owns Liquorland, First Choice and Vintage Cellars, leverage their duopoly regularly to undercut competitors, using heavily discounted alcohol as a loss leader. […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Seven
To ensure that Australian Beer History Week is actually a week, and not eight days, I’ve chosen to combine our two territories – the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Northern […]
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