I had to iron this shirt yesterday so I could wear it to today’s Illawarra Brewers Union event. That’s the homebrew club I’m part of, which has a great low-key approach. No […]
The Shirt I Get to Wear Today
Forget FebFast, what happens in March?
Today is the first of 29 days (sucked in, guys, it’s a leap year so there’s an extra day) where a lot of people will try not to drink . It’s safe […]
The T-shirt I have never worn
This is a photo of what, over the last few months, has become my ‘‘double figures’’ T-shirt. Which may seem a bit confusing as it has no figures on it at all, […]
A wedding suit and a better approach to beer
Just over a week ago my brother asked me to be his best man. It was short notice, given the wedding is at the end of next month, but I was more […]
Dry as a bone
It’s that time of the year again – the time when I give up drinking beer for a month. I’m not doing FebFast – I haven’t signed up and I won’t be […]
The myth of “drink less, drink quality”
Luke over at Ale of a Time wrote this great post yesterday about craft beer and binge drinking that touched on a few things I’d been thinking about for a while but hadn’t […]
Good Beer Week Guide – Tip #6
Tip #6: Drink some sugary sports drink. And eat something you dope. This tip (well, it actually covers two things so, technically, it should be ‘‘tips’’ but anyway…) was derived from something […]
No beer til March – Week Two
Well, what a difference a week makes. This month I’m on the wagon and, when I wrote about the first week here, I reported that I hadn’t seen much in the way […]
No beer til March – Week 1
Today the homebrew club known as the Illawarra Brewers Union (IBU, geddit?) is holding their annual Beer Fest. Everyone brings some of their homebrew, usually in a keg, and you go round […]
No Beer! Til March!
I hate Febfast. And Dry July and Ocsober too. I hate them because I feel they unfairly demonise alcohol. Oh, I know alcohol is a long way from being good for you […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 