I reckon a good proportion of the sales of Rogue’s Voodoo Doughnut beers can be put down to that pink bottle. That lurid colour really makes the beer stand out on the […]
That damn pink bottle
The Big Blow-off
Okay, so this happened some time last night. I only put down this straightforward hefeweizen yesterday around lunchtime and, when I walked into the laundry I smelled a very beery aroma – […]
Back to brewing
About a week ago I put down my first homebrew in more than two months. There were a couple of reasons for that gap – which is the longest brew-less spell in my […]
An alcohol-free hefe?
When it comes to non-alcoholic beers, one word springs to mind. Crap. No matter how hard the brewers try, they just can’t make a non-alcoholic beer taste anywhere near as good as […]
James and Fraser
It’s funny, I’d always felt that the label of Aldi’s Fraser Briggs was a straight-out copy of James Boag’s premium lager. But, as you can see from the picture above, they’re not […]
Wollongong beer alert!
Note to self – brushing your teeth shortly when you plan on tasting a beer isn’t the best idea you can have. It’s a lesson I learned yesterday afternoon. Working the afternoon […]
Drinking Dan’s Dry
It’s most likely just me but the name “Pikantus” makes me think this is a Greek beer, because that sounds like a Greek word. Yeah, I know Erdinger isn’t a Greek brewery,….I’m […]
Drinking Dan’s Dry
Welcome to the first installment of Drinking Dan’s Dry, what will be an occasional series here at Beer Is Your Friend. The idea is simple – I’m going to drink one of […]
Beers I can’t have
Every month or so I head down to the local newsagent to pick up the latest copy of All About Beer magazine. And then proceed to torture myself. You see, within its […]
My own beer glass cupboard
Over the weekend my wife announced that I had to do something about my beer glass collection. Seems she thought it was taking up so much space in the cupboard where we […]
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