The new James Squire release – The Constable – is a beer I’d been meaning to get around to writing something on for ages. As it turns out, I’ve taken so long […]
Better late than never
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
‘‘Because it fits so gracefully and so gaily into the scheme of good living, Budweiser is recognised as the King of Bottle Beer. Millions who welcomed beer back are finding there is […]
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 […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Six
When it came to choosing a Western Australian brewery to write about, the decision was difficult because there are two very important ones to choose from. One the one hand there’s Matilda […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Five
According to Keith M Deutcher’s Breweries of Australia, Cascade Brewery is our oldest operating brewery, having started making beer in 1832. It was set up by Peter Degraves, who arrived in Hobart […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Four
Having read several accounts of Thomas Cooper and the brewery he started in 1862, there’s one fact that gets touched on briefly. In 1872, 10 years after starting his brewery Thomas’ wife […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Discover the history of beer in less than three minutes – with the help of an Etch-A-Sketch.
Australian Beer History Week – Day Three
So there’s this beer called XXXX brewed by Castlemaine Perkins in Brisbane. It’s a beer the locals see as proudly their own – “Pride of Queensland” the label on the longneck trumpets. […]
