In the world of the beer geek “need” is a funny thing. Take this 12-pack of Founders All Day IPA I bought this week. It’s not like I have a shortage of […]
The need
Devil Dodger and drinking the label
Taste can be a funny thing. When Sail & Anchor’s Devil Dodger IPA first came out I raced to Uncle Dan’s to buy some. Partially because it was a new beer and […]
Crap Beer Week – Day Four
Regular readers would know of my great disappointment with Monteith’s. I once loved their beers but now they’re ordinary. And the new beers they’re launching are really hit and miss. I really […]
Not all Mexican beers are crap
Mexico doesn’t have a sterling reputation when it comes to beer. That’s the sort of thing that happens when you’re responsible for Corona which, if it isn’t the stupidest beer in the […]
Hoppy Beer Weekend – Sunday
Of the trio of beers that make up this Hoppy Weekend this was the one I was most scared of. And I don’t use that word lightly. I vividly remember the first […]
Hoppy Beer Weekend – Saturday
The only other time I had Green Flash’s Palate Wrecker was when Scotty, the brewer from Rocks Brewing, invited me to a special tasting of some beers he’d brought back from the […]
Hoppy Beer Weekend – Friday
I’ve got this theory with hops. It’s not an original theory by any means. I reckon people’s palates get acclimatised to hops and so they crave hoppier and hoppier beers. So is […]
Monteith’s gets better
Regular readers will no doubt be aware of my general dislike for the work of New Zealand brewer Monteith’s. Basically, I discovered Monteith’s during a trip to New Zealand way back in 2003. […]
Drinking Dan’s Dry and Wollongong Beer Alert!
Because I’m a little bit obsessed, I regularly scroll the the craft beer list on the Dan Murphy’s website, to see if there’s anything new. About a month ago I was very […]
Canned Beer Week – Day Five
I should have gotten a photo of the top of this can of IPA from Japan’s Yo-Ho Brewing Company. At the very least it’d be more interesting than the cheap one here […]
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