I’ve always been oddly intrigued by whoever it was who invented the novelty pen that, when you turn it upside down, all the lady’s clothes come off. It just seems a strangely […]
Skinny striptease
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 […]
Crap Beer Week – Day Seven
This beer isn’t on the list because it tastes crap – though it is an ordinary beer. For mine there’s a weird sweetness which is presumably from the malt, though it could […]
Crap Beer Week – Day Six
When the subject is crap beer it’s really hard not to include more than just one of the mega-brands from the United States. Hell, I could have probably gone close to filling […]
Crap Beer Week – Day Three
You know what’s deeply unpleasant? Drinking a beer solely for the purpose of Crap Beer Week only to later discover that you can’t find your notes about the beer’s terribleness. That’s what […]
It’s YouTubesday!
In 2011 Bridge Road Brewers made their 500th beer – a breakfast lager with coffee beans, tea, raisin bread, muesli, honey and maple syrup. Here boss man Ben Kraus takes us through […]
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 […]
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 […]
Teenage beers
Drinking a can of Rivet gave me under-age drinking flashbacks. When I was 15 years old, a group of us would catch the train into Circular Quay. Once there, someone would go […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day One
This week at Beer Is Your Friend, we’ll be looking at a bit of the brewing history of Australia, one state per day (and the two territories on the same day). I’ll […]
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