Wax-capped beer bottles – you hate them, right? I know I do. Spending ages trying to hack all that wax off with a knife, while risking lopping off a finger or stabbing […]
Death to wax-capped beer bottles
The NT Draught Hunt
Really, you’d think finding some NT Draught on tap in the Northern Territory would be pretty damned easy. But, after spending six days travelling long distances across the territory seeing the […]
Those crazy Germans
The stereotype of Germans is that they are a very strict, unfunny, quirk-free people. Even their language reflects it; whenever I hear someone speaking German it always sounds to me like the […]
Beer and music
One thing that screams ‘‘novelty’’ is a beer that is associated with a rock band. Obviously the odious KISS beer springs to mind. Clearly a large part of the appeal in linking […]
Not bowled over by Warnie’s beer
Oh God, there are so many reasons why I don’t understand the Moa-Shane Warne beer collaboration. I don’t get why MOA, a New Zealand brewery, would team up with Warne – an […]
That damn pink bottle
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 […]
Skinny striptease
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 […]
The Session #81 – Women in craft beer culture
On the first Friday of every month beer bloggers around the world join together for The Sessions (which are also known as Beer Blogging Friday). There’s no entry fees or membership required, […]
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 […]
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