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By beerisyourfriend on May 28, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Researching the James Squire story

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So, I wrote a book. Wanna buy a copy?

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The Friday Photo

By beerisyourfriend on May 30, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on May 29, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

“Lately I’ve been trying my best (with varying success) to stick to spending around $20/week on my beery hobby. Based on a survey of n=a few friends I asked, I’ve found that […]

Good Beer Week recap

By beerisyourfriend on May 28, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular – the best run festival ever. Yeah, like beer geeks around the country, I was in Melbourne for Good Beer Week. In fact, if you’d dropped a […]

It’s YouTubesday!

By beerisyourfriend on May 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

You might have already seen the “Brewers are people too” video that’s been circulating in the wake of Good Beer Week but if not, here it is.   While I’m sure the […]

Beer science – chilling beer quickly

By beerisyourfriend on May 26, 2014 • ( 4 Comments )

You might have seen on the Internet a series of “life hacks” – a set of tips designed to make things easier. One of them aims to help you chill a beer […]

The need

By beerisyourfriend on May 24, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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 Friday photo

By beerisyourfriend on May 23, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The Thursday quote

By beerisyourfriend on May 22, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

‘‘They used to get a cock (ie a male chicken), stick it in a sack and bash it against walls until it was completely pulverised. It was important that the bones were […]

The art of reviewing

By beerisyourfriend on May 21, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

In my two decades as a professional journalist, I’ve done a whole lot of reviewing. I’ve been a movie reviewer (one of my reviews ended up quoted on the back cover of […]

It’s YouTubesday!

By beerisyourfriend on May 20, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Have you seen Strange Brew, the 1983 film starring the beer-obsessed Canadian characters of Bob and Doug McKenzie? Well, you should. Especially now that the passage of time has added a wonderful […]

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