It took me a long time to get around to seeing Beer Wars, the doco about Big Beer versus Little Beer by film-maker Anat Baron. That’s because it only seemed to screen […]
Beer Wars review
No beer til March – Week Two
Well, what a difference a week makes. This month I’m on the wagon and, when I wrote about the first week here, I reported that I hadn’t seen much in the way […]
The Friday Photo
The Thursday quote
“Save the earth, don’t print this email if you don’t have to, this is the only planet with beer!” Part of the email signature from Stone & Wood brewery, Byron Bay, NSW, […]
Brew Masters and batch dumping
Not that long ago I watched all six episodes of Brew Masters in fairly quick succession and I came away thinking, ‘‘man, these guys screw up a lot of beer’’. At least […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Some guy shows us how to cool beer with a sheet of rubber and a whole lot of muscle power. Jeez, guy, just use a bloody fridge.
I’m just hopeless
I have to be a marketeer’s wet dream. And to prove that point, I offer you the picture of Feral’s new label for their Hop Hog. It’s a part of the rebranding […]
Wollongong Beer Alert!
Let me tell you, buying beer that you know you’re not going to drink for another three weeks is a dicey proposition. But that’s what I did a few days ago – […]
No beer til March – Week 1
Today the homebrew club known as the Illawarra Brewers Union (IBU, geddit?) is holding their annual Beer Fest. Everyone brings some of their homebrew, usually in a keg, and you go round […]
The Friday Photo
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 