…alcohol is used for all kinds of things besides drinking. It was (and in many cases remains) an essential ingredient in paint thinners, antifreezes, lotions and antiseptics, embalming fluids and much more….To […]
The Thursday Quote
It’s YouTubesday!
With Christmas tomorrow, it makes sense to have a festive-themed video. So here’s one about people choosing to go to a pub on Christmas Day rather than hang out with the family. […]
The tides they are a’changing
If I were a crazy person I’d presume that the people at Sail & Anchor had the power to read my mind and that I should start stopping a tinfoil hat to […]
Britain, the United States and the India Pale Ale
Drinking this IPA from Cricketers Arms I was struck by two things. Firstly, that it wasn’t crap. There has been a Cricketers Arms Lager that’s been around for a while and, by […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Seven
So if the way the Coopers stout didn’t stack up yesterday was a surprise of the unpleasant kind, today’s beer, Tooheys Old, was very much a pleasant surprise. Even more so because […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Six
In this whole week, this bottle of Coopers Best Extra Stout was the swiped old beer that I was most looking forward to trying. It’s Australian, which meant it didn’t have to […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘While Hill refuses to reveal much about his actual process, which he safeguards as a trade secret, the best way he can explain it is by relating brewing to cooking. ‘All I’m […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Five
Sometimes the problem with drinking old beers is you don’t know what they were supposed to taste like fresh. Such is the problem I faced with the Vieille Cuvee from Leffe. I’d […]
A long way to go for craft beer
Recently I’d been thinking craft beer was making headway in Australia. Sail & Anchor, the Woolies-owned brewery, releases an imperial stout earlier this year, followed by a barleywine for Christmas. Dan Murphy’s […]
Old Beers I Swiped – Day Four
This BelleVue Kriek was one of a few beers I was very keen to try when I did that pilfering of my mum and dad’s coolroom. Like the others, I knew it […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 