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
Back to brewing
About a week ago I put down my first homebrew in more than two months. There were a couple of reasons for that gap – which is the longest brew-less spell in my […]
The craft beer drinker stereotype
Here’s a graphic I pinched from Planet Beer’s Facebook page – they usually have some good stuff there. But this isn’t one of those things, though I presume Planet Beer found it […]
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 […]
The Thursday quote
“Matakana company Zeffer Cider sent off some of their range and a few of their competitors’ offerings to an independent lab for some testing, and the results for Rekorderlig are quite frightening. Their apple […]
Better late than never
The new James Squire release – The Constable – is a beer I’d been meaning to get around to writing something on for ages. As it turns out, I’ve taken so long […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Senior brewmaster Grant Wood from Sam Adams Brewery in the United States gives us a quick explanation of the science behind beer and how it’s made.
Devil Dodger and drinking the label
Taste can be a funny thing. When Sail & Anchor’s Devil Dodger IPA first came out I raced to Uncle Dan’s to buy some. Partially because it was a new beer and […]
Wollongong Beer Alert!
So there I was at Thirroul Cellars, looking to see if there was anything new in the fridges. Not so much in the six-pack fridges – except for Rocks Brewing Co’s The […]
The Weekday Wagon
HIGH SOBRIETY: MY YEAR WITHOUT BOOZE Jill Stark Scribe, $29.99 A funny thing about books is that sometimes you can pick one up and start reading, only to quickly lose interest and […]
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