“Woolworths, which owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS, and Coles, which owns Liquorland, First Choice and Vintage Cellars, leverage their duopoly regularly to undercut competitors, using heavily discounted alcohol as a loss leader. […]
The Thursday quote
James and Fraser
It’s funny, I’d always felt that the label of Aldi’s Fraser Briggs was a straight-out copy of James Boag’s premium lager. But, as you can see from the picture above, they’re not […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Here’s an ad for Guinness that I like. Quite a bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwndLOKQTDs
The book that started a journey
The Australian Beer Companion Willie Simpson Explore Australia I bought this book when it was on special at Dymocks around Father’s Day. I already had the hardcover version but had seen this […]
Sydney Craft Beer Week – a recap
I went up the road to the big smoke for two nights last week for the Sydney Craft Beer Week. Here are a few reasons why it was tops> I got to […]
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, […]
The Thursday quote
“Beer is the world’s most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea” Wikipedia entry on beer
It’s YouTubesday!
Check this out.. craft beer made the Channel 10 news last year. It’s a piece on Western Australia’s Feral Brewing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq2tYq2oVKo
The Thursday quote
Brewdog’s James Watt had a rant here about the need to define “craft beer”. Yep, we’re still talking about that, it seems. Here’s part of the reason why he thinks we need […]
Not all Mexican beers are crap
Mexico doesn’t have a sterling reputation when it comes to beer. That’s the sort of thing that happens when you’re responsible for Corona which, if it isn’t the stupidest beer in the […]
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