Welcome to the first installment of Drinking Dan’s Dry, what will be an occasional series here at Beer Is Your Friend. The idea is simple – I’m going to drink one of […]
Drinking Dan’s Dry
Sick of the shouting
The shout is very much a tradition when it comes to drinking beer in Australia. Any time there’s two or more people grouped together drinking beer, you can be sure there’s some […]
It’s YouTubesday!
One for the beer fans who also watch Game of Thrones. I’ve not seen the series so I don’t get many of the jokes – still funny though.
Dubbel not worth the trouble
When it comes to Sierra Nevada beers, this is easily the most unusual- looking. Firstly, it comes under cork and features labelling to make it look way older than it really is. […]
Wollongong beer alert!
Not to blow my own horn or anything, but I’m largely responsible for Bridgeport beers being available in Wollongong. Okay, so I am blowing my own horn a bit. See, a few […]
A whale of a stout
Imperial stouts are one of the style that I find a bit scary. As their name suggests, they’re big, big, BIG – brimming with alcohol and a stupid amount of coffee flavour. […]
Death to other chili beers
Elsewhere, I have written about the stupidity of putting chili in beer. More specifically here and here. In a nutshell, my objection is why put something that’s hot into something that’s supposed […]
Look! It’s another lager!
Shhh, listen carefully. Can you hear it? The cries of beer drinkers wishing that one of the big breweries would come out with yet another lager. What? You can’t hear them? Yep, […]
Wollongong Beer Alert!
So this afternoon I get a tweet from the guys who look after Bridgeport in Australia. It was a reply to a tweet I sent about a week ago asking if there […]
Beers I can’t have
Every month or so I head down to the local newsagent to pick up the latest copy of All About Beer magazine. And then proceed to torture myself. You see, within its […]
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