I’m fat. And it’s all beer’s fault. No, that’s not right. It isn’t beer’s fault. It’s mine (though I’d like to point out that the photo with this blog isn’t my beer […]
Too fat for Melbourne
It’s YouTubesday!
It’s time for “shit craft beer drinkers say”. And it’s pretty much all true.
Supermarket Stoush – Round Three
Round Three: The Amber Ales Boa’s Bind Amber Ale (Woolworths) vs Lucky Amber Amber Ale (Coles) No, that’s not a typo, Coles really did call their amber ale Lucky Amber. Which makes […]
Supermarket Stoush – Round Two
Round Two: The Pale Ales Monkey’s Fist Pale Ale (Woolworths) vs Ghost of Eyre Pale Ale (Coles) Here’s the thing: when Steamrail beers first came out I went and bought some to […]
A piece of beer history
For a long time – even longer than I’ve been of beer-drinking age – I’ve loved those old painted posters that would feature both in and outside pubs between the 1950s through […]
NAB and craft beer
There was a bit of a talk on Twitter last night about a new NAB ad that features three sisters who decided to open a brewery. I’d not heard talk about it […]
Supermarket Stoush – Round One
Okay, so by now most people know the big supermarket rivals Coles and Woolworths have entered the beer market. Woolies was first up last year with the Sail and Anchor range of […]
Unique Week – Day Seven
Let’s finish Unique Week with something terrible from Quebec in Canada. Or, more precisely, La Terrible from Unibroue. That brewery doesn’t import to Australia any more but I found a little cache […]
Some big beers at GABS
What possesses someone to work out the average alcohol percentage of a beer at the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular? It’s a good question, because I’m far from a maths whiz. Hell, I […]
Growlers in the Gong
Like many good beer fans in the Illawarra, I’ve long been hoping for the Illawarra Brewing Company to become the first place in Wollongong to offer growler fills. Well, it’s taken a […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 