I always go to a beer festival with a well-thought out plan. And it’s usually a four-step plan. 1) Go and try the odd beers and those I’ve never had before as […]
Beer time at Trainworks
Rocks R&D
When you’re a writer and blogger about beer it can be hard to work out if you’re any good at what you’re doing. As well as this blog I’ve also been the […]
Brewing better beer (I hope)
When I started homebrewing in January this year, I made a promise to my wife. I told her that I’d be sticking to brewing with kits and would stay well away from […]
Beer Olympics – Day 18
Country: New Zealand Beer: Moa Methode To be honest, I’m so glad the Olympics are over. Glad because it now means I can be done with the Beer Olympics. It was way […]
Beer Olympics – Day 17
Country: Germany Beer: Weihenstephaner Weissbier As hardcore beer nuts will recognise the glass in the above photo is the perfect one for serving a hefeweizen. I’m not a hardcore beer nut because […]
Beer Olympics – Day 16
Country: Argentina Beer: Quilmes Lager The first time I tried this beer was as a result of being sucked in by Dan Murphy’s. The chain had a brochure that listed great beers […]
Beer Olympics – Day 15
Country: Sri Lanka Beer: Sinha Stout Geography has never, ever been my strong suit. Whenever I see those newspaper stories that snigger about Americans’ inability to find some Middle East countries on […]
Beer Olympics – Day 14
Country: Scotland Beer: Brew Dog Punk IPA When it comes to weirdness in the brewing world, Scotland’s Brew Dog is one of the weirdest. Whether it’s making the world’s highest alcohol beer […]
Beer Olympics – Day 13
Country: The Netherlands Beer: Grolsch The first time I ever had a Grolsch was way back in 1990 while I was in my third year at uni. Like most Arts students, I […]
Beer Olympics – Day 12
Country: Japan Beer: Sapporo One of the rules I set way back at the start of the Beer Olympics was that beers brewed under licence in another country still counted as coming […]
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