It’s time for the Session – also known as Beer Blogging Friday. That’s where bloggers unite, metaphorically speaking, and write about the same topic – which has been predetermined by that month’s […]
The Sessions #87 – Local Brewery History
Australian Beer History Week – Day Seven
To ensure that Australian Beer History Week is actually a week, and not eight days, I’ve chosen to combine our two territories – the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Northern […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Six
When it came to choosing a Western Australian brewery to write about, the decision was difficult because there are two very important ones to choose from. One the one hand there’s Matilda […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day Four
Having read several accounts of Thomas Cooper and the brewery he started in 1862, there’s one fact that gets touched on briefly. In 1872, 10 years after starting his brewery Thomas’ wife […]
Australian Beer History Week – Day One
This week at Beer Is Your Friend, we’ll be looking at a bit of the brewing history of Australia, one state per day (and the two territories on the same day). I’ll […]
An award and a reward
It’s safe to say my visit to Melbourne for Good Beer Week was short and sweet. Very sweet indeed. That’s largely because I somehow came away with the tag of Australian […]
So, yeah, I’m writing a book
What you’re looking at in this photo is a USB shaped like a beer bottle. It unscrews in the middle and, voila – USB. It carried the promo stuff for the release […]
Some advice from years of blogging
Today marks the third birthday of Beer is Your Friend. Yep, I’ve been banging on in this bit of cyberspace for three years. That’s more than 1000 posts, 100,000 page views and […]
Five Things About … Tooheys Draught
1) Nostalgia’s a funny thing. Take breweries’ occasional habit of released beers in retro labels. Victoria Bitter has an old-school label on its longnecks and every time I see one in […]
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NOTE: To purchase any of these books via Paypal (credit card accepted) you can also head over to my micro-publishing site Last Day of School. James Squire: The Biography Glen […]
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