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By beerisyourfriend on May 28, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Researching the James Squire story

By beerisyourfriend on December 4, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

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Beer on the Box – Pabst

By beerisyourfriend on January 24, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s old but I think this is a large part of the charm of this ad. Or maybe it’s that it has a 1970s-era jet-pack in it.  

Five Things About … Feral’s Sly Fox

By beerisyourfriend on January 20, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

1) You know, maybe, just maybe, there’s actually five ingredients that go into making a beer. Water, hops, malt, yeast and time. No, I don’t mean it in the way the Crown […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on January 19, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

“Australian have never been quite the nation of boozers they imagine themselves to be.” Donald Horne The Lucky Country (1964)

Beer on the Box – Rolling Rock

By beerisyourfriend on January 17, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Flabby man bum in g-strings? Way to make me not want to buy your beer, Rolling Rock.

Five Things About … BentSpoke Brewing’s Crankshaft

By beerisyourfriend on January 13, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

1) There’s a bit of a spurt of good beer happening in Canberra. Though, if you’re a beer geek, you probably already knew that. But if you’re not, let me spin you […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on January 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

“Hangover researchers have three options, all of them flawed. First, experiments in other animals, which are both ethically suspect and of questionable validity, given the uniquely human factors that contribute to the […]

Beer on the Box – Japanese kids’ beer

By beerisyourfriend on January 10, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Creating a soft drink for kids that looks like beer is always a great idea. Not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELllgvfX23o

Five Things About … Moon Dog’s Bad Boy Bubbly

By beerisyourfriend on January 6, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

  1) I’m not really the biggest fan of New Year’s Eve. It’s a night where everyone is so obsessed with having a great time, having the BEST time that they end […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on January 5, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

“The health authorities are still procuring samples of beer sold in the town and country sold in the town and country districts for submission to Mr Percy Wilkinson for analysis. “Very many of […]

Beer on the Box – Guinness

By beerisyourfriend on January 3, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

A nice ad from Guinness that waits till the end for the product shot. Before that, it’s hard to work out what the ad is about, but you enjoy it all the […]

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