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Oops, I did it again

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

Researching the James Squire story

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

So, I wrote a book. Wanna buy a copy?

By beerisyourfriend on January 27, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

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Books are your friend, too

By beerisyourfriend on April 27, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

There’s something else in my life starting with B that is as much of an obsession as beer – and that’s books. It’s been an obsession ever since I was a kid […]

Beer on the Box – Tiger Beer

By beerisyourfriend on April 26, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Not too bad at all. Certainly wasn’t expecting that to happen.  

Five Things About … Nomad’s Cross-Pallet-Nation

By beerisyourfriend on April 22, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

   1) So this beer is one I helped Sam Calagione from Dogfish Head brew. And when I say I helped him brew it, I mean “poured a sack of stuff he […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – 4 Hearts Brewing

By beerisyourfriend on April 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2016: Wade Curtis from Ipswich’s 4 Hearts Brewing   What beer are you making for GABS? What beer are you making for GABS? . It’s a big luscious smores inspired stout. […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Modus Operandi

By beerisyourfriend on April 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2016: Modus Operandi from Sydney’s northern beaches What beer are you making for GABS?   We are making a foreign stout brewed with cocoa nibs from South America, cinnamon, coffee from […]

GABS Brewer 2016 -Bad Shepherd

By beerisyourfriend on April 19, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2016: Bad Shepherd from Melbourne, Victoria What beer are you making for GABS? A rich malty brown ale with aromas of banana, chocolate and vanilla and a creamy mouth feel. […]

Is craft beer not sweet enough for some?

By beerisyourfriend on April 18, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

BACKGROUND: The family went out for dinner a week or so ago at one of those hotels with a kids’ playground. And I have a theory that hotels have either a playground […]

GABS Brewer 2016 – Yeastie Boys

By beerisyourfriend on April 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

GABS Brewer 2016: Stu McKinlay from New Zealand’s Yeastie Boys What beer are you making for GABS? We’re making a Hot Smoked IPA with Gladfield Manuka-smoked malt, Sauvin and Rakau from NZ […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on April 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

“The thing I have embraced so fully and spent so much time getting to know and love, suddenly seems generally, unequivocally: meh. It’s like I’ve been living a lie, and everything I’ve done […]

CUB rewriting history

By beerisyourfriend on April 13, 2016 • ( 5 Comments )

CUB Beer executive #1: Hey, you know all those old breweries we bought ages ago? CUB beer executive #2: Yep. Exec #1: Well, we probably need to bring one of them back. […]

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