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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 – Carlton Mid-Strength

By beerisyourfriend on March 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Now, that’s a better Carlton Mid ad than that annoying series with Mick and his dropkick mates.

Five Things About … Mountain Goat’s Japanese Cowboy

By beerisyourfriend on February 26, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

1) When it comes to hops there is none more polarising than Sorachi Ace. Some people love it’s citrus and dill characters and some people hate them. But I’d be willing to […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on February 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

‘‘Poisonous beer is reponsible for a terrible scare in the north of England. For more than three months Manchester and Salford have been experiencing an epidemic, not unlike beri-beri in some of […]

Cut the alcohol, cut the price?

By beerisyourfriend on February 24, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

Chances are you’ve heard Lion are knocking down the ABV on three of their beers. Extra Dry and XXXX Bitter will go from 4.6 to 4.4 per cent while James Boag’s Premium […]

Beer on the Box -National Beer

By beerisyourfriend on February 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

A lot of US beer ads from the 1960s are animated. Which strikes me as a little odd. Why would you use cartoon animals to advertise a product aimed at grown-ups. Surely, […]

Read This! – February 22, 2016

By beerisyourfriend on February 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

  Such a great cartoon – so tired of brewers talking about themselves as “punk”. Punk Beer https://t.co/15FoNdJA49 pic.twitter.com/UySPs7ThdF — Stephen Collins (@stephen_collins) February 20, 2016   Good Food – BentSpoke’s 20-chilli beer […]

Five Things About … Snow

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

1) There is a real problem with the name of this beer – Snow. At least I have a problem with the name. Every time I think of the beer, this is […]

Beer on The Box – Rolling Rock

By beerisyourfriend on February 16, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Watch out for those balls.

Read This! – February 15, 2016

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

So what is this, I hear you ask? (Shut up, it’s just an expression. I can’t actually hear you at all). This is a replacement for the old Six-Pack – which took […]

Five Things About … Hahn Ultra

By beerisyourfriend on February 12, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

1) Ah, beer geeks are so predictable. The first mention of Hahn Ultra (at a paltry 0.9 per cent alcohol) was on a beer geek page on Facebook. Unsurprisingly, the tone of […]

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