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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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The Six-Pack – October 3, 2014

By beerisyourfriend on October 3, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Number 1: This tweet from Jeremy Danner of Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City. Beer snobs, you are worse than the breweries you hope to save the world from. Choose happiness. Enjoy beer. […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on October 2, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

‘‘Extreme is relative to the status quo, or the majority of what people drink. Craft beer enthusiasts love to act like everyone in America drinks craft beer, so the beers that are […]

The persuasive power of beer

By beerisyourfriend on October 1, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Beer can make you do some things you might not normally do. It can make you decide that a kebab is an excellent choice for dinner. It can trick you into thinking […]

It’s YouTubesday!

By beerisyourfriend on September 30, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Here’s a helpful video that shows you how to open a beer bottle with a piece of paper.

A food history of NYC

By beerisyourfriend on September 29, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Eat The City Robin Shulman Broadway Paperbacks (2012) Imagine a book in which the least-interesting chapter is the one about beer. Yes, that’s right – the least interesting chapter. Actually, I should […]

Beer of the Week – Sly Persuader

By beerisyourfriend on September 28, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

Reading stories online about the Yeastie Boys Spoonbender series, I kept coming across a sentence that always went something like this: the beers use botrytised viogner in the form of candi sugar […]

Meet The Beer Media – Jono Galuszka

By beerisyourfriend on September 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Name: Jono Galuszka (you say it “ga-loosh-ka”) Blog: From Drinker To Brewer Established: May 2012 Why do you do it? I was finishing off my journalism training in Wellington in 2011 when […]

The Six-Pack – September 26, 2014

By beerisyourfriend on September 26, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Number 1: This tweet from Trev. If you are ever attacked by a bunch of clowns, go for the juggler. — That Beer Guy … what's your name again? (@OnThe_Bandwagon) September 15, […]

The Thursday Quote

By beerisyourfriend on September 25, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

“Beer, like all matters of taste, is a subjective experience and you should absolutely embrace it as one of life’s rare opportunities where you are guaranteed to not be wrong. If you like […]

A beer poster gallery

By beerisyourfriend on September 24, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

I really love these old beer posters, and I’m glad that they’ve made a bit of a resurgence. I took these on a recent trip to Sydney. It was a sunny day […]

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