It’s the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time for The Session. That’s where bloggers from wherever all crap on about the same topic for a day. And that topic […]
The Session #90 – Beer Fight Club
The Thursday Quote
‘‘Homebrewing is a hobby and is supposed to be fun. Whenever you make a mistake, brew a batch that is less than perfect, or experience a mechanical malfunction that ruins a batch […]
Brew Britannia is a great story
Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey Aurum Press (2014) When it comes to books about the beer history of a certain area I reckon the […]
It’s YouTubesday!
Old-time US punk act Fear sings I Believe I’ll Have Another Beer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9bY9gmhw4
Finally, a can of Dr Tim’s
Dr Tim’s Traditional Ale is a bit of an oddity in the Coopers’ oeuvre. For starters, it’s only available in cans. And as far as I know, it’s the only Coopers product […]
Dagwood gets better
Dagwood 19 Market Street, Wollongong For a long while, I’ve written off Dagwood as a place to avoid if it’s good beer you’re after. In fact, on one of the occasional […]
Meet the beer media – Me
From time to time The Crafty Pint has featured a Q&A with a beer blogger somewhere in Australia. As it happens I was the last one featured (I hope that doesn’t […]
The Six-Pack – July 25, 2014
Number 1: This tweet from @simonhjohnson Craft Beer manifesto pt8: it's not "gone off", it's "challenging preconceptions of sour beer" #craftbeer — Simon H Johnson (@simonhjohnson) January 25, 2012 It’s part of […]
The Stone Brewing screw-up
Last week Stone Brewing announced plans to build a brewery and beer garden in Berlin. They also announced they would build a brewery in the eastern US, but that got downplayed – […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘After a bout of dizziness the 63-year-old man checked into a North Texas hospital, where nurses found his blood alcohol levels to be nearly five times the legal limit, according to a […]
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