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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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Beers I Used to Drink – Day Seven

By beerisyourfriend on July 12, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

It’s something I find a little hard to believe these days, but there was a time I thought Tooheys Extra Dry was a classy beer. And that time wasn’t all that long […]

Beers I Used To Drink – Day Six

By beerisyourfriend on July 11, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

One night in my late 20s I got drunk at a party and made a promise to a friend of mine who played for the Port Kembla Blacks Aussie rules team. I […]

Beers I Used to Drink – Day Five

By beerisyourfriend on July 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Yes, I know the title of this week’s blogs is “BEERS I used to drink” and this is about a cider, which isn’t beer. But, hey, it’s my blog, I’ll do what […]

Beers I Used To Drink – Day Four

By beerisyourfriend on July 9, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Technically speaking this really isn’t a beer I used to drink. It’s a beer I still drink – sometimes. Those times are limited to occasions when I’m at a bar and the […]

Beers I Used to Drink – Day Three

By beerisyourfriend on July 8, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

As hard as it might be to believe, in the early 1990s there was a beer with the word ‘‘Foster’s’’ on the label that sold pretty well here in Australia. And it […]

Beers I Used to Drink – Day Two

By beerisyourfriend on July 7, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Spotting a can of Tooheys Blue on the shelves at my local Dan Murphy’s was quite a surprise. I didn’t think they even made this beer any more, thought it went the […]

Beers I Used to Drink – Day One

By beerisyourfriend on July 6, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

The first beer I drank when I was of legal age was a Tooheys New. I’d drunk beer under-age but I don’t recall what they were. Knowing very little about the different […]

Stone & Wood’s best beer yet

By beerisyourfriend on July 5, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

You ready for a big call? No, make that a HUGE call. Stone & Wood’s new limited release beer Cloud Catcher is the best beer they’ve ever made. Yes, that includes Pacific […]

Beer history that’s fun

By beerisyourfriend on July 5, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Man Walks into A Pub Pete Brown Pan Macmillan While I’m very much a book geek, I tend not to re-read books. There are so many new ones to try and so […]

The Session #89 – Beer In History

By beerisyourfriend on July 4, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

This month’s Session host is Bill Kostkas from Pittsburgh Beer Snob. He has chosen the topic of  Beer in History. “At many points in history you can look back and find alcohol intertwined. A lot […]

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