1) Beer is funny sometimes. With pretty much anything else you could eat or drink, describing it as tasting a bit like a horse-blanket – or even a leather saddle after a […]
Five Things About .. Wildflower Patronus
Creativity is worth paying for
Being creative isn’t easy. Whether it’s writing, music, film-making or something else, it takes work. It means spending time working on that craft when you could be doing something a whole lot […]
Five Things About … Stockade Brewing’s 8Bit IPA
1) Stockade Brew Company – the craft beer arm of contract brewer Brewpack – have been doing some very good things and some other things that are, well, not quite so good. […]
Everyone wants a piece of me
As a journalist, I’m usually the one asking the questions. It’s been that way for decades. But, since winning the AIBA Beer Writer of the Year award a few weeks ago, I’ve […]
Born to be mild?
I’m not the first to scratch his head at what the hell CUB is doing with Matilda Bay. This guy doesn’t get it. And neither does this guy either. Me, I don’t […]
Books are your friend, too
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 […]
CUB rewriting history
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. […]
Read This! – February 15, 2016
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 … Redd’s Apple Ale
1) I loved Billy B’s apple beer from Thorogoods…the second time I had it. The first time, they sent me a few bottles and I didn’t find it very nice at […]
The Six-Pack – September 18, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Ale of a Time Also first bar to provide "occupied" flags on tables for solo drinkers will be smiled on favourably. — Luke Robertson (@AleOfATime) September 12, […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 