“Beer is pretty well taxed. What’s charged depends on alcohol content and the consumer price index, which is why from time to time the manufacturers cut their alcohol content, to control costs. […]
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Five Things About … James Squire’s 2018 Hop Father
1) Last month I published a biography of convict brewer James Squire. Well I actually called it THE biography of James Squire; I figured that, seeing as how this was the only […]
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“The biggest ever study looking into how different alcoholic drinks affect the emotions has found that spirits are far worse than beer or wine for triggering bouts of depression and unexpected weeping.” […]
Researching the James Squire story
Okay, yeah, so I’ve written another book. And it’s not entirely about beer. It’s a biography of James Squire. I mean the First Fleet convict turned beer brewer (and a stack of […]
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” ‘Rather zealous but well-meaning people would have us ban smoking and drinking and a host of other things that we enjoy’, the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr Sinclair, said last week. […]
Read This! – February 22, 2016
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 […]
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“Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Nobody (nope, not even Benjamin Franklin)
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‘‘Imagine secretly transporting a trunkload of beer across the United States. You will be able to get, say, a hundred people their drink for the night. But load the same trunk with […]
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‘‘I’ve seen more souls lost down a bottle than any pit. At the same time, it’s hard to trust a man who can’t trust himself with a beer.’’ Reverend Tuttle True Detective
A great guide to booze
Thinking Drinkers: The Enlightened Imbiber’s Guide to Alcohol Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham Jacqui Small publishing McFarland and Sandham ‘‘are two of the UK’s leading experts on alcohol’’ according to the blurb […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 