Grape vs Grain Charles Bamforth Cambridge University Press, HB, 209 pages Bamforth’s book delves into a topic dear to my heart – why, in so many way, wine has such a classy […]
Beer beats wine in my book
Voodoo’s spell of stupidity
I am stupid. In support of that statement I tender the following evidence. For the last two years I’ve been writing a beer column for the paper I work for, the Illawarra […]
Two hemispheres of IPA
I know Michael Jackson (insert overused “not that Michael Jackson, the other one” here) was famous for saying that the United States was the world leader when it came to beer. And […]
Beer and browsing
I just ducked out to a bottle shop near work that is known to stock the odd beer from HopDog in Nowra. I was specifically after brewer Tim Thomas’ White Christmas. I […]
Messing with a pair of melons
So, with summer here, I had this idea that I wanted to brew a watermelon wheat beer. I like watermelon, find it quite refreshing and, though I’ve never had it in a […]
The best beer in the world
People are always asking me what my favourite beer is. No wait, that’s actually not true at all. I’ve never, ever, not once, been asked what beer I like. I’m not upset […]
Hey, where did all the alcohol go?
Ever since an unfortunate incident with a bottle of whiskey when I was 14 I have an aversion to alcohol that tastes like alcohol. That incident saw me drink way too much […]
This is what I drank today….
I think Untappd has skewed my interest in beer. If for some odd reason you’ve never heard of Untappd (and it would be odd for someone with enough interest in craft beer […]
Easy, big fella
I really need to come up with a smarter way of handling beer festivals and other beery-like events. It’s a conclusion I’ve come to after experiencing the Meet the Brewer event at […]
Beers and books
I’ve essentially got two obsessions in life – books and beer. Books come first because I’ve been a book lover for as long as I can remember. In fact I can still […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 