So one thing I thought of during that recent hiatus was how I had loads of content here on this site. Precisely 1680 posts. And being an old fart who likes words […]
Yeah, it’s another book
The big myth about Aussies and beer
While I’d been researching and writing a little book called The Slab, there’s one thing that would increasingly irritate me. That would be this idea of Australia as a nation of beer […]
The Thursday Quote
Remarkably though it may seem from a modern perspective, from 1867 to 1860 patients at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London were each allocated three pints of beer per day, made in the […]
The Thursday quote
“You can steal a man’s wife, burn down his house, sack him from his job, but never should you deny him the right to sup good ale.” Dave Line showing a rather […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘The manufacture of alcohol was, arguably, the social and economic revolution that allowed Homo sapiens to become civilised human beings. It’s the apotheosis of human life on earth. It’s a miracle.’’ Adam […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘In return for his charter La Battie was assessed an annual licencing fee at a rate of six merchantable beavers. Strange as the contract may seem, the payment underscores a problem that […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘Thomas Palmer finished his sentence in Australia, and went into the shipbuilding trade while he was serving it. He and his close friend John Boston … had little experience of business, but […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘They used to get a cock (ie a male chicken), stick it in a sack and bash it against walls until it was completely pulverised. It was important that the bones were […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘Imagine you are a brewer. This is great for you. The fetishists will not expect, or maybe even demand, much in terms of consistency. If they didn’t like one of your new […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘A lot of brewers say it proves what a good brewer you are. If you only have four arrows in your quiver, it makes you a better marksman. I think that’s crap. […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 