I don’t have much interest in video games these days – because I’m old and I think no-one over 30 should be playing them. But I do know some create controversy, with […]
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Crap Beer Week – Day Six
When the subject is crap beer it’s really hard not to include more than just one of the mega-brands from the United States. Hell, I could have probably gone close to filling […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘Because it fits so gracefully and so gaily into the scheme of good living, Budweiser is recognised as the King of Bottle Beer. Millions who welcomed beer back are finding there is […]
N is for near beer
While the idea of an almost totally alcohol-free beer-like substance is largely mocked, it saved a number of breweries during the dark days of Prohibition. Called “non-alcoholic beer” in Australia, near beer […]
B is for beechwood chips
In the second instalment of my journey through the illuminating – though also heavy – OCB sees us heading into Budweiser territory (which also starts with B. “Budweiser”, I mean, not “territory”. […]
The family behind Budweiser
Bitter Brew William Knoedelseder This book is about the rather messed-up family behind Anheuser-Busch – the makers of Budweiser. And it’s a pretty good read (aside from the odd error, such as […]
PBR and that 1893 honour
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer Maureen Ogle Harcourt In an earlier post, I wrote about the oddness of Pabst Blue Ribbon including this blurb on their cans – ‘‘Selected as […]
Weird things about PBR
Here’s three weird things about Pabst Blue Ribbon. Weird thing Number One: When I saw the pallets and pallets of it at my local Dan Murphy’s last week (clearly they’re expecting to […]
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