When you’re a beer reviewer you get some pretty cool stuff in the mail. Beer, obviously, but I sometimes get other handy bits and bobs. Like bottle openers and nifty glassware (the […]
Extra Vintage is extra great
Where are the longnecks?
Yesterday’s post about James Squire’s pint-sized bottles got me thinking, why do so few craft breweries put their beer into longnecks? Aside from the granddad of the craft brewing biz in Australia […]
Unique Week – Day Three
I love a bit of history on a beer label – those James Squire’s labels that told the story of the convict-turned-brewer were great (and I also loved that the story was […]
Cause for celebration
Here at Beer is Your Friend, we have a bit of a soft spot for Coopers Celebration Ale. Okay sorry about that. There is no ‘‘we’’ at Beer is Your Friend. It’s […]
The Session #72: How we love beer
The Session (aka Beer Blogging Friday) is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single […]
Signs of a beer nerd
Today there were two examples of proof that I’m undoubtedly a beer nerd (as if the fact that I write a blog about it wasn’t enough of a giveaway). The first example […]
Coopers birthday beer
It was never going to be easy for Coopers. With the brewery’s 150th anniversary this year, it makes perfect sense to release a new beer to celebrate that milestone. But their recent […]
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