UPDATE: John Latta from importer Experienceit has provided a detailed response to this post. It appears in the comments below. Australia is a magic place when it comes to hoppy beers – […]
The strange thing about best-before dates
Five Things About … James Boag’s Wizard Smith’s Ale
1) I prefer to see myself as a beer fan, rather than a craft beer fan. Yes, the sort of beers I like largely fall into the craft beer category, but I […]
The Thursday Quote
“… smooth & refreshing taste, well-rounded character with a pleasant malt and hop aroma.” The way the First Choice Liquor website describes Corona
Five things about … Cass Fresh. With fun pictures!
So I found this new beer at my local First Choice Liquor. You ask me, Cass is a poor choice for a beer name. And here’s why. Because it just […]
Beer of the Week – Uberbrau
The beer: Uberbrau (There should be umlauts over the first U and the A but I don’t know how to do those). It’s a lager. Where did it come from?: I got […]
Not much choice
When the North Wollongong outlet of First Choice Liquor opened its doors last year, I got very excited. So excited that I went there the day it opened its doors. Why? Well […]
The Thursday quote
“Woolworths, which owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS, and Coles, which owns Liquorland, First Choice and Vintage Cellars, leverage their duopoly regularly to undercut competitors, using heavily discounted alcohol as a loss leader. […]
More beer choices
Okay so here’s some good news – First Choice Liquor has opened up an outlet in North Wollongong. Now, that might not be a big deal for those who live in Melbourne […]
Beer moratorium over
Okay, so February being the month of no new beer purchases is officially over. I’m so weak – my resolve barely lasted two weeks. In fact it crumbled at the first sign […]
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