“… the English colours were displayed onshore and possession was taken for His Majesty whose health, with the Queen’s, Prince of Wales and success to the colony was drunk, a feu de […]
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Beer on the Box – DB Export
There’s a nice history angle here – should be more of it
CUB rewriting history
CUB Beer executive #1: Hey, you know all those old breweries we bought ages ago? CUB beer executive #2: Yep. Exec #1: Well, we probably need to bring one of them back. […]
So, yeah, I’m writing a book
What you’re looking at in this photo is a USB shaped like a beer bottle. It unscrews in the middle and, voila – USB. It carried the promo stuff for the release […]
It’s YouTubesday
Such a great little film that has Ben Kraus and his partner Maria Frischmann talking about both their own history and that of Bridge Road Brewers.
History in a Bottle #4 – Who the hell is Kosciuszko?
Kosciuszko Pale Ale comes from a 600-litre microbrewery started up by Chuck Hahn in 2009. It’s in the Banjo Patternson Inn at Jindabyne. Though, to be honest, I’m pretty certain all the […]
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‘‘Newspapers of that era frequently ran stories with a focus on household management that helped readers cope with the hardships faced in a developing country. They offered advice on any number of […]
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‘‘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 […]
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‘‘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 beer’s better than the advertising
Sometimes I just don’t get beer advertising. At all. Especially when it’s linked to a tasty beer that already sells itself. Take the guy the above video. He’s the ‘‘Beer Pilgrim’’ – […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 