It’s the end of the year, which usually means it’s time for beer bloggers to do a round-up of the best beers of the year. But I’m not doing that because I’m […]
The most popular stories of 2015
Five Things About … John Boston The Surprize summer ale
1) Okay, before you start sniggering, they haven’t misspelled “Surprise”. That’s the correct spelling – it’s named for the ship HMS Surprize that John Boston sailed over to Australia in 1793. 2) […]
The Six-Pack – July 3, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from The Wobbly Thong Interesting question. US craft breweries that don’t make an IPA. I can think of one, but i’m sure there are others… anyone? — Wobbles […]
The War on Terroir
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but hadn’t gotten around to it. And because I took so long Mountain Goat have gone and changed what they write on their […]
Some advice from years of blogging
Today marks the third birthday of Beer is Your Friend. Yep, I’ve been banging on in this bit of cyberspace for three years. That’s more than 1000 posts, 100,000 page views and […]
John Boston and beer marketing
Marketing is a world I obviously don’t understand. Let’s say you were looking to take on a fairly big entry-level beer label. Lets say it’s James Squire, because, well, that’s who it […]
Battle of our first brewers
When it comes to breweries named after early Australian brewers, pretty much everyone can name one of them. But, perhaps, fewer could name the other one. Or even know there is a […]
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