“What makes it exciting particularly for the bottom line of companies like [maltsters] Crisp is that, on average, one tonne of malt will make forty-five barrels of craft beer compared to sixty […]
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The Six-Pack – August 14, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Brews News Lion puts nutritional information on beers http://t.co/te3pmL5jVc — Australian BrewsNews (@ozbrewsnews) August 11, 2015 This is a great move from Lion and should be praised. […]
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‘‘It’s a well-known scientific fact that it’s impossible to be in the same room as a brewer when there are hops present without him demanding that you take a handful and crush […]
The Thursday Quote
‘‘America, one of the blandest, most corporate, homogenised beer markets in the world, is also, in the words of legendary beer writer Michael Jackson, ‘the most interesting beer scene in the world’. […]
The Six-Pack – February 20, 2015
Number 1: This tweet from Twatty Beer Doodles. Defining Craft #twattybeerdoodles pic.twitter.com/sdAs2DPWRm — twattybeerdoodles (@twattybeer) February 15, 2015 Number 2: Frozen Booze Radio 019 – The Price of Beer A great listen from Frozen […]
Dry as a bone
It’s that time of the year again – the time when I give up drinking beer for a month. I’m not doing FebFast – I haven’t signed up and I won’t be […]
Beer history that’s fun
Man Walks into A Pub Pete Brown Pan Macmillan While I’m very much a book geek, I tend not to re-read books. There are so many new ones to try and so […]
The Thursday quote
“And it slips down so well. Anyone who has attempted to cut down on their drinking will have marvelled at how easy it is to drink a pint of beer, whereas a […]
The Thursday quote
‘‘They used to get a cock (ie a male chicken), stick it in a sack and bash it against walls until it was completely pulverised. It was important that the bones were […]
Beers and books
I’ve essentially got two obsessions in life – books and beer. Books come first because I’ve been a book lover for as long as I can remember. In fact I can still […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 