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Beer Ads – Day Three
Beer ads, like commercials in general, are a good indicator of the changing times. For instance, people in the early 1980s clearly saw nothing wrong with the “Boobs and Butts” ad I […]
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A hundred new beers at GABS
Today I found out that the organisers at GABS are expecting this year’s event to feature more than 100 new beers. That is cause for some excitement. Though, as Beer is Your […]
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What’s in the fridge – Day six
I know just how long this bottle of Choc Hops from Mildura Brewery has been sitting in the beer cellar (aka the fridge we don’t turn on so as to conserve electricity). […]
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The Session #73: The beer audit
So what is The Sessions all about? Well, on the first Friday of every month bloggers around the world write a post on a specific topic, which is suggested by that month’s […]
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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 […]
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A great guide to booze
Thinking Drinkers: The Enlightened Imbiber’s Guide to Alcohol Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham Jacqui Small publishing McFarland and Sandham ‘‘are two of the UK’s leading experts on alcohol’’ according to...
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The Thursday Quote
‘‘I’ve seen more souls lost down a bottle than any pit. At the same time, it’s hard to trust a man who can’t trust himself with a beer.’’ Reverend Tuttle True Detective
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The Thursday Quote
‘‘Imagine secretly transporting a trunkload of beer across the United States. You will be able to get, say, a hundred people their drink for the night. But load the same trunk with […]
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The Thursday Quote
“Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Nobody (nope, not even Benjamin Franklin)
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Read This! – February 22, 2016
Such a great cartoon – so tired of brewers talking about themselves as “punk”. Punk Beer https://t.co/15FoNdJA49 pic.twitter.com/UySPs7ThdF — Stephen Collins (@stephen_collins) February 20, 2016...
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What’s in the fridge – Day six
I know just how long this bottle of Choc Hops from Mildura Brewery has been sitting in the beer cellar (aka the fridge we don’t turn on so as to conserve electricity). […]
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Read This! – February 22, 2016
Such a great cartoon – so tired of brewers talking about themselves as “punk”. Punk Beer https://t.co/15FoNdJA49 pic.twitter.com/UySPs7ThdF — Stephen Collins (@stephen_collins) February 20, 2016...
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” ‘Rather zealous but well-meaning people would have us ban smoking and drinking and a host of other things that we enjoy’, the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr Sinclair, said last week. “Opening the...
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Researching the James Squire story
Okay, yeah, so I’ve written another book. And it’s not entirely about beer. It’s a biography of James Squire. I mean the First Fleet convict turned beer brewer (and a stack of other things) and not...
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“The biggest ever study looking into how different alcoholic drinks affect the emotions has found that spirits are far worse than beer or wine for triggering bouts of depression and unexpected...
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Five Things About … James Squire’s 2018 Hop Father
1) Last month I published a biography of convict brewer James Squire. Well I actually called it THE biography of James Squire; I figured that, seeing as how this was the only bio of the guy (that I’m...
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“Beer is pretty well taxed. What’s charged depends on alcohol content and the consumer price index, which is why from time to time the manufacturers cut their alcohol content, to control costs. “But...
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