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When Josh turned 21 he took the hand-me-down Nissan Pulsar, inherited three years earlier from his elder sister, down to the local strip of bunting-festooned used car dealers seeking a … Continue Reading Newstead Brewing Co. & Kaiju Beer Butterfly Effect Double IPA
Sometime after splitting with Genesis — one of the lesser, but better-known acts in the classico-rock field — Peter Gabriel had an entheogenic epiphany. Then he wrote a song about … Continue Reading Stillwater Fast Fashion India Pale Ale
There have been many code-names attributed to the largest man-made explosion the planet has ever witnessed. Perhaps there have been other explosions of greater scale that occurred while the Earth’s … Continue Reading Grand Ridge Supershine Extra Strong Ale
After a referee was kicked and riot police were called upon to calm unruly players and members of the crowd this Sunday past, the Municipality of Florence announced on Monday … Continue Reading Opperbacco Imperial Deep Underground
Still life: Licorice Allsort left in a sweaty sock with Strawberry Shortcake™ and a salami. Young Henrys Afends Hemp IPA Young Henrys Brewery, Newtown, New South Wales ABV: 5.5% … Continue Reading Young Henrys Afends Hemp IPA
5th Test, England tour of South Africa at Durban, 3-14 March 1939 The fifth test match between England and South Africa, which commenced on Friday, March 3, ended in a … Continue Reading Cricketers Arms Session Ale
The thought of a musical film version of The Master and Margarita, with Doris Day in the role of Margarita, might make some people smile. Presumably, one at least. That’s … Continue Reading Sierra Nevada Otra Vez
Sally was a silly bugger sometimes. Bloody lucky to be alive actually. Took no shit, gave you a good dead-arm to let you know it and had a mouth on … Continue Reading Drake’s Denogginizer Double IPA
Killer Sprocket Bandit Peated Pale Ale Killer Sprocket, Bayswater, Victoria ABV: 4.8%
There once was a Bavarian philologist named John, A renaissance humanist historian. Writing chronicles was his thing, And official ancestries for a Teuton king, But it all proved to be … Continue Reading Hallertau Stuntman Imperial India Pale Ale
The taste on your tongue in the woodlands of the Antipodes – a million years of desiccated eucalyptus leaves – dries the sinuses, is cleansing for the soul, only muddied … Continue Reading Lost Coast Brewery Fogcutter Double IPA
Modern psychology links sugar consumption with mental illness, with claims that sugar causes anxiety. To that I say, ‘Well, of course, it does!’ I mean, all that is sweet is … Continue Reading 4 Pines Keller Door Eldorado IPA
Before I looked into it, I didn’t think my passions extended to the point where they qualified as meeting with the dictionary definition of the word. But then, when I … Continue Reading Eden Brewery Palm Pale
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, the Nineteenth Century French post-impressionist painter, was renowned as a decadent epicurean who had a thing about eating animals killed in September or October. For, as each northern … Continue Reading Wilde Gluten Free Pale Ale
In 1913, in an address to the American Public Health Association at Colorado Springs, Doctor J. H. Kellog of Michigan, declared the human tree was gradually becoming insane, the birth … Continue Reading BrewDog vs. Brewski Manic Mango
In the summer heat, I longed for the cool, crisp satisfaction of a good salad. Nothing tastes quite so good or as wholesome as lettuce straight from the garden. Alas, … Continue Reading Little Bang Ira India Red Ale
