Beer, beer reviews, craft stories, brewery notes and boutique anecdotes
In the summer of 1979, between dreaming of better tomorrows and finding a path to the rainbows, Sir Peter Ustinov could not help but fret about how intolerably hot it … Continue Reading Amundsen Bryggeri Intergalactic Thunder Juice NEIPA
Vale Bob Hawke. The Silver Bodgie. Hawke’s Lager Hawke’s Brewing Co., Melbourne, Victoria ABV: 4.5%
I boast, but only slightly, when I say that in the whole history of sporting endeavour no club has poured scorn and biting invective on the supporters and players of … Continue Reading BentSpoke Barley Griffin Canberra Pale Ale
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
