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You should do your jam with a drawl. Insert a dollop of Cointreau! The quintessence of marmalade is: 4 large clementines (500g total weight) juice of 3 large lemons … Continue Reading Aether Brewing Hop Skip & Jump IPA
I woke in the fug and dregs of last night’s bar-room abominations and regrets, the buzzing aural glare of this early morning’s alarm-clock stabbing through my eyeballs into the beery … Continue Reading Tallboy & Moose The Fang Red IPA
#StayTheFuckHome Bodriggy & Fancy Hank’s Dayspring Hazy IPABodriggy Brewing Co., Abbotsford, Victoria & Fancy Hank’s Barbecue Restaurant, Melbourne, VictoriaABV 6.7%
In the late 1990s, Garry Kasporov often had nightmares about missing his flights. The kind of dreams where you are running late and there is no way possible you are … Continue Reading Furphy Refreshing Ale
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%
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