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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%
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
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
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
Killer Sprocket Bandit Peated Pale Ale Killer Sprocket, Bayswater, Victoria ABV: 4.8%
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 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
In 40th natalis pars uxorem meam quia muro satis per comparationem ad alias partes et nos pecora gesta res. Et quidem, ut mihi esset propria experientia. Et conversus sum ut … Continue Reading Philter IPA
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