Stone and Wood – Stone Day 2015
I don’t love to gush about freebies, and often don’t love taking them with all the baggage they bring but I would be some sort...
Category: Commentary
Bitter is a sweet move
Me: “hey, Melbourne Bitter is going on tap around Melbourne” Emma: “Where? Can we go drink some? As the quotes suggest, it is happening and...
Perfect Pairing vs Experience Collecting
Two ladies, on prime time TV, discussing how a beer complements a barbecued lamb dish. The beer is then shown in a stemmed glass on...
Matters of style and taste
Modern beer debate has its scope aimed right between the eyes of “what is craft beer”. Anyone reading this will have seen the articles and...
A Considered Reply To Beer Article Comments
Every time a beer story runs in “mainstream” media there are a raft of great comments from people who just love debating the worth of good beer....
Where are all the snobs and hipsters?
There was a recent story about Jim Koch of America’s Boston Beer Company (brewers of Sam Adams Lager) rampaging through a bar insulting owner and staff...
Christchurch 2015 – Two Thumb, Three Boys and The Twisted Hop
It’s hard to visit central Christchurch and not have some sort of emotional reaction. For me Christchurch was always “the city”. Coming from a town...
My selection process – Hottest 100 beers 2014
It is the time of the year when everyone shores up their “best of” lists. We did it on the podcast (although less of a...
Beer in restaurants – Part 5: Rest of the world and a bit of a wrap up
I had planned to do this series in a week. I guess that was slightly ambitious and it’s taken me… a little longer. I’ve given...
Beer in Restaurants part 4: Sommeliers point of view and five US beers
This is the fourth part of a series about beer and food in restaurants. You can read the first part, and more about this series here....
