I remember my first introduction to a Belgian style wheat beer it was at The Green a friendly English pub across the road from Willesden Green station while living in London. Its cloudy appearance and hint of tropical fruits threw me at first but it was the perfect accompaniment to their chicken club sandwich on [...]
Read moreBeer of the Month – Grolsch Premium Lager
Tis the season. Tis the season for novelty beer cans, limited edition summer flavours and 1.5 litre bottles of Grolsch. This is the time of year when breweries release their summer seasonal beer. With titles covering, summer, blonde, harvest and golden, these are pale beers with easy drinking [...]
And so it is we must say good bye to the month of October again for another year. With the smell of golden roasted Pork Knuckles and the chime of thick glass steins still lingering in the air it is with much fondness we look back on the month that was. A favorite month for [...]
Read moreThe very classy embossed text on the label-less bottle is the first thing the greats you when you pick up a bottle of Alhambra Reserva 1925, one of Spain’s best beers. Alhambra themselves describe the bottle as “an elite design, bowling pin, embossed bottle” a bit wording for my liking but it does look good [...]
Read more“Ok, we have ditched the ‘Fruit and Vegetables of the Month’ in preference of ‘Beer of the Month’. Geoff Bywater from Brisbane’s premier design studio Formzoo is going to be our guess columnist each month. Geoff will help us in the arduous task of sampling beer from around the world and writing an in-depth report. [...]
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