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My work here is released under a Creative Commons BY-NC 3.0 NZ LicensePrior to May 2012, posts were back-dated to the time of their original pen-and-paper Diary entries and podcasts were given arbitrary dates so as to fit in a nice 'reading order' on the front page. It really was terribly confusing, eventually. Sincere apologies for the philosophy-headaches which resulted.
I'm still committed to back-filling the gap between the actual Diary and the blog, I've just stopped mucking with the dates and will occasionally intersperse much-more-recent 'topical' stuff when my journalistic impulses overtake my historian slowness.
My views are entirely my own, though anyone is more than welcome to agree with me.
Tag Archives: tasted May 2012
Left Coast ‘The Wedge’
It appears I might have “Black IPA” on the brain. Or hoppy porter, at least — the question of whether the one is the other is an enjoyable piece of modern beer taxonomy for me to ponder as I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary pages, from the United States, Pale ale, Porter, tasted May 2012
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Funk Estate Launch / Black IPA
Tuesday, for the vast majority of four long years at the Malthouse, was my standing night off. Which is the kind of predictable-planning luxury that, in the bartending business, is quite a rarity indeed. They were originally granted so that … Continue reading
Yeastie Boys ‘Gunnamatta’
It’s rather fitting that, now I’ve finally finished uploading my GABS Weekend notes, I actually have a proper Diary entry for the beer that started my trip. At the preposterously unfortunate time of four-thirty in the morning — around-about when I’d … Continue reading
Post-GABS Afternoon Taphouse Mooch
When you’re waiting for your plane home to Wellington, when you’ve been staying with friends in the near-Southern suburbs of Melbourne, when you’re in a post-Spectapular state of beery bliss mixed pleasantly with mild lethargy — and when, perhaps, you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Ale, Diary pages, from Australia, Pale ale, Photogenic, Porter, Stout, tasted May 2012
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GABS Glass #4: Moo Brew ‘Belgo’
Reading the Big Book while waiting for my Food Coma to subside and my brain to ramp back up to some semblance of walking-and-talking ability, I noticed that I’d missed out a sessionable beer from what I thought was an exhaustive … Continue reading
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GABS Paddle #2: Random Favourites
The final Sunday-afternoon session of GABS was considerably lower-key than the ones which came before. There were fewer attendees (a shade less than the Friday afternoon session, perhaps would-be visitors were off being dutiful offspring for Mother’s Day), and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian ale, Diary pages, from Australia, Lager, Pale ale, tasted May 2012
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GABS Glasses #2 & #3: Bright ‘Resistance Red’ and Wig & Pen ‘This Beer’s Not Real Craft!’
Well, there stands before you a blog-post-title-length record unlikely to be challenged for a while. I’ve no real idea why I ran two beers into one entry at the time, and I couldn’t figure out a fair way to abbreviate … Continue reading
Josie Bones (and Bright ‘Harvest 150’)
If I go missing one day, if you can’t find me for a while and have no idea where I’ve gone, check the cupboards and crawlspaces at Josie Bones in Melbourne. I’d only been there an hour before I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary pages, from Australia, Pale ale, Photogenic, tasted May 2012
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GABS Glass #1: Garage Project ‘Double Day of the Dead’
At GABS, I was understudy for Local Taphouse’s Guy Greenstone, who was set to host ‘Beerista’ introductory tasting sessions at the ‘Craft Beer College’ series of free seminars running at the festival. He had a run-in with pneumonia, but was … Continue reading
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Tagged Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager, Photogenic, tasted May 2012
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GABS Paddle #1: Everything ≤ 4.5% ABV
As I’ve mentioned a few times when talking about GABS, my Friday was very sleep-deprived; I only had two hours sleep on Thursday night — my nocturnal nature meshes not at all with early-morning flights — and wound up awake for some … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian ale, Diary pages, from Australia, from New Zealand, Pale ale, Sessionable, Stout, tasted May 2012, Wheat
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