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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: Lager
Crafty Beggars
It is, apparently, Brandwank Monsoon Season. At least I won’t suffer for material.1 As was spotted by the eagle eye of Dominic (from Hashigo Zake) some months ago in the Trademark Registry, “Crafty Beggars” is a new brand / imprint / … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager, Pale ale, tasted November 2012, Wheat
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Hofbräu Maibock (and the gdmfing Reinheitsgebot)
Beer first, rant second. It was a favourite rant, back when I was bartending, but for once I should go beer first. And despite the seemingly-faint praise in my notes, I really did quite like this one. That garish and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from Germany, Lager, tasted July 2011
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DB ‘Export Beer’
To re-cap, almost cretainly unnecessarily: beer has alcohol in it, alcohol is massively regulated and subject to substantial taxes, and the vast bulk of beer on the market is made by a few giant companies (themselves usually part of sprawling industry … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager
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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 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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Molson ‘Canadian’
I do plan on going through the ‘backlog’ of the pen-and-paper Diary, still. The Great Rethink wasn’t me walking away from that so much as it’s just me giving myself room for other things as well. I’ll probably be a little … Continue reading
The ‘Chosen One’ Choosing
‘Boundary Road Brewery’ needs scare-quotes around it, because it’s not properly a thing. It’s a sub-brand of Independent Liquor, who were recently acquired by Japanese supergiant Asahi, and they’re trying to position themselves as a “craft brewer” alongside the pseudo-craft imprints … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager, tasted June 2011
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Monteith’s ‘Single Source’
Once more unto the brandwank, dear friends, once more. – Not quite Henry V This one positively reeks of being a project out of the marketing department rather than one with its origins in the brain of a brewer, beer … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandwank, Diary pages, from New Zealand, Lager, Photogenic
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Sprig & Fern ‘Harvest’ Pilsner
So yeah, there’s that. If you haven’t noticed it, or the reference escapes you, let’s set it aside for a moment and deal with the important thing first — you know, the beer. This marks a brilliant return-to-form for lagers … Continue reading
Beer 121: The Audiobook
I’m not sure if any / many of you are sufficiently curious about this to actually push play — whether to eavesdrop on a tasting session, or just to have a sample of my peculiar untraceable accent (and occasionally-substantial lisp) … Continue reading