{"id":3689,"date":"2011-06-26T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:20:58","slug":"beer-diary-podcast-s01e07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Diary Podcast episode 7: At the Masons Arms with Kieran Haslett-Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s01e05: The Garage Project\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/04\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garage Project<\/a> beer at Hashigo, George and I ventured out to the quiet outer suburbs to join Kieran Haslett-Moore in his in-house pub, the Masons Arms. Over a few of his beers (accompanied by a platter of delicious things he&#8217;d largely also made himself), we talked about the many roads to being a satisfied beer geek, pondered the idiosyncrasies of the Wellington craft beer scene and the wider industry at large. Towards the end, we picked up on the topic George and I had talked about <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s01e06\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/21\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last time<\/a>, and discussed a few weirdnesses of beer award shows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/1773610\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/24890d\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kieran&#8217;s <a title=\"themothersmilk.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/themothersmilk.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got a blog<\/a>, which helpfully reproduces his <em>Capital Times<\/em> columns, and has quite-recently <a title=\"@southstarbrew, on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/southstarbrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined the Twitters<\/a>. As always, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beerdiary\/s01e07_-_The_Masons_Arms.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct download<\/a> is available, there\u2019s a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/beerdiary.libsyn.com\/rss\">podcast-specific RSS feed<\/a>, and you should be able to get us\u00a0<a title=\"The Beer Diary Podcast, on iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/the-beer-diary-podcast\/id438440794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.\u00a0<a title=\"@GeorgeLanglands\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GeorgeLanglands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"@Phil_Cook\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Phil_Cook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myself<\/a> can also both be reached on the Twitterthing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3690\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-sign.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-sign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-sign.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Masons Arms, sign (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Masons Arms&amp;#8217; totally-accurate signage&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-sign-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-sign.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3690\" title=\"The Masons Arms, sign (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-sign-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Masons Arms\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Masons Arms&#8217; totally-accurate signage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3691\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Berhampore-Best-Bitter-tap-badge.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-berhampore-best-bitter-tap-badge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Berhampore-Best-Bitter-tap-badge.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Berhampore Best Bitter tap badge (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Berhampore Best Bitter tap badge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Berhampore-Best-Bitter-tap-badge-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Berhampore-Best-Bitter-tap-badge.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3691\" title=\"Berhampore Best Bitter tap badge (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Berhampore-Best-Bitter-tap-badge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Berhampore Best Bitter tap badge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berhampore Best Bitter tap badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3697\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3697\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The top of pint shelf, with an RSB bottle (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The top of pint shelf, with an RSB bottle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3697 \" title=\"The top of the pint shelf, with an RSB bottle (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-top-of-the-pint-shelf-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The top of the pint shelf, with an RSB bottle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The top of the pint shelf, with an RSB bottle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3698\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-RSBs-silver-medal.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-rsbs-silver-medal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-RSBs-silver-medal.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RSB&amp;#8217;s silver medal (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;RSB&amp;#8217;s silver medal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-RSBs-silver-medal-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-RSBs-silver-medal.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3698\" title=\"RSB's silver medal (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-RSBs-silver-medal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"RSB's silver medal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RSB&#8217;s silver medal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3711\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Merchant-of-the-Devil.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-merchant-of-the-devil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Merchant-of-the-Devil.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merchant of the Devil (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Merchant of the Devil&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Merchant-of-the-Devil-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Merchant-of-the-Devil.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3711\" title=\"Merchant of the Devil (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-Merchant-of-the-Devil-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Merchant of the Devil\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merchant of the Devil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3712\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[3689]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/the-masons-arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bar with post-podcast mini-carnage (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bar with post-podcast mini-carnage&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage.jpeg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3712\" title=\"Bar with post-podcast mini-carnage (The Masons Arms, 6 September 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Masons-Arms-bar-with-post-podcast-mini-carnage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bar with post-podcast mini-carnage\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bar with post-podcast mini-carnage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Show notes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(0.40) The Masons Arms, among its many charms, has <a title=\"'Pub Dog', on BBC Comedy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/comedy\/clips\/p00f3j70\/sketchy_pub_dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Pub Dog<\/a>. Which makes for interestingly-challenging podcast recording, but adds to the <em>ambience<\/em>. As always, George was greatly helped in smoothing out the worst of it by the cleverness of\u00a0<a title=\"audacity.sourceforge.net\" href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a>, the open-source audio editor he uses.<\/li>\n<li>(4.10) Not yet. Things are a little in-the-air in that neighbourhood, given a moderately-controversial proposed roading redevelopment.<\/li>\n<li>(5.30) <strong>Beer of the Week #1:<\/strong> Kieran&#8217;s own &#8216;Berhampore Best Bitter&#8217;. We liked it so much that we took a photo of our lovely microphone in front of it, so it could be our &#8220;logo&#8221;, such as we have, on iTunes and whatnot.<\/li>\n<li>(8.20) I <em>am<\/em> chronically Auckland-phobic, but feedback on a recent podcast pondering has me determined to make the trip up in January. Let&#8217;s see if it changes my mind.<\/li>\n<li>(9.30) For completeness&#8217; sake: <a title=\"'The Brew Testament', Dominion Post, 1 August 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/capital-life\/5363943\/The-Brew-Testament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here&#8217;s me in the paper, admitting exactly that<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(10.10) Frasier Crane <a title=\"'They're Playing Our Song, part 2', on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MRy9lhaCFuE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once said it well<\/a>: &#8220;If less is more, imagine how much more more would be.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(17.00) The Emerson&#8217;s &#8216;JP&#8217; we mention here has popped up in my <em>Diary<\/em> at least <a title=\"Diary entry #55: Emerson's 'JP' 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/emersons-jp-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice<\/a> <a title=\"Diary II entry #49: Emerson's 'JP' 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/12\/31\/emersons-jp-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before<\/a>. It&#8217;s reliably- and appropriately-interesting stuff, each year.<\/li>\n<li>(23.00) <strong>Beer of the Week #2:<\/strong> Emerson&#8217;s &#8216;RSB: Regional Special Bitter&#8217;. <a title=\"'Emersons RSB Brew Day 2011', on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3MiYeVIai_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A video of the brew day has since shown up on YouTube<\/a>; it&#8217;s an instructive watch, if you haven&#8217;t seen this kind of thing, especially at this kind of scale, in action.<\/li>\n<li>(26.50) Recent ramblings on collaborations can be found in my <em>Diary<\/em> entries for\u00a0<a title=\"Diary II entry #105: Renaissance \/ 8 Wired \/ Yeastie Boys 'Rescue Red'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/05\/26\/rescue-red\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Rescue Red&#8217;<\/a> and <a title=\"Diary II entry #116: Liberty \/ Mike's 'Taranaki Pale Ale'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/25\/liberty-mikes-taranaki-pale-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Taranaki Pale Ale&#8217;<\/a>. Long may the trend continue.<\/li>\n<li>(34.00) <a title=\"brauhaus.co.nz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brauhaus.co.nz\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wassail Brauhaus in Taranaki<\/a> looks as awesome as their website looks retro and clunky &#8212; they are, one assumes, too busy doing more interesting things. I&#8217;m totally going to get myself there later this summer, hopefully on the way to \/ from <a title=\"Diary II entry #116: Liberty \/ Mike's 'Taranaki Pale Ale' (which speaks of collaborations, and how I might have one, myself)\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/25\/liberty-mikes-taranaki-pale-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a brew day at Liberty<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>(36.50) Fuller&#8217;s 1845 gets <em>two<\/em> entries on here (so far), because there was <a title=\"Lazy Diary entry: Fuller's 1845\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/08\/18\/fullers-%E2%80%981845%E2%80%99\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that occasion when a customer insisted I have one<\/a> &#8212; <em>and<\/em> <a title=\"Diary entry #29: Fuller's 1845\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2005\/09\/01\/fullers-1845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the time I&#8217;d had it before<\/a> but completely forgotten about, because my memory is <em>complete rubbish<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>(38.30) It doesn&#8217;t feel <em>overly<\/em> plug-ish to note that <a title=\"regionalwines.co.nz\" href=\"http:\/\/regionalwines.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional&#8217;s <em>website<\/em><\/a> is now positively groaning under the weight of beers from all over. If you&#8217;re not familiar with them, you really should pay them a visit online and\/or in person.<\/li>\n<li>(41.20) I really am surprised that the <a title=\"craftbeercapital.com\" href=\"http:\/\/craftbeercapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Craft Beer Capital&#8217;<\/a> website hasn&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> kicked up much controversy. It&#8217;s being kept quite neutral and &#8216;rising tide lifts all boats&#8217; in its approach, so far, and that must be helping. I should disclaim that I know the people working for it, and that it does share some owners with the pub I work at \u2014\u00a0but I do think it could mature into a genuinely useful resource.<\/li>\n<li>(42.20) <a title=\"thegp.co.nz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thegp.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Practitioner<\/a> (which Kieran does mention as I talk over him a bit; sorry) is a shining example. Always a Monteith&#8217;s-branded DB-tied venue, they&#8217;ve recently arranged for a dozen-plus lines of craft beer in their fridge.<\/li>\n<li>(46.30) <a title=\"Lazy Diary entry: Renaissance 'Stonecutter'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/17\/renaissance-stonecutter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renaissance &#8216;Stonecutter&#8217;<\/a> is\u00a0<em>totally<\/em> my bet for greatest, most unexpected Gateway Beer &#8212; <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s01e03\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/05\/14\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode III<\/a> was partially a love-song thereto. And I wasn&#8217;t kidding: <a title=\"'Chick Beer: Ugh. Really?', on jezebel.com\" href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/5837501\/chick-beer-ugh-really\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Chick Beer&#8217; really is a thing<\/a>. Or hopefully merely <em>was<\/em> a thing; their own website seems dead. Good riddance.<\/li>\n<li>(50.00) <strong>Recommendations:<\/strong> <a title=\"Diary II entry #111: Moa Imperial Stout\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/16\/moa-imperial-stout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moa Imperial Stout<\/a>, for its inherent goodness, and its one-or-two counter-trend aspects. (And because it&#8217;s nice to say something nice about them <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s01e02\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/04\/16\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for a change<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>(57.30) The History of IPA is <em>so<\/em> myth-ridden that <a title=\"zythophile.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/zythophile.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martyn Cornell<\/a> really has turned it into a nice little cottage industry. Being wrong about this stuff is an exhilarating and delightful experience; myth-busting history is the best kind.<\/li>\n<li>(1.01.00) <strong>Beer of the Week #3:<\/strong> Kieran&#8217;s own &#8216;Merchant of the Devil&#8217; Imperial Stout. Which is us pausing <strong>Midstrength News<\/strong> for a week quite emphatically indeed. It was <em>stupidly<\/em> good.<\/li>\n<li>(1.05.00) Further to <a title=\"Beer Diary Podcast s01e06\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/21\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my ramblings in the last episode<\/a>, I still do think there&#8217;s room for another kind of beer awards (whether or not as part of the existing structure), but <a title=\"nzbeercup.com\" href=\"http:\/\/nzbeercup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Beer Cup<\/a>, with its head-to-head setup, isn&#8217;t what I see as the way forward &#8212; barrel of fun though it did appear from here.<\/li>\n<li>(1.08.00) This difference between medal classes and trophy classes is <em>massively<\/em> under-explained, to the public. Something definitely needs to be done about it; we&#8217;re definitely agreed on that.<\/li>\n<li>(1.11.30) It&#8217;ll be a while yet before I&#8217;m done singing the praises of Steve Nally and his Invercargill Brewery. Most recently, on here, it was his <a title=\"Diary II entry #108: Invercargill 'Sa!son'\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/03\/invercargill-sason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Sa!son&#8217;<\/a> that inspired me. I&#8217;ve also had that 2008 Vintage &#8216;Smokin&#8217; Bishop&#8217;, since recording this, and it was pretty damn tasty &#8212; though still enjoyably peculiar. Consider it another <strong>Recommendation<\/strong>, just suitably late to the table.<\/li>\n<li>(1.14.35) Cue the music:\u00a0<a title=\"'SPLIT!' EP by The Coconut Monkeyrocket &amp; Martinibomb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortstand.com\/catalog\/016\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Shopping for Explosives\u2019<\/a>, by\u00a0<a title=\"coconutmonkeyrocket.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coconutmonkeyrocket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coconut Monkeyrocket<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Podcast episode recorded: 6 September 2011. Appallingly-belatedly uploaded: 4 December 2011<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a Garage Project beer at Hashigo, George and I ventured out to the quiet outer suburbs to join Kieran Haslett-Moore in his in-house pub, the Masons Arms. Over a few of his beers (accompanied by a platter of delicious things he&#8217;d largely also made himself), we talked about the many roads to being a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/06\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s01e07\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beer Diary Podcast episode 7: At the Masons Arms with Kieran Haslett-Moore<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast-episodes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6998,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/02\/04\/beer-diary-podcast-s03e08\/","url_meta":{"origin":3689,"position":0},"title":"Beer Diary Podcast s03e08: What We Did On Our Holidays","author":"Phil","date":"February 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For our first recording of 2014 and the penultimate episode of Season 3, George and I sat down for a post-holiday catch up over two beers he'd brought back from his travels and one we'd been meaning to share for a while. 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