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Bureaucrats must be stopped!

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had just about enough of faceless government functionaries having WAAAAAY too much influence over our lives. News is filtering down that the European Union aka EU is trying to influence the way North Americans drink. The EU has sent a cease and desist notice to the Brewers Associations of the US and [...] [...]

The letter "A"

Apparently, the letter A is quite expensive. In short, a person visited a local brewery in San Diego and felt the sampling (beer) he was consuming might poison him. Now, ALL breweries in San Diego and I’m sure the rest of California are now having t… [...]

Episode 145 – O’Hara’s Irish Red, Irish Stout with Seamus O’Hara

We sit down with Seamus O'Hara again at the Irish Pub to talk to him about a couple of his beers – in particular, his Irish Red, and his Irish Stout. Both are brewed in a very traditional sense with a nod to the Irish market, and the beers end … [...]

Did McGuire’s Pick Up Two New Brewers?

So… since Rob from the PBB completely missed out on the field trip to McGuire’s with the club, and just jealous something terrible, he badly wanted to take them up on their offer to show up early one day and be brewmasters for a day at the pub. We ca… [...]

La Ronda #23:Reclamos a Reclamaciones

Los Amigos de la Logia Cervecera nos invitan este mes a la 23er entrega de La Ronda, el encuentro común en la red de los bloggers cerveceros en español. Para ello nos lanzan la siguiente pregunta:¿Qué actitud tomar cuando uno va a un bar y desembol… [...]

The Perfect Storm

The nonfiction book about the fishing crew out of Gloucester, Massachusetts that inspired both a George Clooney movie and an idiom has little in common with the best beer I’ve had in 2010 other than both originated in Gloucester.Actually though, Cape A… [...]

Un pipistrello ha iniziato a volare

Da qualche tempo ho creato la pagina su Facebook di BAT, ma che cos’è BAT?BAT è una mia passione.L’idea era quella di trovare un qual cosa che identificasse quello che faccio.Il risultato è BAT. BAT è la mia birra!! Fatta con passione per… [...]

Why do we do it?

It’s a valid question. Why dedicate an entire blog to talking about beer? And I’m not the only one out there. Far from it, I’m one of the small fish. Head over to http://drinkwiththewench.com and you will see that Ashley there has a whole interview series on beer bloggers. Several of them have been in [...] [...]

Episode 27 – Best beer pubs (Harts Pub)

With the recent metamorphosis of a classic Sydney pub in The Rocks precinct into a craft beer haven, we couldn’t turn down the opportunity to drop into Harts pub and showcase 12 taps of tastyness. [...]