“Just because you are the tallest pigmy in the tribe it doesn’t make you a giant”. The way I interpret that saying is that no matter how good you think you are, there will always be someone out there better than you, so be a bit humble. Those words sprang to mind when I tried this week’s Drop, “Coopers 62 Pilsner”. This is an epic fail from a brewery that often performs better, what were they thin...
Gee, the big boys of brewing must spend some money on marketing research. Working out when to release a beer, how to market it, what to make it look like and so on. The team at XXXX for example couldn’t have got their new low carb release “XXXX Summer Bright Lager” any more spot on for timing and appearance… perhaps they should have spent the same amount on creating a better taste though. T...
When I review a beer that I’ve had before, I often think back to that first occasion and what it was like. Unfortunately, my first experience with this week’s Drop, Tiger Lager, was not great. I was about 20, had a hangover from a mate’s engagement party and had to turn up to his place that day for a dinner with his family and a few mates. I helped myself to green curry, pad-thai and a huge servin...
The first Bledisloe was on the weekend, which means that it was also time for our annual “Down the All-Blacks” night. The idea being that we get together and bring a different 6 pack of black or dark beer, trying to work out which one we prefer. There’s no science to it, just what tastes the best while the ribs and inch thick steaks and Steve-o’s fresh caught Spanish Mackeral are coming stra...
Some things just go well together: Axel and Slash; John, Paul, George and Ringo; Jake, Elroy and their “Mission from God”; Magnum PI and Ferrari’s; “Evel” Knievel and broken bones. But nothing rarely goes together better than the footy and cold beer. And over the weekend while watching not nearly enough hours of my teams winning in the NRL, AFL and Super 14’s, I washed down the sweet ...
I put in some long, hard gruelling hours on Sunday at the Blue Sky Brewery doing literally hours and hours of quality research. Combine that with several hours of research on Friday night at a function for the Minister for War and Finance’s work, and you can probably start to see why I was having trouble getting my legs to work for me until about lunchtime on Monday. I was anxious about going down...