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Heggies Vineyard Riesling
“There’s no beer left”. It was a movie moment. You know one of those scenes when there’s an explosion or something happens and there is no sound just the actor’s hard breathing, and then slowly all the sound rushes back to them? It was like that, I heard the words but I didn’t believe them….“There’s no beer left!” Probably the most dreaded sentence a man can hear, closely followed by “I’m l...
The Rise and Rise of Japanese Whisky
Japanese whisky was once considered a bit of a novelty, with the Scottish Whiskies taking centre stage, and Irish and American whiskies (Bourbon is a whisky) being the main backing dancers. That all changed a few years ago when the God of World Whisky, Jim Murray, named the Yamazaki Sherry Cask Single Malt 2013 as the best whisky in the world in his 2015 Whisky Bible. Such is the respect for Jim’s...
Boag’s Epicurean
Craft beer snobs and Hop Heads can either make or break a beer, especially with the use of modern media like Facebook. Earlier this year, in April to be exact, the team at James Boag’s Brewery released a new label simply called “Epicurean”, two beers that were created to match with food. I have to admit it was pretty hard not to have a go at them immediately as they seemed to have flooded my Faceb...
Hahn White
I was out for a boy’s day over the weekend. This, I think, was more because of the rugby being on, and The Minister for War and Finance being far happier to have me out than home with 10 other blokes all screaming at a TV screen. But while out, I got to try this week’s Drop, Hahn White, and it’s one time that I’ve been grateful for a small 330ml bottle. Hahn White is made with an infusion of orang...
Tooheys New White Stag
What does Harry Potter and Tooheys New White Stag have in common? Well nothing so I thought, but the teenage girls across the road inform me that ol’ Harry has a big white stag that can come flying out of his wand, a patrician or something I wasn’t really listening as the footy was on. And what does this have to do with beer I hear you ask? Well nothing really, and that’s what I normally think abo...