Posts Tagged: Australia
Aussie Labour Politicians Must Get Back To Beer
Posted by on Sunday, February 24, 2013 in - 1 comment
Even if we Canadians are their cousins in the glorious Commonwealth of Nations, some things about Aussie society and culture appear to be a wee bit unlike our ways here in the northern hemisphere kin. Like this sort of plea to political populism: • With the Gillard government struggling in the …
Oz's "Convoy Of No Confidence" Needs Its Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in - leave a comment
I am starting to think that for Australians, access to beer is not unlike the NRA's position on the right to bear arms: it is fundamental to a free and democratic society. Consider this political protest: • About 11 separate convoys from as far as Western Australia and the Northern Territory are …
Internet Based Bootlegging In Australia
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in - leave a comment
Bootlegging is a word that gets a lot of different meanings. In some cases, it is running an illegal bar... sometimes quite glibly ignoring the law. In others, it is about getting after hour deliveries. My summer job painting a house when I was 17 gave me a real education on that sort when I … read more »
Oz Not Adopting Oddly Low Blood Alcohol Limit
Posted by on Monday, February 14, 2011 in - 1 comment
It must be Australia week and, finally, a story that is not so much about weird culture as a weird misappropriation of science. Apparently officials in the Australian state of Victoria are not interested in following up on the idea of introducing a far lower blood alcohol content (BAC) limit …
Beer As "Emotional Currency" Down Under
Posted by on Sunday, February 13, 2011 in - leave a comment
One of these days, I need to consolidate all these odd news items I post about Australia from time to time under its very own tag. It would take me half a second but I think I suspect that each odd tale would be my last. Then there is another like this one: • Beer has become what Innisfail …
There Are No Beer Louts Like The Louts Of Oz
Posted by on Saturday, January 24, 2009 in - 2 comments
Why is it that when I scan through Google news looking for new tales of beer to ponder all the beer brawl news does nothing for me...unless it is from Australia. Why? Because they brawl even over tennis, that's why: • When a simple tennis match can inflame tensions to the extent that chairs and …
Australia: Lion Nathan Returns To Natural Brewing
Posted by on Sunday, December 7, 2008 in - leave a comment
Interesting news from down under as one of the big macro-brewers on the other side of the planet decides to take on craft brewing though returning to more disciplined brewing: • ...enough is enough. The big boys are fighting back, or at least leading brewer and winemaker Lion Nathan is, with a …
Australian Monarchists Hate Punning...
Posted by on Thursday, August 7, 2008 in - leave a comment
...or is it intentional spoonerisms...or is it, in fact, just all humour? Odd that Oz brewers Coopers should buckle under political pressure and take down their billboard ads which read "Forget the monarchy, support the publicans": • "It crossed a boundary, because it said 'Forget the Monarchy …
An Australian Complains About The State Of Beer
Posted by on Sunday, July 20, 2008 in - 2 comments
This opinion piece in The Australian today speaks as much to the state of beer as the state of writing in newspapers in Australia. This extended quotation of James Jeffery's writing is remarkable both for its coarseness and its plainness about the moronic nature of the cult of globalized ice cold …
Fact: Beer, Australians And Tennis Do Not Mix
Posted by on Sunday, January 20, 2008 in - 1 comment
Just when I was learning to deal with the mad combination of beer, elephants and electricity it seems that history has repeated itself with Aussies playing the part of the pachyderms and tennis replacing volts: • “Full-strength beer could go the way of the now- eliminated public betting shop by …
