Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
A Reader Writes...
Posted by on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 in - 2 comments
Here is a great comment from a reader, Andrew Mazanec, from St. Louis that I hope we can help with: • “Dear Sirs, • I am a firefighter in St. Louis, Mo.USA. I am heading to Quebec City, Quebec in the end of June through the first week of July for the World Police and Fire Games. I have a few …
Bulgar Beer Boom
Posted by on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 in - 5 comments
For some reason Bulgarians have increased their beer consumption almost 10% in one year: • “The total amount of beer consumed in the country was 294 million litres in 1997, reaching 425 million in 2003 and 473 million in 2004.” • By comparison in 2001/02, Canadian consumers purchased an … read more »
Australia's Finest...According to Myrick
Posted by on Monday, January 31, 2005 in - leave a comment
The beers I have thus far reviewed have been bottled and exported for sale in Singapore. While there are some excellent exports, there is much better to be found at the numerous microbreweries that are • scattered throughout the country. A couple of years back, I had the pleasure of touring …
One Thousand Bars
Posted by on Monday, January 31, 2005 in - 4 comments
“Now, for the last couple of years, I have had it in my head that I could have a drink in 1000 different bars within a year. I have discussed this with my wife, who thinks I am crazy, and she has agreed to support me in my endeavor. I have also rejoined a health club and am going to prove that my …
Later On In Australia Week
Posted by on Saturday, January 29, 2005 in - 1 comment
Notes today from two breweries, Lawrence Victor, a winery making a first stab at brewing, and the Inchant Brewery, formerly tied to at the Rose and Crown Hotel, of Guildford. • The brewery at Lawrence Victor Estate Winery • I discovered Lawrence Victor Coonawarra Old Ale (ABV 5%) at a local … read more »
Australia Day Continues...
Posted by on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 in - 3 comments
Coopers • of Adelaide is one of my favorite Aussie breweries. It is also possibly the only surviving 19th century brewery to remain in the hands of the original family. While the Malt Shovel Brewery tries to reinvent the brews of James • Squire, Coopers has maintained many of its own original …
Aussie Glass Sizes
Posted by on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 in - 2 comments
A few months ago I posted about the names for beer glasses and noted that Australia has some of the most complex set of descriptors which change on a state by state basis. The other day I found this handy chart which explains it all so we that I thought I would entirely igonre any copyright …
Happy Australia Day!
Posted by on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 in - leave a comment
Although Australia's best known beer is justly condemned by foreigners and locals alike, the lucky country offers some of the new world's finest beers. Regrettably, this organ A Good Beer Blog does not (yet) have an Australian correspondent, leaving the task up to this Singapore-based blogger … read more »
Welcome to Australia Week!
Posted by on Monday, January 24, 2005 in - 2 comments
This week will see some posts here at A Good Beer Blog focusing on the scene in Australia, that warmer other Canada, the place to which the smarter cousins immigrated. Australia might win the award as AGGB nation of the year except they would probably win every year with stats like this …
Japan's Beer-Like Substances
Posted by on Thursday, January 13, 2005 in - 4 comments
This is somewhat depressing news given my inclination towards quality real ale: • “Kirin to enter market for '3rd-category beer' this spring • Thursday, January 13, 2005 at 07:00 JST • TOKYO — Kirin Brewery Co said Wednesday it will join three other major Japanese breweries this spring in …
