Monthly Archives: March 2011

My expectations of the New Zealand Beer Festival weren’t high and they dropped a little more when I got off the bus in Ellerslie and found a guy dressed as ‘Beer Man’. The closer I got to the beer, the more … Continue reading →

Once again my post complaining about the state of Auckland’s beer culture was put aside when I realised complaining about the beer scene wasn’t going to achieve a thing. I wish I could say I had reached this conclusion on … Continue reading →

The adventures in the great beer land that is  Nelson didn’t end with the wedding reception. Although I was sharing accommodation and a car with non-beer-geeks, I still managed to fir in a couple of stops. The post-wedding event took … Continue reading →

I felt there were enough developments to  return to beer and weddings. First, I can happily report that the number of beer sentences in the wedding beverages article doubled. Second, there’s been several Tweets about craft beer and home brews … Continue reading →

Last Monday I wrote a post about how terrible it is to live in Auckland, where we lack a decent beer culture. When I went post it on Tuesday night, it hardly seemed appropriate, after Christchurch had again been ravaged by … Continue reading →