Herevana – Bootleg – Dünkle Nicklaus
It’s Saturday night, it’s also Pizza night, and it’s Beer and Vinyl night. it’s a big night 🙂 And because it’s a Christmas season I’m having a Dünkle Nicklaus from … Continue reading
Beer- #819 – Harrington’s – Riot Act – Bottled
Harrington’s are an unusual brewer, they make a lot of beers in styles, and sometimes they make a lot of beer of one style, and they change the names of … Continue reading
Beer- #787 – Harrington’s – Riot Act
Just when I stupidly thought the Fresh hop beers had all been tapped out up popped another, and I’m told there are a couple more that are in the queue. … Continue reading
Beer – #746 – Valentins – Hefeweissbier
From the comedy section at the Supermarket where it’s more likely to be bulk over substance I spotted this, a Valentins ‘Premium’ Hefeweissbier. in a can. Spicy – fresh and … Continue reading
Beer – #702 – Mash Palace – Uranium Breath
A nano-brewery with a great name, and an interestingly named beer. now hitting the big time From the FYO station a one litre bottle of the 6.2% ABV beer, so … Continue reading
Beer – #664 – McLeod’s – Horopito Scotch Ale
Tonight it’s all coming up Millhouse with the McLeod’s Horopito Scotch Ale, a Wee Heavy, aHeavy vibe, Heavy on the numbers and Heavy petting. .. the fern had to be … Continue reading
4:07 am and the clock goes tick-tick-tick Musings on JFK
For no reason at all I’ve found myself watching youtube clips of varying length, quality and content with regard to the well documented assassination of a John F. Kennedy, President. … Continue reading
5 Beers to go to get to #500
I have a couple of beers in mind, and in the fridge that I should consider as the landmark #500 beer, of no real on other than it’s #500. 500 … Continue reading
The Less of Me, December 2012 edition
13 runs for exactly 69 kilometres, I have no idea how it got the be an exact number but the OCD in me thinks this is a great success. Weight … Continue reading
Beach Life – Summer 2013 – #8
The New Years Eve edition, that was. The new thing is fireworks we discovered at variously 11:58, 11:59, midnight, 12:01 and all the way through to 12:20. Extremely loud fireworks. … Continue reading
Beach Life – Summer 2013 – #7
It’s still really nice here, weather is behaving itself by and large. To be honest I don’t know how I haven’t got a tan going on, it’s been mostly sunny. … Continue reading
Beach Life – Summer 2013 – #6
Well here we are then. At the beach house. this is the view, well this is the view when you hold the camera up a bit higher than eye-line, but … Continue reading
Beer – #265 – De Molen – Kopi Loewak
Yet another beer to make it to the front of the fridge is this, the De Molen – Kopi Loewak. Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen which is styled as an Imperial Stout in the … Continue reading
Beer – #263 – 8 Wired – Bumaye
Another beer making it to the front of the fridge after hiding in the back for a while is a 8 Wired Bumaye – Brewed by 8 Wired Brewing styled as a … Continue reading
Getting from A to B
Now there’s a thing. In a calendar year I managed by one way or another to achieve over 700km of exercise. Couple of off months when injury and inclement weather … Continue reading
Restaurant Critic #4 – Flavours of India – Browns Bay
Well what an eye opener this was when we first came here. We’d been used to having Indian food take-away and Dine-in from Chand in Mairangi Bay , where the service … Continue reading
A life just as ordinary 