Beer – #133 – Liberty – C!tra
Liberty C!tra, Brewed by Liberty Brewing in the style of a Imperial/Double IPA in New Plymouth, New Zealand 500ml of a 9% ABV beer (thats about 3.6 standard drinks) in a simple … Continue reading
Beer – #127 – Rogue – Morimoto – Black Obi Soba Ale
Morimoto – Black Obi Soba Ale – Brewed by Rogue Ales in the style of a Specialty Grain Newport, Oregon USA It’s a pint of a 5.3 ABV beer (thats about 2.7 standard drinks), … Continue reading
Beer – #125 – Moa – Five Hops
Brewed by Moa Brewing Company in the style of a Premium Bitter/ESB brewed in the Marlborough region , Blenheim, New Zealand Premium! none of the riff-raff. All cage and Cork too … Continue reading
Beer – #124 – Mc Chouffe
Mc Chouffe. That’s it’s name. Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat) in the style of a Belgian Strong Ale and that’s all done in Achouffe, Belgium 750ml bottle of an 8% ABV dark … Continue reading
Beer – #121 – Yeastie Boys – His Majesty 2012
I stopped in at my local bottle shop on the way home, a particularly weird day at work that was pretty frustrating on a number of fronts, and I picked … Continue reading
Beer – #119 – Hallertau – Maximus Humulus Lupulus
Hallertau Maximus Humulus Lupulus. Brewed by Hallertau Brewbar & Restaurant in the styleof an American Strong Ale, in Auckland. Strong Ale? It says Pale Ale on the label. The fiercely floral and fragrant … Continue reading
Beer – #118 – Coronado – Red Devil
The Red Devil they say an Imperial Red Ale – Brewed by Coronado Brewing Company in the style of an American Strong Ale, in of all places Coronado, California ‘merica. Talking it up … Continue reading
4th Annual Rings Beach Food and Drink Festival
The 4th Annual Rings Beach, Coromandel, Food and Drink Festival, Saturday January 26th. A new beach tradition, originally started to honour a birthday, has now taken a life of it’s … Continue reading
The 12 ways of Christmas – The Festive Drinks
One of the things that I remember from Christmas was the abundance of things. The seasonal drinks cupboard got topped up. There were 4 standout things that were brought into the … Continue reading
Bit of a mistake – Shopping at Farro
I don’t know what came over me, but I went to Farro Fresh, for no reason other than that they do have the Over the Moon – Triple Cream Brie … Continue reading
Restaurant Critic #2 – Deep Creek Brewing Co.
The Deep Creek Bewing Company, Browns Bay, Auckland. A birthday celebration with the family. Well I had this : Potjies Kos , this iteration was Lamb Shank in a rich spicy … Continue reading
The Food Post
I like to cook. Not just the beans on toast or boiled egg cooking, that’s just feeding, but I sometimes have the urge to cook something unusual, or different. But … Continue reading
Playing with yourself.
I’ve done the mexican wave, I’m the one man Mexican wave world record holder after all
Overhaulin’
When you spend as much time as I do looking at performance based statistics it throws up some interesting things. Most importantly it shows up that you need to be nimble … Continue reading
Funding and Self-Sustaining organizations
This is the 9th Annual Fashion week in Auckland. But the organizers were saying this year was hard since they found it difficult to come up with funding to stage … Continue reading
A life just as ordinary 