Polarised results from an eclectic beer tasting

Last week I held a sold-out beer tasting at D4 here in Wellington. The beers all came from D4’s tap range, and so there were some unusual and eclectic matches. The first pairing was Erdinger Weissbier and Coopers Sparkling Ale. Coopers Sparkling was the first craft beer I tasted, many years ago, in Australia. It’s […]

When binge drinking was compulsory

Binge drinking used to be compulsory here in New Zealand, and was reinforced by an emergency law that lasted for half a century. For the benefit of international readers, let me start at the beginning. Back in 1917, New Zealand was at war. We were attempting to drive the Hun out of Flanders, and the […]

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