A few years ago, when Chris Badenoch was exposing a wide Australian audience to the joys of cooking with beer on Masterchef, I came into work one morning to find my female colleagues in a bit of an uproar. It seems Badenoch, on the previous night’s episode, had had the affront to put beer into… Read more →
Christmas
Open over Christmas?
I am, unfortunately, old enough to remember back to the days of the weekend petrol roster when only a handful of service stations (yes kids, they used to be called that and you never used to have to leave your car…) would be open over a weekend and radio stations would broadcast which ones… Read more →
Christmas with Australia's brewers
Christmas in Australia is a time of family gatherings, barbeques that often include the sharing of refreshing beers as we reflect on the year past and plan for the year ahead. Our sunny hot climate sends many Christmas drinkers to the bottle shop for slabs of thirst quenching and easy drinking lagers. However, what will… Read more →
Deer Santa – Christmas Lunch at Josie Bones
What’s on your Christmas list for Santa this year? How about venison perfectly paired with some of the finest beers from across the globe? Then Josie Bones has the gift for you with a special Christmas Lunch event on Sunday 18th December. The “most festive of meals” will feature an indulgent four courses matched with… Read more →
Christmas Beer Showcase at Purvis Cellars
Christmas has come early! To help you celebrate and spread the good Christmas cheer, Purvis Cellars invites you to join them in raising a glass to Santa and his success. Try some of the world’s best beer and most extreme beers, from all over the globe. The showcase will feature beers from breweries such as… Read more →
Festive drinking: Good bosses and how to spot them
A “Three week Christmas” is both a blessing and a curse for the hospitality industry. Christmas Day falling on a Saturday this year means only three usable weekends were available. That means that every restaurant and bar in the land that takes festive group bookings had to squeeze the usual four weekend’s worth of bookings… Read more →
Christmas with the Rogers’
Not sure what to drink with your Christmas dinner this year? Stone & Wood’s Brad Rogers shares his beery plans…
Christmas and beer
With the Australians doing so well in the cricket, the ABC Queensland needed to fill in some time today and ran an interview with me about beers for the Christmas table. I got a call from the delightful Georgia Stynes and here are my top-of-the-head recommendations for those Queenslanders who didn’t have a pen handy,… Read more →