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A blog resurrected!
It’s been two years since the last blog post, so most of you probably thought that this blog was dead. Well, not quite. It may be on its last legs, it may be having a mini-revival, it may go on to unforetold greatness, we shall see. Suffice for now to say that a new post has been blogged, and that the topic is beer. Travelling is, as the ... Read more

C'est la bière
Paris is the city of love, allegedly. It is also a city of culture, fine wining and dining, history and the Metro. What Paris is definitely not known for is beer, and for this reason (as well as some minor other ones) I’ve always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the French capital. It’s definitely an interesting and, at ti ... Read more

Happy birthday eh!
Canada’s national day is July 1st every year. This day is known across the world as Canada Day, which I have persistently campaigned to be shortened to “Canaday”, though this has yet to catch on. The day commemorates the joining of the colonies Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec to form a “kingdom in its own ... Read more

Land of Hops and Barley
Every so often, I just have to sit down and see what happens. I don’t mean on the toilet – that’s much more predictable – I mean in front of the PC, with a blank sheet of virtual paper in front of me, a couple of beers down the hatch already, and another one sitting nicely in the glass, just waiting for me to nip into it ... Read more