This week I am “casting aside my lupulin tendencies” because I have been told to by Colin the Handsome yet spoken Scottish Proprietor.

For the vast majority of human history, at least until the invention of the razor, most males had beards.

Two of the most important days on my calendar every single year are May the Fourth (Star Wars Day – “May the Fourth be with you”) and May the Fifth (Empire Day – “Revenge of the Fifth”).

The latest global consumer frenzy over the new Samsung S5 confirmed to me that we are becoming a society increasingly focused on what is the latest, the newest and the coolest.

I generally enjoy beers made with chocolate the same way I appreciate wearing a tie, films with Meryl Streep in them, the wit and wisdom of Michael Laws, Avocadoes, [1]

Once again following the trailblazing American example, a small but growing number of New Zealand craft brewers are selling their beers in cans.