Marooned, Part 1
(Just a heads-up: it’s a long-ish post this week, largely due to the amount of ground it covers. I *promise* it’s a fun ride; but much like Return of the […]
(Just a heads-up: it’s a long-ish post this week, largely due to the amount of ground it covers. I *promise* it’s a fun ride; but much like Return of the […]
Dunedin’s Albar sits on Stuart Street, at the base of the bustling Octagon. It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place, dwarfed by the cavernous pubs and restaurants that surround it – […]
Come November – when the Brew Hui project concludes – and I’m reading back through the year’s posts, this one will almost certainly be my least favourite. If only to […]
In my day-job, polarising personalities are a dime-a-dozen. Academia seems to attract people who have a thirst for jousting with others over matters of interpretation – with little thought given […]
You may have noticed the tried-and-true formula to my blog posts: I open with a personal anecdote, and then relate it (filmsily) to the post’s main point. It’s my way […]
My general method for coping with mechanical failure resembles that of Tintin’s Captain Haddock – whereby the slightest Wrong-Going is swiftly followed by consecutive panels of dagger symbols and exclamation […]
I’m writing this post on the eve of a monumental occasion: my first-ever all-grain brew day. I’ve been building to this moment since the beginning of the Brew Hui project […]
There’s something Inception-esque about a beer writer writing about another beer writer. But as luck would have it, Manawatu Standard journalist Jono Galuszka doesn’t consider himself a writer at all […]
Kamo Intermediate School, 1994. I’m standing in Mr Nisbet’s metalwork class, trying desperately to bend-and-shape the lid of a tool box that we’ve been assembling all term. It’s not going […]
This post is a shameless attempt at buying time. It was supposed to be the last in the ‘Kit Creation’ series – but the star of that post (whose handiness […]