Monthly Archives: September 2009

Microbrews in Shanghai

September 28th, 2009 | Posted in Travels, Tried & Tested

Tsing Tao beer remains the most popular beer throughout China. Walk into any truly local restaurant and you’ll see tables ordering Tsing Tao bottles by the crate. But wander into slightly more upscale establishments in Shanghai along the Bund or at Xintiandi and you’ll find that the only patrons holding a bottle of Tsing Tao [...]

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Support Cancer Research, Drink Hope

September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Tried & Tested

I’ve had 3 very dear friends who’ve had relatives contract cancer this year alone. I don’t really want to write about this subject so I’ll get straight to the point.

Brewerkz Singapore is serving their Hope beer and will donate $1 to the National Cancer Centre Research Fund for every half litre purchased.
We’ve been doing our [...]

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Beer Drinking Gives The Same Benefits As Yoga

September 17th, 2009 | Posted in Interesting sites

Ian On The Red Dot :: Beer Drinking Gives The Same Benefits As Yoga.
You know how anyone who’s into yoga tells you how much health benefits they’ve experienced blah blah blah and that you should really try it too? Well, now you can give it back to these stationary-stretching-exercise touts and boast to them YOU  [...]

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The Art of The Brew – Belgian Beer

September 1st, 2009 | Posted in Events

It seems Belgium beers are gaining interest here in Singapore. A couple of weeks ago there was a all things Belgium event which I posted. The event featured stalls offering beer from the country also known for their diamond industry and waffles. I suspect this is part of a cultural series that the National Heritage [...]

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Siding with Cider

September 1st, 2009 | Posted in Tried & Tested

Truth be told, whenever Andre and I hang out for a drink, we almost never order cider. If I’m correct, even when we drink separately, cider is hardly the top 10 drinks we’d have for the night (or afternoon). Having said that, let me qualify that its not that we don’t like cider. Its just [...]

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Six of the best… Beer ads. Hardly.

September 1st, 2009 | Posted in Beer Commercials

So someone pointed me to this article which mentions six of the ‘best’ beer ads. Disappointing to say the least, even if you argue that creative preference is personal and subjective. I guess its the claim that I took issue with: ‘Once again Media has scoured the world for the best ads on a particular [...]

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