As mentioned in a previous post, the 175proofers have gotten hold of some tickets to Beerfest Asia 2010 in Singapore. And in the spirit of extreme generosity, we’re giving away one ticket (Sunday 20th June) FREE to a passionate reader. Its really very simple to win: Just tell us in a comment to this post [...]
This week, the 175proofers were lucky enough to continue to sample more of the yet-to-hit-the-shelves specialty beers from Carlsberg, courtesy of it’s Singapore marketing head, Anto Setiadi. This time its the Tuborg T-Beer Mexicana. This light bodied, almost headless brew has the taste of beer but with an added twist of lemon (yes, its there) [...]
The World Cup is upon us, so you know you’ll be getting a good dose of soccer (football?) related posts from the good folks at 175proof. And you also know that brands will no doubt capitalise on the tried-n-tested emotional appeal type television commercials that will surely rile up your latent reservoirs of manly (or [...]
Singapore’s very own Cannes for beers will make its 2nd appearance this year at Beerfest Asia 2010 with an expanded number of brews taking part – and we can’t wait. Having scored a couple of exclusive passes through our various connections, the intrepid 175proofers will be busy during the five day chug event. Beerfest or [...]
As a young kid growing up on a healthy diet of football, I started gaining a good knowledge of gegraphical locations by reading the league tables of various football leagues. By the time I was 10, I was able to point out where Santos was in Brazil or Zagreb in the Balkans. While I still [...]
It’s taken a long time for cider to gain popularity in Singapore. For the longest time, cider fans had to manage with pretenders like E33 before Strongbow taps found homage in pubs around town. But these days, even Cold Storage stocks up on Magners and when on promotion, it goes for less than $8 a [...]
