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[possible] Local Homebrew Competition @ The Twisted Hop

That’s right folks, you heard it here first…

I was talking to the manager down at the twisted hop the other night to see if he thought there was a market for a brew pub selling ever-changing beer on tap- through experimentation and listening to customers feedback.

It’s still a good idea, imagine heading down to a pub where you’re input is taken into consideration by the brew-master and a new brew is ready to taste on a weekly or fortnightly basis.

This prompted him to tell me one of his genius ideas: Holding a local homebrew competition with the winner having their beer featured on tap for x number of nights.

That’s enough to make any home brew enthusiast bubble with excitement.

It’s still very much in the “thinking” stages but if there are enough people asking about it and getting together to talk about it we could soon get it off the ground, and who knows we might discover the next Tuatara brew-master hidden in our garden city.

My hat goes off him.

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Calories in Beer - The Cold Frosty Truth

The general rule of thumb when it comes to calories in beer, is that the higher percentage the higher the calories.

What I discovered in my hours pouring over scientific texts…

  1. Yes, beer does contain calories - quite a lot actually
  2. Yes, it will take about 30 minutes of cardio-vascular exercise to offset the number of calories in one bottle of beer
  3. The beer I drink is apparently the worst you can get

So What?

I *heart* beer and I’m not going to let a few pesky scientific laws affect the enjoyment I get from a cold frosty one

Read on…

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