Unless you have been living under a particularly large and sound-proofed rock, you will be aware that the 2015 Rugby World Cup has started and runs for the next seven months or so.

In the New Testament, the Book of Revelations refers to a quartet of dread horsemen who are unleashed on the mortal realm when four of the seven seals on a most holy scroll are broken. These Four Horsemen of Appocolypse are thought to symbolise Conquest, War, Famine and Death, and they ride on white, red, black and pale horses respectively. [1]

This is the third instalment of the ludicrously popular and relatively new Malthouse blog feature called "Staff Profiles in Courage." The format is almost offensively simple – I sit down with a worthy Malty staff member and, over the course of a few beers, [1] ask them a series of searching questions. This time I chatted with Emma Brown, one of the talented Duty Managers at Malthouse. Here is the official record of our conversation once I finally figured out how to get my phone to record things: [2]

Honestly, who has two thumbs and stopped off on the way to a beer and food matching dinner which served eleven different craft beers to have a quick pint in the pub? This guy!

Well, another Beervana is in the history books [1] and it is time to reflect on two spectacular days in the craft beer calendar.

When Colin the Handsome yet Softly Spoken Scottish Malthouse Proprietor informed me of the topic for this week’s blog, I sprang into action. [1] As commanded by “The Beard That Must Be Obeyed,”