The Chinese language is complicated and highly tonal. This means that the same written word can have a number of quite different meaning depending on which particular syllables are stressed

One of the many great things about being a beer writer, along with the master key to every brewery in the land, is that you get to meet a lot of great people and drink beer with them.

There are many ways productivity can be lowered in New Zealand. An early morning All Blacks test means thousands will turn up late and tired for work.

Very few breweries have a mission statement of any description. Certainly none that I know of have something nearly as spiritual as

Impish brewer Luke Nicholas once wrote that he “created Epic Pale Ale for the Steam Brewing Company and liked the beer so much he bought the company.”

Probably one of the worst kept secrets in New Zealand is that I really, really like Pale Ale – the hoppier the better usually.