Luke Corbin
@lukecorbin.org
Gen Y Australian drinks writer & brewer, media producer & editor, open thinker & optimist.
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Luke Corbin
@lukecorbin.org
· Apr 23
The newest publication, a bit rushed but at least it's out. Nice to have the opportunity to write about Myanmar again ⚡ #Routledge #Hooch #Myanmar
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After months of pressure, Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned. This creates a unique opportunity for the federal government.
The ANU was set up to be a ‘national asset’. Here are 3 ways it can return to its original mission
theconversation.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After months of pressure, Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned. This creates a unique opportunity for the federal government.
The thing about THC-infused drinks, just as with alcopops and RTDs, is that they're basically soda with flavourings and an intoxicant dunked in. No synergy between ingredients, no craft, no heritage, just a drug in a new form—zero human- or bio-magic
Big Alcohol prepares to fight back as buzzy cannabis drinks steal sales
Top alcohol makers have been sitting on the sidelines of a cannabis beverage boom, watching brands in the fast-growing category like Cann and Wynk make deals with beer and booze distributors, and gain valuable space on liquor store shelves.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The thing about THC-infused drinks, just as with alcopops and RTDs, is that they're basically soda with flavourings and an intoxicant dunked in. No synergy between ingredients, no craft, no heritage, just a drug in a new form—zero human- or bio-magic
Following with another Thai story: beer is no substitute for a balanced diet.
Man in Thailand dies after drinking only beer for a month, hundreds of empty bottles found in room
A man in Thailand has passed away after reportedly refusing to eat anything except beer for more than a month.
mustsharenews.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Following with another Thai story: beer is no substitute for a balanced diet.
Be careful out there
Drunk Chinese man swallows spoon, thinks it was a dream, learns 5 months later
Medical experts say spoon was precariously lodged, with even minor movements posing a risk of intestinal perforation or severe bleeding.
www.scmp.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Be careful out there
Great initiative, well-organised, and guaranteed to be heaps of fun. Morning and afternoon sessions available, with cultural demonstrations, music, food pairing, and plenty of knowledgeable sake masters in attendance. I'll be bringing a big backpack for all those namazakes! #sake #sakefestival
MELBOURNE - Sake Festival
sake-festival.com.au
June 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Great initiative, well-organised, and guaranteed to be heaps of fun. Morning and afternoon sessions available, with cultural demonstrations, music, food pairing, and plenty of knowledgeable sake masters in attendance. I'll be bringing a big backpack for all those namazakes! #sake #sakefestival
Store crown seal caps separately if possible and always clean and rinse them before capping glass bottles; crown caps put far more microplastics into beer than if you packaged with plastic-lined cans or PET, due to the sharp undersides cutting the soft topsides in mass storage @craftypint.com
Glass bottles found to contain more microplastics than plastic bottles
Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, according to a surprising study released by France's food safety agency Frid...
phys.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Store crown seal caps separately if possible and always clean and rinse them before capping glass bottles; crown caps put far more microplastics into beer than if you packaged with plastic-lined cans or PET, due to the sharp undersides cutting the soft topsides in mass storage @craftypint.com
Good advocacy in this, happy to have RR in Melbourne. Albo with beer and red tape masker for prosperity, the East is Red, to Reach the East is Red Tape
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Good advocacy in this, happy to have RR in Melbourne. Albo with beer and red tape masker for prosperity, the East is Red, to Reach the East is Red Tape
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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အေအေ၏ထိုးစစ်ကြောင့် ရခိုင်နှင့်နယ်ချင်းထိ ဒေသများသို့ စစ်မီးပျံ့နှံ့လာပြီး ၎င်းတို့သည် အဓိကကျသည့် စစ်လက်နက်စက်ရုံများအနီးသို့ ရောက်ရှိလာပြီဖြစ်သည်။
ရခိုင်ကိုလွန်၍ - မျှော်လင့်ချက်နဲ့ စိုးထိတ်မှုတွေကို သယ်ဆောင်လာတဲ့ အေအေရဲ့ ထိုးစစ်
အေအေ၏ထိုးစစ်ကြောင့် ရခိုင်နှင့်နယ်ချင်းထိ ဒေသများသို့ စစ်မီးပျံ့နှံ့လာပြီး ၎င်းတို့သည် အဓိကကျသည့် စစ်လက်နက်စက်ရုံများအနီးသို့ ရောက်ရှိလာပြီဖြစ်သည်။
www.frontiermyanmar.net
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
အေအေ၏ထိုးစစ်ကြောင့် ရခိုင်နှင့်နယ်ချင်းထိ ဒေသများသို့ စစ်မီးပျံ့နှံ့လာပြီး ၎င်းတို့သည် အဓိကကျသည့် စစ်လက်နက်စက်ရုံများအနီးသို့ ရောက်ရှိလာပြီဖြစ်သည်။
Hard to see coming when I lived in Shanghai in 2010. The factors identified seem spot on. But I wonder if this and other takes are missing a trick about the universality of Gen Z drinking less. The common factor intuitively seems to be changing technology habits... But deeper than that... ?
China’s booze business looks smashed
First terrified officials went off the lash; now young people are going dry
www.economist.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hard to see coming when I lived in Shanghai in 2010. The factors identified seem spot on. But I wonder if this and other takes are missing a trick about the universality of Gen Z drinking less. The common factor intuitively seems to be changing technology habits... But deeper than that... ?
Exciting new product from Northeast India, the brainchild of an anthropologist and musician
www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
June 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Exciting new product from Northeast India, the brainchild of an anthropologist and musician
www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
"Tappers are now equipped with special insulated containers that maintain sub-zero temperatures, preserving the sap in its fresh form during transportation to urban centres."
And of course, urbanites drink it at 0°C, nobody would even think of taking it home to let it warm up a little... 😂🌴
And of course, urbanites drink it at 0°C, nobody would even think of taking it home to let it warm up a little... 😂🌴
Swig super drink ‘Neera’ with gusto to beat the summer heat
This traditional drink is seeing a modern revival with govt support, improved harvesting methods and urban availability
www.thehansindia.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Tappers are now equipped with special insulated containers that maintain sub-zero temperatures, preserving the sap in its fresh form during transportation to urban centres."
And of course, urbanites drink it at 0°C, nobody would even think of taking it home to let it warm up a little... 😂🌴
And of course, urbanites drink it at 0°C, nobody would even think of taking it home to let it warm up a little... 😂🌴
Not an ideal outcome but the best hoped for.
Thailand drops royal insult case against American academic
A royal insult prosecution against an American scholar in Thailand that raised concerns in the U.S. government has been dropped, his lawyer said on Thursday, as authorities confirmed the academic had left the country.
www.reuters.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Not an ideal outcome but the best hoped for.
How to compete with proprietary yeast... It would be ace if more Melbourne breweries went to these lengths with their lagers. craftypint.com/news/3784/fr...
May 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How to compete with proprietary yeast... It would be ace if more Melbourne breweries went to these lengths with their lagers. craftypint.com/news/3784/fr...
A Zomia HIT, but self-censored live. Whyyy?! 🙊
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
🎤🎶
🎶🎤
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
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Imphal Talkies - I Want to Go to Moscow
YouTube video by Seven Sisters Music
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A Zomia HIT, but self-censored live. Whyyy?! 🙊
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
🎤🎶
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
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Shame and sadness
On a pristine Australian island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...
www.abc.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Shame and sadness
Amid much misleading reporting on India's latest methanol poisoning, this gem notes that "spurious liquor" is not the same as regulated country liquor, nor traditional village drinks—methanol poisonings are usually caused by adulterants: urea, oxytocin, ammonium chloride, and industrial solvents
Amritsar Hooch Tragedy: The Poison That Makes Fake Liquor So Deadly | Explained - News18
The term "country liquor", also known as Indian Made Indian Liquor (IMIL) or Desi Daru, often carries a cloud of suspicion, but there is a crucial distinction.
www.news18.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Amid much misleading reporting on India's latest methanol poisoning, this gem notes that "spurious liquor" is not the same as regulated country liquor, nor traditional village drinks—methanol poisonings are usually caused by adulterants: urea, oxytocin, ammonium chloride, and industrial solvents
Reposted by Luke Corbin
Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious
whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
May 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious
whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
A "Burma Ale" wins 2nd place at the 2025 World Beer Cup in Cat. #7: Herb & Spice Beer. From a Cali brewery I'm unfamiliar with. Used pagoda & peacock iconography too.
May 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A "Burma Ale" wins 2nd place at the 2025 World Beer Cup in Cat. #7: Herb & Spice Beer. From a Cali brewery I'm unfamiliar with. Used pagoda & peacock iconography too.
Wedding season is coming to a close in Victoria but there was time for one more
May 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Wedding season is coming to a close in Victoria but there was time for one more
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The mining of rare earths is not just about international raw materials policy, as a new study from Myanmar shows. It is also about environmental justice, local governance and the future of the civil war-torn country. #criticalminerals #naturalresources #ecology #humanrights
bit.ly/42PQV25
bit.ly/42PQV25
Fractured Authority and Resource Politics in Myanmar: New Report on Rare Earth Mining | Heinrich Böll Foundation | Southeast Asia
The mining of rare earths is not just about international raw materials policy, as a new study from Myanmar shows. It is also about environmental justice, local governance and the future of the civil ...
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The mining of rare earths is not just about international raw materials policy, as a new study from Myanmar shows. It is also about environmental justice, local governance and the future of the civil war-torn country. #criticalminerals #naturalresources #ecology #humanrights
bit.ly/42PQV25
bit.ly/42PQV25
Interesting findings from a Swedish study: "Beer has around a third of the carbon footprint of wine and spirits per litre ... (and) alcohol consumption among men generates 90% higher GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions than among women. " doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
www.sciencedirect.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Interesting findings from a Swedish study: "Beer has around a third of the carbon footprint of wine and spirits per litre ... (and) alcohol consumption among men generates 90% higher GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions than among women. " doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Meanwhile in military-ruled Myanmar, Gen Z still drink plenty, and crony companies are trying to co-opt the term away from the civil disobedience and armed resistance movements opposing the 2021 coup, and towards the supposed martial prowess of the Bama monarchy of old. Gen Z—same wine, new bottles?
April 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Meanwhile in military-ruled Myanmar, Gen Z still drink plenty, and crony companies are trying to co-opt the term away from the civil disobedience and armed resistance movements opposing the 2021 coup, and towards the supposed martial prowess of the Bama monarchy of old. Gen Z—same wine, new bottles?
"Do the origins of (human) feasting behaviour derive from a shared common ancestor? Our data provide the first evidence for ethanolic food sharing and feeding by wild nonhuman great apes"—I always try to trot out the Drunken Monkey hypothesis in my talks, this is rad research, valuable video too 🙊🍻🍑
Wild chimpanzees share fermented fruits
Bowland and colleagues document intake of naturally fermented breadfruit containing
alcohol by wild chimpanzees.
www.cell.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Do the origins of (human) feasting behaviour derive from a shared common ancestor? Our data provide the first evidence for ethanolic food sharing and feeding by wild nonhuman great apes"—I always try to trot out the Drunken Monkey hypothesis in my talks, this is rad research, valuable video too 🙊🍻🍑
Antipodean Mon mohinga, strong in the ways of the banana stem
April 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Antipodean Mon mohinga, strong in the ways of the banana stem
Reposted by Luke Corbin
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