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Mostly beers 🍻 and books 📚
One more Maltnhops beer, this one a very well balanced, classic, west coast IPA. Best enjoyed with a west coast sunset.

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December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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“Choosing to hate, in any way, never made us safer.

Choosing to love, in every way, makes us unstoppable.

We, as Australians, will always choose to love. No matter who you believe, where you come from, or who you love.” 1/2
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Cold IPAs... for some reason brewers keep making them, and against my better judgement I keep drinking them.

This one was ok once it warmed up, and the hops came to the fore.

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December 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This showed up in the street library, so I gave it a shot, and enjoyed it. The romance/sex was a little unnecessary, but not a large part of the book. But it's a fast paced, enjoyable fantasy novel regardless.

#books #booksky #bskybooks #fantasy
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It's *hot*, summer has arrived. So this East Coast IPA while watering the lawn has really hit the spot.

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December 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Haven't had an altbier in years. Really enjoying this this boozy, malty take on the style. Magnificent.

From Evil Mega Corp (who else!?) in Western Australia.

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December 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This promised to be a very accessible history of Japan for the casual reader, and so it proved.

#books #booksky #bskybooks #history #japan
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
After a few years owned by Coca Cola, Feral are independent again, and Bmbrewing great new beers. This Oat Cream IPA is a great effort!

Lovely balance of sweetness and bitterness, while coating the mouth the way an oat cream should.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A great, full bodied pale ale to start the weekend, while I watch Australia grind England down in the cricket 🏏 🤞

With Vic Secret and Mosaic hops, that have been used in a few of my favourite beers of the last few years.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just awful. A silly plot that relied on fears of globalism, and truly awful dialogue!

Revisiting some older sci-fi makes me appreciate how far the genre has developed.

#books #booksky #bskybooks #scifi
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A massive IIIPA, from classic local brewery Otherside. Paired with porterhouse steak and rosemary polenta chips.

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November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Once it was books, now its laptops & mobile phones.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Bringing in the weekend with the best Maltnhops beer I've had so far... a great mid strength hazy. Nicely thick and fruity.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Oat Cream IPA from Maltnhops, in NSW. Less opaque than I expect from an out cream, but I still get that characteristic thickness. Not bad!

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November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A coming-of-age / love story set in 1970s Sydney is definitely not my normal fare, I read it for a book club.

But I loved it, so glad I gave it the chance.

At different stages laugh out loud funny, tense, and really sad. Highly recommend.

#books #booksky #bskybooks
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A long overdue visit to the local, Seasonal Brewing, for some paddles. Heavy on sour and gose beers in preparation for summer, despite the fact it's currently chilly and damp.

#beer #craftbeer #beersky #bskybeer
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hmmm... after the debacle of Khawaja's injury and its impact on the batting order, and Head's performance today, do we have a new opening combination for the 2nd test?

#ashes #cricket #AUSvENG
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Found an autographed copy of Glenn McGrath's memoir at the 2nd hand book store.

I usually enjoy these stories, but was disappointed this time. The promotion of quack health remedies throughout especially bothered me.

#books #booksky #bskybooks #sport #cricket
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just finished The Outsider by @stephenking.bsky.social, whose books I've been diving back into.

Reminiscent of The Dark Half (maybe my favourite King book) early, this turned into a more complex and interesting story as it went on. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

#books #booksky #horror #bskybooks
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
@reneecatullo.bsky.social and I tried a barrel aged imperial stout brewed, and generously supplied by @mikebrightwood.bsky.social.

It's the beer we'd all like to make as homebrewers, but few manage. Great nose, lots of vanilla and bourbon on the tongue. Paired with a self-saucing pudding.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Happy Friday...

A fruited lager is unusual, but the blood orange in this makes it far more interesting. From Seasonal Brewing, just down the road.

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November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I'm lucky enough to have the time and space to turn a spare bedroom into a library... which, now finished, is obviously my favourite room.

Though it does feel like I need more books.

If your bookcases are more full than mine, please show me!

#books #booksky #library #bskybooks
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I tried, I really tried. But I couldn't get through this.

Some were some more readable segments, like a discussion of thw value of science education. But overall, is wasn't a book for the occasional reader of philosophy like me.

#books #booksky #philosophy
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The warm weather is here, the lawn is looking fantastic, it's time for beers on the porch while I water.

This very pale ale is really nice. A bit of a throwback to a few years ago when everything was hop forward, but I'm here for it.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A delightful hazy from Badlands. Great balance of fruit and bitterness.

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November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM