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January 28, 2011

Things I learnt on my stag weekend

Last weekend I and fourteen friends descended upon the good city of Munich for a traditional stag/bachelor party, prior to my wedding. I would regale you with tales, but I’m not sure I’m capable of constructing a compelling narrative from fifteen men drinking monumental levels of drink. Suffice to say, I had a wonderful time. The stag/bachelor party appears to be some form of rite of passage, so it seems rather apt that I took from the weekend a number of important lessons. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 22, 2010

2010 Anti-List (Part One)

While I really enjoy other people’s end of year lists, I have always been hopeless at putting mine together. I’m not one of those “You can’t rank art!” people, but I am pretty indecisive, and prone to moments of insecurity, where I worry that if I haven’t listened to every single major music release in a year, then how can I be in a position to judge an album of the year? So, these kind of minor histrionics have delayed me posting any sort of Best of 2010 list. Until now that is. You lucky things. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 24, 2010

201 – A Post Odyssey

I value you all, dear readers. You know that. So, when Double Word Score yesterday suggested a ‘Greatest Hits’ post, I just had to meet that request. So, here are the dozen most-read posts here at Wait Until Next Year. I hope this is what he had in mind. Otherwise, another post may well be following shortly… Read the rest of this entry »

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August 6, 2010

Brewdog Paradox Smokehead (or ‘My Head Hurts, But I’ll Try A Craft Beer Review Anyway’)

So, all that beer talk gave me quite the thirst. And boy did I go to town satisfying it last night. It was a friend’s birthday, and he is probably the most beer-geeky of my friends. He appreciates a good drink, and I appreciate that. The night was going swimmingly enough, but we were ending up in the kind of trendy bars where you might get a fancy lager, but you’re unlikely to come across anything more interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 28, 2010

What is a session beer?

Today has been a worthwhile and constructive day. I have been taking part in a discussion on defining what actually constitutes a ‘session beer’, with ideas floating around Twitter and the likes of Double Word Score.

There seems to be some disagreement over whether the definition should be set by the strength of the beer, or by something more fluid. Get it? Fluid? Hah. My material is gold, I tell you. Read the rest of this entry »

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