Beer
Beer benefits bone density: study
Beer is a good source of a key nutrient for increasing bone mineral density, a study has found.
Cheaper Sydney beer leaves Victoria bitter
Clancy Yeates Melbourne's character-filled laneway bars may have the edge over Sydney pubs, but new figures suggest drinkers in the south pay more in a night out.
Brewery gives plastic beer bottles another shot
Sarah McInerney Will you be drinking beer from a plastic bottle at a music festival or picnic sometime soon? Byron Bay Brewery hopes so.
Beer for the cashed up
Daniella Miletic With a price tag you would expect to find on a bottle of good champagne, it is clear Foster's latest beer is meant to be sipped, not chugged.
Brewer launches $1 a sip boutique beer
A boutique Australian brewer has launched a vintage stout at a recession-defying price tag of $25 a bottle.
Norwegian brewery wins top Aussie beer award
Norwegian beer gets the thumbs up and gluten free the thumbs down at the Australian International Beer Awards.
Man love
Sam de Brito So, I went on a hot date recently and I'm not sure how to follow up with ... well ... him ...
Shop like a spy
Stephen Lacey You don't have a licence to kill, but if your pockets are deep enough it's possible to live the James Bond lifestyle.
Don't be embarrassed, embrace your fellow man
David Sygall The manhug may be a sign of changing attitudes to masculinity.
All revved up with everywhere to go
He made his name with the irreverent Mambo surfwear brand he co-founded in the 1980s, but to Dare Jennings, the surf culture was always more than just riding waves.
Shark!
Sam de Brito Fat Tony is standing on the cold concrete stairs of the surf club, still dressed, gazing down at the waves at south end like they might bite ...
Respect
Sam de Brito Next to a well-regarded and successful doctor, guess what is the most universally respected profession in the country of Vietnam? No, not a model, football player, newsreader or Celebrity Apprentice...
Free to be human
Sam de Brito Been thinking about freedom lately, what with a quarter of the world fighting for it, another quarter screaming they don't have enough, a third quarter complaining their's is being eroded and, then,...
Push it
Sam de Brito A while back, a certain women's magazine called to ask me if I'd write a small opinion piece about whether new mothers ought to buy their male partners "push presents" for being their rock during...
All time
Sam de Brito On Australia Day at my local beach I watched a charming fellow scream "you f---ing slut" at a policewoman before offering to have sex with her in an unconventional and painful manner ...
Role models
Sam de Brito "Role model" is a weird and weighty term that we in the media seem to adhere to the strangest of people like footballers and cricketers and ...
Vale Sean Flannery
Sam de Brito I've been a bit off my game the last few weeks dealing with the death of my step-father Sean Flannery, who passed onto the big Journalist's Club in the sky last Friday.
Comparison
Sam de Brito I was standing at the urinal of my local pub the other day when a mate turned to me and said "comparison is the root of all unhappiness" ...
Thank youse all
Sam de Brito Recently, I bought a tuna burger from my local cafe and as I left I said 'thank you' to the barista who'd served me, when the chef who'd cooked it was only three metres away.
Is your accent holding you back?
Sam de Brito As pathetic as it sounds, when I hear people in public roles - particularly union officials - talking on TV and if they have an American or a British accent, I think, "what are you doing here? Go...
