The Fizz Weekly Update – The Valentine’s Day Edition (2020-02-14)

In this issue of The Fizz, we’ve got a few bits on Australia, thoughts on the Portman Group ruling, why caffeine is important, and the almost-return of those chalky Necco conversational hearts.

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The Fizz Weekly Update – The Lulz Edition (2020-02-05)

In this issue, I share my thoughts on @Brewdog’s new look and the very cool new @Guinness Storehouse tour, a piece on the social importance of the pub from @helfitzgerald, @beervana talks about what he’s learned from 10 years of writing, and the origin story of the ‘Karen’ meme.

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The Fizz Weekly Update – The Sinnerman Edition (2020-01-24)

In this issue, @beervana asks “What is beer, anyway?”, I use a recent Telegraph rant to weigh in on kids in pubs, scientists use radiocarbon dating to identify fraudulent whiskies, and @sidewalksafari shares a great day-trip itinerary for Dublin.

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The Fizz Weekly Update – I’m Moving This to Friday Edition (2020-01-24)

In this issue, we talk about various movements from Big Beer, discuss Scotland’s love affair with haggis & Burns Night, I do a rant on stupid tax policies & high ABV beers in Ireland (with a little help from Twitter), and I discuss the death of privacy. Happy Friday, everybody!

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The Fizz Weekly Update – The Better Late Than Never Edition (2020-01-17)

In this issue, we’ve got a whole bunch from Vinepair (they had some great content this week), @beervana, an announcement of @beerwithnat ‘s new book, an Irish beer law history lesson from @beerfoodtravel, and scratch-and-sniff weed wallpaper.

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The Fizz Weekly Update – The Fat & Happy Edition (2020-01-08)

In this issue, we’ve got some great bits from Vinepair, a bunch of interesting stuff on the rise of voluntary teetotaling by Millennials and Gen-Z, an American Scientist piece on the importance of barley, and @aodespair railing about the insidious practice of packaging TV and film content.

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