MR | Fifth Edition, April 2013

Last week on our blog:

• I reviewed Canberra’s finest pub
  
• #21 was an echnidna-inspired red ale
• F1 tyres: the wonkest of wonk topics

In amongst the usual wheelings, dealings and appealings, there were a few spots of unusually thoughtful writing from our favourite beer writers:

• Beer and tax and the blame game – Australian Brews News
• I drink too much, apparently – do you? – BeerCast
• Drinking Keg – Shut up about Barclay Perkins
• Blind tasting Shock Top Campfire Wheat – Draft Magazine
• Gage Roads share placement raises $7.4M – The Shout
• Independent Distillers declares beer deal – The Shout
• 10 Facts About Hops – The Hop Bag
• Beer needs innovations like Tap King, says Lion – The Shout
• And finally… Bondi Beer! – Pete Brown

On the off chance you’re an Irish cyclist, please read this: Cycling Ireland EGM – Act NOW! For the rest of you:

• The great Aussie rip-off – Macrobusiness
• 12 ways to reduce the crime rate – Wonkblog
• Could tracking the identities of 1.3 billion Indians end poverty? – Wonkblog
• While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion – Matt Taibbi