Born in the UK, a Northener at heart, I sometimes find it hard to come to terms with the fact that I prefer Southern bitters (no swan necks, please). On deciding to come to New Zealand and having sampled the standard fayre, I quickly learned how to make beer by blagging my way on to [...]
Born in Hastings (England), I grew up and served my beer drinking apprenticeship in pubs in and around West London. During a twenty-year career as a video journalist for BBC TV News I visited and worked across Europe, as well as in Russia and parts of the U.S. These travels gave me the opportunity to [...]
As SOBA continues to grow towards 1000 members I hope it will benefit from the experience I have in running a small business. I am well known as a person who gets things done and have been on the SOBA committee since 2007 acting in the role of Treasurer from 2008 through to 2011. I [...]
If you’re a SOBA member, chances are good that you’ve had an email from me at some point. I am honoured to have been, along with Luke Nicholas, the original instigator of a “meeting of the minds” (and imbibing of the pints) in Wellington which led to the formation of SOBA. The down-side to this [...]
