I’m a beer snob, I’ll admit it. But before craft brewing became popular a mate and I went looking for some beer with real flavour, something that didn’t taste like piss mixed with water. We found some rare imported European beers, and we found Double Brown. Partly because of its …
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The car world is filled with brand loyal engine fan boys, people who love one engine over another for no sound or rational reason. There are people who will fight over Small Blocks Fords being better than Small Block Chevs, or cry when a VTEC Honda makes more power than a …
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The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Nic Empire motoring Journalist, Vlogger and general larakin. Pro food and lifting heavy things. Latest posts by Nic (see all) Motorcycle towing? - December 2, 2025 Bloke of The Apocalypse - November 4, 2025 Keeper (film) – Tickets giveaway! - October 30, …
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So after my many emails and tweets, Burgerfuel has done a crumbed chicken burger!! Praise the gods! The Harajuku Chicken burger is an orient inspired chicken burger featuring the following Tonkatsu Sauce Panko Chicken Yum Yum Mayo Soba Noodle salad Sesame Dressing. it was also supposed to come with a …
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From the Brew Moon Brewing Company, Ole Mole was the first spicy beer I tried. Hard to find outside of Canterbury, Brew Moon make some fine beer. Ole Mole is quite spicy, with a good hit of chili, but it is well backed by a nice balance of hops and malts. …
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The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Nic Empire motoring Journalist, Vlogger and general larakin. Pro food and lifting heavy things. Latest posts by Nic (see all) Motorcycle towing? - December 2, 2025 Bloke of The Apocalypse - November 4, 2025 Keeper (film) – Tickets giveaway! - October 30, …
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I wrote little piece on the often heated topic of cyclists and their place on our roads. It gathered the expected level of abuse and rhetoric, but also generated some really good discussion, including some important points that are relevant to all road users. This year the Road Toll looks …
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I’ve been enjoying some gifs of late, thought I’d share. Enjoy Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs (where else?) – Dave The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts DaveGaming & Technology Editor at The Empire Digital Media Ltd. Gadget fiend, maker of beer, technology enthusiast, and Dad of three, Dave enjoys trying to …
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The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Nic Empire motoring Journalist, Vlogger and general larakin. Pro food and lifting heavy things. Latest posts by Nic (see all) Motorcycle towing? - December 2, 2025 Bloke of The Apocalypse - November 4, 2025 Keeper (film) – Tickets giveaway! - October 30, …
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So given recent circumstances I’ve been eating out a lot lately one of which being Talk of India, so in typical food review format lets get the ball rolling Talk of India Tauranga – Cameron Road Why here? Cause I saw it driving down the main road, there was a …
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Have you ever felt that a Mercedes G wagon just wasn’t enough? Or that the Hummer H1 was a bit of a wussy car. Do you wake up in the morning and feel that only way to assert yourself on upon the world is behind the wheel of a bullet …
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Two Birds Taco is an Australian beer, brewed for the GABS festival, it is only available in limited quantities here. It was inspired after a trip to the states, the idea being to capture the flavours of a traditional Mexican Taco in a beer. This is not a new idea, …
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About 10 years ago car advertising started to change, photographs stopped being of cars, and started to be backgrounds with CGI models laid over the top. This is now the standard way of doing car photography for advertising. The vast majority of still images you see of cars in car …
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Yeastie Boys latest offerings to the gods. Yeastie Boys are one of those experimental breweries that constantly produces excellent and amazing beers. They are not afraid to load a beer up withso much smoke you need a breathing apparatus to drink it, or gently add subtle amounts of tea to an …
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Land Rover recently used the new Discovery Sport to prove how easy it is to tow a train. Once you overcome the rolling resistance, moving anything on wheels becomes quite easy, even when it weighs 108 tons. With about 180hp and 317 lb-ft of torque the little Disco did a …
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