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Luke Corbin
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Gen Y Australian drinks writer & brewer, media producer & editor, open thinker & optimist.
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The newest publication, a bit rushed but at least it's out. Nice to have the opportunity to write about Myanmar again ⚡ #Routledge #Hooch #Myanmar
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After months of pressure, Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned. This creates a unique opportunity for the federal government.
The ANU was set up to be a ‘national asset’. Here are 3 ways it can return to its original mission
theconversation.com
The thing about THC-infused drinks, just as with alcopops and RTDs, is that they're basically soda with flavourings and an intoxicant dunked in. No synergy between ingredients, no craft, no heritage, just a drug in a new form—zero human- or bio-magic
Big Alcohol prepares to fight back as buzzy cannabis drinks steal sales
Top alcohol makers have been sitting on the sidelines of a cannabis beverage boom, watching brands in the fast-growing category like Cann and Wynk make deals with beer and booze distributors, and gain valuable space on liquor store shelves.
www.reuters.com
You're not wrong, it's pretty weird 🤷‍♂️
Great initiative, well-organised, and guaranteed to be heaps of fun. Morning and afternoon sessions available, with cultural demonstrations, music, food pairing, and plenty of knowledgeable sake masters in attendance. I'll be bringing a big backpack for all those namazakes! #sake #sakefestival
MELBOURNE - Sake Festival
sake-festival.com.au
Store crown seal caps separately if possible and always clean and rinse them before capping glass bottles; crown caps put far more microplastics into beer than if you packaged with plastic-lined cans or PET, due to the sharp undersides cutting the soft topsides in mass storage @craftypint.com
Glass bottles found to contain more microplastics than plastic bottles
Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, according to a surprising study released by France's food safety agency Frid...
phys.org
Good advocacy in this, happy to have RR in Melbourne. Albo with beer and red tape masker for prosperity, the East is Red, to Reach the East is Red Tape

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Hard to see coming when I lived in Shanghai in 2010. The factors identified seem spot on. But I wonder if this and other takes are missing a trick about the universality of Gen Z drinking less. The common factor intuitively seems to be changing technology habits... But deeper than that... ?
China’s booze business looks smashed
First terrified officials went off the lash; now young people are going dry
www.economist.com
Exciting new product from Northeast India, the brainchild of an anthropologist and musician

www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
"Tappers are now equipped with special insulated containers that maintain sub-zero temperatures, preserving the sap in its fresh form during transportation to urban centres."

And of course, urbanites drink it at 0°C, nobody would even think of taking it home to let it warm up a little... 😂🌴
Swig super drink ‘Neera’ with gusto to beat the summer heat
This traditional drink is seeing a modern revival with govt support, improved harvesting methods and urban availability
www.thehansindia.com
How to compete with proprietary yeast... It would be ace if more Melbourne breweries went to these lengths with their lagers. craftypint.com/news/3784/fr...
A Zomia HIT, but self-censored live. Whyyy?! 🙊

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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴⁣
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺⁣
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭⁣
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
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Imphal Talkies - I Want to Go to Moscow
YouTube video by Seven Sisters Music
www.youtube.com
Amid much misleading reporting on India's latest methanol poisoning, this gem notes that "spurious liquor" is not the same as regulated country liquor, nor traditional village drinks—methanol poisonings are usually caused by adulterants: urea, oxytocin, ammonium chloride, and industrial solvents
Amritsar Hooch Tragedy: The Poison That Makes Fake Liquor So Deadly | Explained - News18
The term "country liquor", also known as Indian Made Indian Liquor (IMIL) or Desi Daru, often carries a cloud of suspicion, but there is a crucial distinction.
www.news18.com
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Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious

whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
This is an AI post thread tree and I am the only human in it

or ... am I?
A "Burma Ale" wins 2nd place at the 2025 World Beer Cup in Cat. #7: Herb & Spice Beer. From a Cali brewery I'm unfamiliar with. Used pagoda & peacock iconography too.
Wedding season is coming to a close in Victoria but there was time for one more
Getting major Love Lies Bleeding vibes from that poster
A salient reminder for those currently in Tasmania.