Beer aficionados, you might want to wrap your laughing gear around a limited-edition brew this month.
Canned Laughter is an "easy-drinking everyday ale" by Lambton's Grainfed Brewery created especially for this year's Newcastle Comedy Festival (July 16 to August 16). Brewed with 100 per cent Australian pilsener and wheat malts, it features "four hop additions of German Tettnang and New Zealand Pacifica hops, and its light bitterness is balanced by fresh citrus hop aromas" (4.2 per cent ABV).