I wrote the following post back in April with the hope that it would be used in a local food magazine. Unfortunately, it didn’t make the cut and has been languishing on my hard drive ever since. Things have changed a little since I wrote the article, Brett and Andrew from Bristol Beer Factory have … Continue reading »
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Orval – A Pilgrimage That Doesn’t Quite Deliver
For those Brits holding onto the notion that our fair isle is the only place on earth to be suffering from less than fair meteorological conditions, you are wrong. Rest assured, it’s been pissing it down in Williers, the third smallest town in France, 5km from the Belgian border and, more importantly, the Abbaye Notre-Dame … Continue reading »
Beer Duty 2 – The Big Dog Bites
Last month I wrote this piece on the beer duty escalator. My conclusion was that the escalation of the duty alone wasn’t quite the significant issue it was made out to be by the epetition. More so, total duty (including VAT) makes up far too high a percentage of the price of a pint and … Continue reading »
Beer Duty – An Escalating Problem
Much has been said about beer duty and the way it increases annually. I’ve read various blogs which have been written to encourage people to sign an e-petition. With 100,000 supporters the current law will be discussed and “could be debated in the House of Commons”. What I haven’t really seen is a very basic … Continue reading »
Down DIPA
So yesterday, was the #downDIPA evening, organised by Simon at CAMRGB. An evening of beery Twitter folk drinking double IPAs and saying things about them. Arbor Ales even made a special beer for it, called Down Deeper (see first review). I made it into an afternoon because I was going out in the evening. In … Continue reading »
Bristolize Yourself
Let’s face it, most blogging is pretty self indulgent. Wittering on and hoping that someone cares about what you’re talking about. Saying that, beer sites are often quite useful for reviews of beers and beer establishments. There are several good Bristol food and drink review websites (Bristol Bites and Bristol Culture, for instance, are both … Continue reading »
No Smoke Without Fire
I like beer, that much should be obvious. I like smokey things too, particularly Islay whiskys like Laphroaig. I’m also a rather big fan of chillies. So one might imagine that a beer infused with smokey chipotle chillies is right up my street. Thanks to Red Willow, a relatively new brewery from Macclesfield, such a … Continue reading »
On The Bar
So, I seem to have quite a decent stock of beer at the moment so it’s necessarily anal/OCD of me to write it all down. Here we go: Brakespear – Triple Redwillow – Smokeless Smoked Porter Magic Rock – Magic 8 Ball Magic Rock – Cannonball Magic Rock – High Wire BrewDog – 77 Lager … Continue reading »
Education Education Education
On Saturday, I took my first steps into the foray of actually knowing something about beer (as opposed to just drinking it and making up the rest). I attended a one day beer foundation course run by The Beer Academy at The George in Backwell, a recently refurbished cozy, local boozer with an exciting range … Continue reading »
Black Eyed PA. Ey?
A very quick review of Arbor Ales’ Black Eyed (not at all) Pale Ale, mainly because I’ve already done a very quick review of their Brown Eyed PA, whose name makes even less sense. What’s in a name anyway, would a rose…etc….etc, this is not a Shakespeare blog. Arbor Ales are clearly adopting the craft … Continue reading »
