This is the first beer which I have tried from the small selection which I was bought for Christmas. An offering from Ridgeway Brewery (I would link to them but their website seems to not exist), which, by its labelling at least, looks like it should have been exported to America. The label, for all the writing on […]
Joseph Holt’s 1849 Champion Ale
Another one of my “found un a supermarket for less than a quid” beers. 1849 (4.5%) was only 99p in Tesco in Burnley. I decided to buy it, and review it in the hotel tonight. The label “gold medal champion ale” for the international brewing industry awards 2004 gives me high hopes. Pour and colour: […]
Making mead
The following happened a few weeks ago, I know, I thought I was getting better at posting as things happened too, then I remembered this post which I has planned to write. Basically all I want to say is that me and my mate Jay are in the process of making a batch of mead. […]
Dragon Stout
Last week I ended up in a CostCutter on Edgeware Road, near Colindale, London. We finished work in Earls Court and dived in here on the way home. I was surprised to find that it had a large selection of bottled beers as well as the usual cans of lager which you expect at a late night convenience shop. […]
Robinson’s Build a rocket boys!
I have always been a big fan of the band Elbow. And so a year ago when they first released their own beer, with the help of Robinson’s, I couldn’t help but get a little bit excited. I went onto the website and tried to find where my nearest retailer was going to be. Turned […]
Don’t Believe The Hype – The Session #70
The session. Once a month beer bloggers from around the world take five minutes to all discuss a particular topic. This month, the topic is novelty beers. It was suggested by this months host, Mr. David J. from Good Morning – A blog about beer, mostly. The following quote sums up the brief for this month: How […]
Tolly Cobbold’s Tolly English Ale
Going for an entire pound in Tesco in the low alcohol section at the minute, I figured that I’d give Tolly Cobbold’s Totally English Ale a go. At only 2.8% I knew it was never going to set the world alight, but for a quid? Anyway, some of these low strength beers can be really […]
Lager: revisited
A horrible title, I know. I couldn’t think of anything better, sorry. A while ago now I went into London with the lads. We pin-balled all over the capital to visit different pubs and bars across the capital. While there I ended up being forced to make a decision which I don’t often face these days. Drink lager or […]
Cask ale week – And finally….
If you read my posts about trying to get to twelve pubs which have been acredited with cask marques, you will know that I have been waiting for a t-shirt now for some time. If you didn’t know about this, you can read about it here, hear and heere. Well, finally it arrived. Email after […]
London and Lager
People who know me know that I’m not a huge fan of lager and also I’m not all that mad on football. So when we decided to go to see England play San Marino it was obvious that I was going to drink anything but lager wasn’t it? To make a day of it we […]