Three gallons of cider to drink. That was the upshot of the last post. I had one gallon of Ben Crossman’s Home Orchard Special (7.%)and two gallons of Thatcher’s Cheddar Valley (6%). The Cheddar Valley is a cider that I am used to and like a lot, that is why I get a batch every […]
Mini cider tour of Somerset
Recently work has taken me to Somerset. I am seeing cider in my future. The job turned out to be quite strange, working over night in a gym, sleeping for the first half of the day, having lunch time specials in the pub attached to the hotel for breakfast (curry and a pint for breakfast […]
Ice CUBES? No thanks!
I just read a very interesting article, on the website www.ginjourney.co.uk, about the perfect ice cube. The long and short of it is that your best off with water that has been boiled, to make your ice cubes. You should make them as large as possible and you should make them spherical. It carried on to […]
Rail Ale Trail
Yesterday I was rummaging through my wardrobe trying to find a shirt and… I found one. Why do you want to know this? Because this shirt was a reward for completing the rail ale trail between Watford and St. Albans. This put me in mind of an old website which I made and never got […]
One beer to rule them all… – The Session #66
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 “One beer to rule them all”. It was suggested by this months host, DrinkDrank. The brief was to describe an ultimate fantasy drink, reality not an issue. OK, so what would my beer be like? […]
The Saint George and Dragon
It was pointed out recently by DrinkDrank that everyone is talking about the beer on their travels, so I thought I’d mention my recent trip into Devonshire and the pub we stayed with. A job in Stover, Devonshire, sent us south for a days work. We decided that we would stay at a pub we […]
So Lonely – The Session #65
The session is a monthly group blogging session with the beer blogging community, hosted by a different blogger each month. This Month is the turn of Nathaniel Southwood who asks us to comment on the issue of drinking alone. I have known people (lets call them Ms. X) who won’t meet their friends at the […]
Pale in Comparison – The session #64
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 “Pale in comparison”. It was suggested by this months host, The Beer Babe. The Brief was to find two different pale ales and talk about them. I have to admit that last […]
That Beer Moment – The Sessions #63
I realise this is a new blog, it hasn’t really found its way yet and I’m blogging about all sorts of crap. Some one reading this blog would probably be thinking to themselves “Not really a beer based blog”, well I thought I’d kick off with the following in my new attempt to blog more […]