3 Bottles + a Book: A Wednesday Feature
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In an open attempt to make myself blog more – like, at least once a week! –
I’m introducing “3 Bottles + a Book,” a feature that will continue to run
weekl...
She’ll wear a gold ring
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Flavourings in beer are something I’m ambivalent about. A good dubbel, or a
particularly good stout, will spark off thoughts of coffee, marmalade, dark
cho...
Electric Nurse Pale Ale
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Att fantombryggeriet Electric Nurse kan brygga bra alkoholsvag ale är ingen
nyhet. Nu kommer de in i Systembolagets ordinarie sortiment med just en
sådan:...
You want more funk? Be patient
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Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City released this video to promote Smokestack
Saison Brett, its Brettanomyces-spiked delight that is headed for store
shelves ...
The iTunes Phenomenon
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I've discovered something about myself recently.
"The Swag" - Link Wray
"Extradition" - Ice Cube
"Camarillo Brillo" - Frank Zappa
"Solea" - Miles Davis ...
Cowboys and Indians
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Nebraska Brewing Company released not one but two new beers in their
Inception Series on May 26, and I was fortunate enough to receive a set of
samples of ...
One of My Periodic Posts in Praise of Cask Ale
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A few months back, Laurelwood made the bold decision to scrap a big part of
their regular line and offer more one-offs, including a rotating pale ale.
Th...
A pub walk from Gomshall
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*Back in the Summer (you may remember fell on a bank holiday this year) the
lovely Lisa and I went on a pub walk around Gomshall. *
We were following anoth...
Nye øl: Papsøs 25K Celebration Bash
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I dag – den 21. maj kl. 17 – markeres på Fermentoren i København, at Henrik
Papsø har passereret 25.000 bedømmelser på RateBeer. Samt at han efter
ansættel...
The best pump clip ever?
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Is this one of the best pump clips you've ever seen? It's certainly one of
the biggest. The super-size artwork looms over the bar at* The Riverside *in
Sh...
Is It Really Pronounced say-ZOHNS?
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See, in these times when people are questioning all manner of stuff that is
foisted upon the fan of good beer, one get's a little internally chippy.
So, ...
Stark start för Beerbliotek från Göteborg
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Är Göteborg Sveriges ölhuvudstad? Frågan lär väcka diskussion (argumentera
gärna!) men faktum är att det svänger rejält i öl-Göteborg just nu; nya,
ambitiö...
As the crow hops
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I just had time for a swift half of *Blindfold* the last time I was in The
Brew Dock. It was one of three Sierra Nevada beers on and is a black IPA of
7.3...
What I like about Camden Town Brewery
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What I like about Camden Town Brewery…the place is a boost of sunlight, as
easy as a bee that wants to be a bee and know it’s a bee; two or maybe
three ye...
Hmmm... what was it that I wanted to talk about?
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I had the draft of a post somewhere in my brains, one that was freely
inspired on an article I read recently that made me think about pubs and
why we buy ...
Greggs, or the Two Nations
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If I had Sky TV, I'd probably watch the new series about Greggs, the North
East-based bakery famed for its pasties and sausage rolls.
Greggs: More Than Mea...
Four new Belgian blondes
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As spring continues to evade Belgium, and the family has run off to
Scotland in search of warmer weather -- yes, that’s how bad it’s been here
-- I carved ...
Great Eastern, Hancock Street
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Great Eastern, Hancock Street, Hulme. (c) Bob Potts [1].
Opening in 1862 as a City Brewery house, the Great Eastern stood on the corner of Orvil Street an...
Not all members enjoy real ale admits CAMRA
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I received my new CAMRA membership card today complete with the
Wetherspoons vouchers that will no doubt rot away in a drawer for the next
year. There was ...
Beer sellers: Best Damn Beer Shop, San Diego
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San Diego, California, USA: Best Damn Beer Shop and no bull.
You have to have a huge amount of self confidence – or possibly hubris – to
name your busine...
Craft Beer World - Mark Dredge
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OK, I'm biased. Mark Dredge mentioned me in his book, so I'm hardly going
to say it's pants, am I. Even if Mark has called me "bonkers"1
Over and above my...
The Answer...
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...is an emphatic 'YES!'
The question though comes from this article on Slate.com, which poses the
deep and meaningful question as to whether:
'friends le...
Highlight #8: Death by Beer Bar in Hainaut.
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This one is easy to explain.
The Walloon city of Tournai has a case for being Belgium's oldest. It's got
plenty of sites to sight, like the eight-centuries...
Prague
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It's five years since I've been to Prague and I dare say things have
changed. I'm off there on Monday for a few days with some of my more
cultured friend...
Long Articles About Beer for May 2013
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Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007
1. ‘Cain’s: the final chapter?’ and ‘Chapter 9: Full Circle’ by Chris
Routledge Ro...
Friedrich Ebert and his glass of Berliner Weisse
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A bit of light relief in between the recipes today. If you call war, food
shortages, revolution and counter-revolution light relief, that is.
I came acros...
The Last Toast - The Final Capital Times Column
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I have reflected several times recently about how beer has changed in New
Zealand over the last two or three decades, and for this my final column
I’m goi...
Craft Beer World by Mark Dredge
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Apart from actually drinking the stuff, the next best thing is reading
about beer. Which brings me to this worthy little effort. My apologies for
not gett...
Intro to Digital Photography for Beer
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[image: Second batch of Modern Times Blazing World, Amber IPA.]
Every once in awhile someone asks me what kind of camera I use, so I
thought I’d post a wri...
Brew Day: Imperial Porter
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With the success of the East India Porter that I brewed over the Winter,
I've been wanting to do a re-brew of the same recipe for a while now, but
at Imper...
Drinking Songs of the South Downs
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As part of the Ale & Hearty heritage project of Lewes, there is a free,
folksong workshop with folk group ‘Emily and the Hares’ at the Lewes Arms,
Mount P...
"There Are Planners, Plodders And Plonkers..."
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Thus spake the bloke who, in 1998, delivered defensive driving training to a bunch of Facilities staff, of whom I was one. He was talking about road sense, b...
Nederlands Speciaalbier Festival
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Dit festival in ‘s-Hertogenbosch stond voorheen bekend als KBC-festival. In
de openlucht, op de markt stonden de kramen in een grote driehoek
opgesteld. Ru...
Beer-Ritz - Bottling Success.
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This is just a little heads up about Leigh Linley's interview of, er, me,
over at Culture Vultures. It was very nice of Leigh to take the time to do
this, ...
Lager arrives after WW II
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Still on the hiatus from blogging (is nearly three years still a hiatus?),
there’s some great stuff being blogged about the origins of the lager boom
in th...
Allgäuer Büble Bier
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Allgäuer Brauhaus, another part of the behemoth Oetker Group (under the
Radeberger stable) has a much larger range than I previously thought. I got
to try ...
Bierrevolutie in Boedapest
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Boedapest is de hoofdstad van een echt wijnland. Wat zoekt een
bierliefhebber daar? Tot voor enkele jaren viel er in de elegante Hongaarse
hoofdstad nauwel...
Changing Tides and Pearls of the Pacific
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It’s amazing what 2 1/2 years away from a country can teach you. Coming
back to the UK provided me with a huge lungful of fresh (and remarkably
cool) air a...
Thoughts on Dublin and Irish Craft Beer
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*This was sitting in the "draft" folder for about 6 weeks now. Sorry about
that.*
I would say the craft beer movement in Ireland is about 10-15 years behin...
Hamburg Craft Beer Day #2
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I'm looking forward to this Saturday - it's the second Hamburg-area Craft
Beer Day, taking place at Kulturwerk-am-See, a cultural centre in the
suburb of ...
Reopened Pubs: The Well and Bucket
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I wanted to do a quick update with some happy pub news, for two reasons.
The first is that I very rarely get around to updating this blog, what with
spendi...
New Parents- Get Thee to the Pub!
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So I'm a mum now. It inevitably changes your life- new bits wobble, going
to bed at 11pm feels like a late night and the living room floor looks like
a Fis...
Mulled Beer in Central Europe and the Czech Lands
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Given the frigid winters of central Europe and the region’s longstanding
love for a hot mug of mulled wine, you might expect mulled beer to be more
popular...
Tuber Babies, Human Sacrifice and Harvest Home.
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I’m reading the fascinating Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers by Stephen
Harrod Buhner, and was quite taken by the myth of Mani, the magic baby girl
born of ...
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*Froth! * The Science of Beer
Mark Denny
2009, HB, 183pp
The Johns Hopkins University Press
£13.50 delivered from Amazon
Reviewed July 2012
Mark Den...
XP abschließend beurteilt
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So, mittlerweile ist die letzte Flasche vom Younger XP-Nachbrau meine Kehle
hinuntergeflossen. Zu meinem Bedauern, da das Bier sehr lecker war. Bei der
V...
Again, Apfelwein
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Of course I had to make it. Apfelwein. Apple juice + (optional) corn sugar
+ yeast = alcohol. Takes like five minutes to make, five weeks to ferment,
and a...
L'Aveu.
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*Carlsberg Suisse*, enfin, *Feldschlösschen*, viennent de laisser passer un
aveu majeur, dont je me demande s'ils ont bien saisi la portée...
Dans un comm...
A preview of May’s guest beers…
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Our first beer fest might be over, but we’ve a cellar full of great ales
that will be making an appearance in May. Tomorrow we’ll be kicking off the
week w...
Fantastic Frankfurt Webcam
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I’ve stumbled upon such a nice and simple live webcam of Frankfurt am Main
skyline. It updates the pic by reload once a minute or so. This is how
Frankfurt...
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My retailer flatly refused to supply me with any beer whatsoever for sevenpence a bottle, even though I insisted. The insolence.
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