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Isolla della Birra, Milan

This friendly bar isn’t too far from the centre of Milan, reachable by public transport or a € 10 ride from the Central station. It is in a quiet neighbourhood, and on a Monday evening it was quiet inside, too. Vocal jazz kept pleasantly in the background, this is a place for conversation or finding [...]

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Some fresh air with your beer?

The London Daily Telegraph has an article that enthusiastically promotes the Ale Trail in Cumbria, North England, where you can enjoy the outdoors as well well drawn pints from the many breweries in the area. Good cooking and nice hotels, too, and you can decide how many miles of walking and how many pints you [...]

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More cans for Europe

According to Beverage Daily, Rexam has announced that it will build a new beverage can plant in Denmark. The £78m (€112m) new plant, expected to have a capacity of 1.2bn cans in the 33cl and 50cl sizes, will provide another source of supply in a tight market.The aluminium beverage can plant will be built in Fredericia, [...]

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Web marketing of mainstream beers

Last month it was InBev who spent a fortune on a slick virtual marketing campaign for one of their lagers, who they would want us to believe is unimproved since the 15th century or something. Yesterday I got an e-mail from a man called Freddie, who was very eager to tell me this about a [...]

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He used to do the Pony, he used to do the Stroll…

I usually don’t post about music, though there will be a post about beer and music some time soon. The last time I wrote about Nick Lowe, over at the motime blog, I made that rather thin excuse that he once played in a “pub rock” band. But it’s my soap box, isn’t it? Anyway, [...]

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A beer shop worth seeking out

If you find yourself in Milan with a few hours to spare, there are a few real beer finds that I will describe over the next days. Sure, there is art of every category, food, wine and fashion, but that is for others to cover. Fifteen minutes walk from Milan Central Station, a granite building [...]

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Planning for Christmas?

I assume all of you already have bought The Longest Crawl by Ian Marchant and Three Sheets to the Wind by Pete Brown. If not, they are on sale at play.com for £ 5 each. Great stocking fillers for Christmas, too, and they are easier to mail and can even be brought in your hand [...]

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Others like the dog, too!

Gavin D. Smith at the Beer Pages has tried the BrewDog beers, too, and he is also to be counted among the fans of the Scottish brewery. Read his review.

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Should we blame it on the weather?

There is a very good article at the FoodQualityNews.com, written by Neil Merrett. I quote: Over the past few months, a growing number of brewers, dairy groups and processors have suggested that unfavorable weather is adversely affecting their operations, particularly in Europe.Management seems to be suggesting that business is not booming because of “unfavourable”, or ”adverse” weather [...]

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