Highlights of the year – A wasted day in Cyprus

This blog post from May shows how far beer fanatics are willing to go if there is a glimmer of hope: Professional obligations led to me spending a few days in Larnaca, Cyprus some weeks ago. A bit of online research had shown me that there is a brewpub in Cyprus, in the seaside city [...]

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Highlight of the year 1 – Cantillon brewery, Brussels

I don’t know how long the good people over at mo’time will keep my inactive old blog up, so I’ll republish a few of the best posts of 2007 here. I haven’t found a clever way to migrate the whole blog. The first offering is from the end of February: This micro brewery in Brussels [...]

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The snow has disappeared here

And everything is covered with a thin layer of ice. No skiing, then. A time to stay indoors and drink what’s left of the Christmas ales. And you can always dream of Christmases past and Christmases yet to come…

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Another blog with beer in it

Larko blogs about beer, too, amongst lots of other topics. A good read. He picked up this story: Germans drink less beer this year than they did last year, Reuters reports. The average consumption per capita this year is estimated as 112,5 liters which is 3,5 liters less than 2006. The decline has steadily continued [...]

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A beer trip of Norway

Denmark is establishing itself as a country for beer tourism, with brewpubs and micros popping up in every town and village, some of them offering b&b, some of them food and all of them beers to enjoy on the spot or to take along. We are far from that situation in Norway. The craft breweries are [...]

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It’s that season again…

The season of tacky trees. The Vietnam Beer Company, assisted by Hai Duong Advertising Company, is displaying a giant Christmas tree made of more than 8,000 Heineken beer cans in central Hue City to welcome the upcoming holy season. For some reason, the tree is located in front of the Hue University of Pedagogy.  My apologies to [...]

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Newcomer of the year

I am not usually handing out any awards, but I would like to point to BrewDog from the windswept Eastern coast of Scotland as the most exciting newcomer in 2007. Daring and inventive, these young lads have lot to live up to in the years to come. Expect to see them in various markets in [...]

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Merry Christmas to all my readers!

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George IV, Holborn, London

Judging by the details of the facade of the George IV, I’d say it’s about a hundred years old. I’m afraid I have no information about the Hoare Three Guinea Stout. It is located in a fairly quiet halfway between Holborn and Temple tube stations, more or less enclosed by the London School of Economics. According to fancyapint [...]

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Praise for The Rake

Thisislondon/ The Evening Standard have been at The Rake, Borough Market: The range on tap changes very frequently – so it’s pointless listing any here as the likelihood is it will have changed by the time you read this – but rest assured, if you like beer, you’ll find something you’ll like.

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