Craft beer or crap beer

Beverage Daily has started a series where they are looking into the potential of craft beer in various markets in Europe. I haven’t had the time to analyze this properly, but it seems to me to be some confusion concerning terms here. Using a local or regional brand name does not necessarily mean craft. I’ll come [...]

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For new readers

The increasing number of visitors show that some of you readers are new around here. Note that there are blog posts going back several years, covering most member states in the European Union as well as a few others. There are good beers to be found almost everywhere, but it might take some patience, research [...]

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Wonderful Copenhagen

Some of the new beers to be launched at the Copenhagen Beer Festival 15-17 May are revealed, many thanks to beerticker.dk for this information. I even nicked the illustration from there.   From Mikkeller: Festival Special Edition 2009 – Stella 0, Jordbær (Strawberry) Lambic, Imperial Tart Frambozen Stout, Imperial Sour Kriek, Calvados Barrel Aged Barley [...]

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The right place for a ‘spoon

So then. I have squeezed as many blog posts out of our trip to England as possible. Just one more thing. There was actually good beer to be had at the airport. For various reasons, I usually travel via Heathrow Terminal 3 to and from London. Could be the SAS loyalty card, mostly because of [...]

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A splendid spot for lunch

I have written about The Gunmakers Arms before. As regular readers of the beer blogsphere will know, it is run by Jeff, blogging as Stonch. I brought my family over for lunch when we were in London after our Manchester adventures. Jeff was not in, but we had a wonderful meal. A fairly extensive menu, including soup, [...]

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No excuse for not knowing about beer

I was checking the beer shelves of my local Vinmonopolet shop on my way home from work the other day, when I overheard a conversation between one of the staff and a customer. Both were ladies in their fifties, and the customer needed some guidance, as she wanted to buy a beer as a present. She [...]

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A long pub crawl

The summer holidays this year will be spent in Sardinia, but there is always a horizon of summers yet to come. The Reluctant Scooper has alerted me on twitter to an article in the Guardian about a pub crawl. It takes place in the Yorkshire Dales and covers 61 miles and 23 pints in five days. [...]

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A sobering view

Any visitor to these shores expecting to encounter booming local pubs staffed by rosy-cheeked landlords are in for a shock. They’re more likely to find a “For Sale” sign.   Paul Moody writing in the Guardian.

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Two reasons for having a beer

Sure, I could think of more than two if hard pressed, but here we go. It is St George’s Day. As an anglophile, I ought to observe this. It is the 493th  birthday of the Reinheitsgebot. The Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV made his decree in Ingoslstadt all those years ago. This means it has, in more [...]

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Oak aging at Nørrebro

Good news for those who enjoy the beers from Nørrebro in Copenhagen – and for those of us attending the festival next month. From Hill Farmstead blog: Current oak aging includes Imperial Skargaards Porter in Cabernet barrels, Triple de Lente in Sauterne, CCC in Pinot and Merlot, Saison in Pinot, Oud Bruin, and SEVEN in [...]

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