Posted in Christmas beer, UK, beer, beer books, beer festivals, brewing, craft beer, food, travel on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
So, what did the beer festival have to offer? About 50-70 beers on tap at any time. The attendance was low compared to last year, which meant that the casks were not rotating as fast as estimated. This frustrated some of the tickers (although the range was fine by me!), and no doubt the organisers [...]
Posted in beer, beer books, travel on December 18, 2007 | No Comments »
As most of you will know, beer writer Pete Brown has travelled from England to India via South America with a keg of IPA to recreate the journey these beers had 150 years ago.
He has documented the voyage in his blog, and there is a book to be published in 2009. A sampler from the [...]
Posted in UK, beer, beer books, travel on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
It may sound strange to some, but to find really good pubs in London, you have to do some research. There are guide books, the most useful on the market now is probably London Pub Walks by Bob Steel.
There are online options, too, among them is fancyapint?, which is quite good at describing pubs and [...]
Posted in Germany, UK, beer, beer books, travel, tagged beer books on October 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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 luggage [...]
