Pig’s Ear again

My more loyal readers will know that I have a habit of turning up at a Christmas beer festival in East London in early December. In addition to the beers, there is also an assorted crowd of tickers and bloggers that I tend to hang out with, and a splendid time is guaranteed – if [...]

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Pig’s Ear 2009

 

If you want a broad range of English cask ales, festival specials, hand picked imports, friendly natives and participatory observation among the tickers, this is the one for you. Pork scratchings, too.
1-5 December. Hackney, East London. Expect to see me there!

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Return to Carlsberg

Thanks to beerticker.dk, I can reveal that there will be a beer festival at the old Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen again. Next year. 6-8 May.
The exhibitors – if that’s what you call brewers peddling their beers – will be more active in the marketing of the festival, and there will also be a trade session. [...]

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File under Dirndl

A bit lazy, a bit busy with other things right now. Don’t expect too much happening here until then middle of next week.
I have repeatedly pointed out that I am unlikely to go to Munich for the Octoberfest. That does not mean I’m not impressed by the Bavarian beeriness of the photos at The Big [...]

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Return to Lillehammer

On our way back to Oslo last weekend after visiting the mountain brewery, we passed by Lillehammer, and of course we did not miss the opportunity to stop at Lillehammer Bryggeri, the brew pub some of us visited last year.
The brew pub does not usually open until seven, but a few phone calls made them [...]

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Festival time

The White Horse on Parson’s Green, London, has a Belgian beer festival starting today. 15 Belgian Cask ales. They promise:
• Pure unfiltered lambic in cask from the Oud Beersel and Bockor breweries.
• Alvinne Podge Stout, Gouyasse Tradition, Barbar Honey and ten other Belgian beers all in cask
• Bellegem Oude Bruin, St.Bernardus Prior, Tripel and 12 on [...]

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Around Oslo in 18 beers – part 10

The other posts in this series have been about permanent shops and bars, today I want to draw attention to an event. Sure, it is linked to the Aku Aku Tiki Bar, but it’s also a sort of one day food and beer festival.
One sign that craft beer is coming of age here in Norway [...]

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An alternative to Munich

If you are living in one of the most remote communities on the planet, I don’t blame you for taking every opportunity to make life a bit merrier.
Mind you, we are not talking Siberia here. Longyearbyen, Svalbard is a place people volunteer to go, where no one is supposed to be a permanent resident. I’m not [...]

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On the other hand..

..we should probably have gone to Ramsgate for the weekend.
Shesells Seashells is a brilliant name for a beer.

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Sardinia Craft Beer Festival

Sometimes you are really close, but not quite there. We are flying to Sardinia next week. But I reallys hould have been there this weekend. They are having a beer festival. Craft Beer Festival of Sardinia. 9 craft breweries from the island, it really shows a beer scene taht is coming of age, doesn’t it?. [...]

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