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 again
Posted in Christmas beer, England, beer, beer festivals, craft beer, travel on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pig’s Ear 2009
Posted in England, beer, beer festivals, tagged Pig's Ear on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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!
Mother London
Posted in England, beer, pubs on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Usually, when I start reading a novel I have to keep going. Sure, I can put it away for a few days, but I have to keep reading to avoid losing he plot. If I leave it for weeks or months, I often never get around to finishing it.
I read a lot of Michael Moorcock when [...]
Credit where credit is due
Posted in England, beer, beer marketing, craft beer on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote a few weeks ago about the quarrel discussion in Denmark concerning contract brewing and misleading labels.
This is not a subject limited to Denmark, in a number of countries we have supermarket own brand beers where it’s more or less impossible to find out about the brewery – sometimes produced in the EU has [...]
Beertickers – the movie
Posted in England, beer, craft beer, tagged Beerticker on September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I thought I had seen it all. There is advance publicity about a documentary on beer ticking in the UK.
The scope of the project is a bit unclear. I assume this is not going on general cinema release, but I don’t know if it is a web thing, if it is to be screened at beer [...]
Uncertain future for Borough Market
Posted in England, beer, food, pubs, tagged Borough Market on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Guardian worries about the future of Borough Market:
The hoardings went up around the old market hall two weeks ago. After years of discussions and delays the railway bridge is finally being built at Borough Market, but when it is finished no one is quite sure what will have survived. Rumours are swirling around like [...]
New posters
Posted in England, pubs, travel, tagged Transport for London on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a competiton for new posters for Transport for London, following the long history of great poster art on the Underground through the years. Some of the posters are available online, or if you want to see them in full size, head for the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. This one is [...]
News from England
Posted in England, beer, pubs, tagged Low Life on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to ask her whether Trev was in yet, but I could already hear him crowing like a cockerel and yelling, ‘Who’s the Daddy!’ in the pool room. I took my drink over. Trev was cueing up a long red and sighted me over his bridging hand. ‘Look what the cat dragged in!’ [...]
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