Posted in Ireland, Prague, beer, beer blogs, pubs, travel on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m going to Prague next month. Oh, you’ll sure say. You mean going back to Prague? As a beer hound you must have been there before?
Yes, I’ve been there, but that was way back. 1988. I won’t bore you with the endless hours of haggling with our totalitarian hosts, nor with the long discussion we [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, craft beer, travel on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m terribly sorry, but there is a life outside the blogsphere intruding on my time and priorities. In the meantime, I would like to proclaim the first floor beer hall of the Bull and Castle, Christ Church, Dublin, as the most photo-friendly pub on the planet.
Posted in England, Ireland, UK, beer, beer marketing, travel on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
By Herschell Hershey. From the Londonist.
Posted in Ireland, beer, pubs, travel on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I learned a new word when in Dublin. Well, two if you count the fact that a hooker is a fishing vessel.
The word is shebeen. There was media coverage about a splendid excample, and it was easy to understand what it was all about. I looked it up in wikipedia anyway:
Chiefly in Ireland, Scotland, South [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, beer blogs, craft beer, pubs, travel on April 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It had to happen sooner or later. I travel a lot, and while I do not actively seek out the seedy parts of town, I sometimes stumble across them. I booked a Brussels hotel on the web focusing on the rate and proximity to the centre. It was only when I returned there in the [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, beer blogs, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I was told I had a business meeting in Dublin, I was not hard to convince. There are direct flights, the taxi drivers are friendly, there are good beers to be had if you know where to find them.
Since my last visit two years ago, it seems the micro movement has evolved further, and [...]
Posted in Ireland, travel on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Off to Dublin in the morning, but only for a very short visit. I promise to report next week…
Posted in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, UK, beer, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel on February 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The NYT have collected all their beer related articles on one page. Nice.
As for me, I am looking at my travel plans for the rest of the year. First of all there is a visit to the Lillehammer brewpub tomorrow. I’ll go with some of my ratebeer drinking buddies, so there will be a tasting [...]
Posted in Ireland, UK, beer, beer marketing, brewing, pubs, smoking, travel on January 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I would say it is not my fault, but if we should, for once, believe what we read in the Sunday Mirror, there are 67 pubs in Britain closing every month.
Bars are selling 50 million fewer pints of beer a month than they were a year ago.
Beer sales dropped by almost 10 per cent during [...]
Posted in Ireland, beer, beer blogs on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday saw a new peak in traffic on the blog, 259 visitors. Loads of new posts obviously has an impact. This is from a Dublin pub - wish the beer was as splendid as the interior!
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