Posted in Japan, UK, beer, travel, tagged London, sake on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
One type of beverage I haven’t covered on my blog is sake, the Japanese fermented rice brew. Technically, this is a beer. It is made by fermenting a cereal, isn’t it?
Well, I have not gone deeper into the nuances of sake, but you don’t have to go to Japan to try them out. thisislondon.co.uk has [...]
Posted in Denmark, England, Russia, UK, beer, beer marketing, brewing on May 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yes, it’s been a while. I’ve been in Dublin again, and I have some stuff to attend to both at work and at home. But you’re not forgotten.
The weekly business magazine of Danish daily Berlingske Tidende has a major article (available online, but in Danish) on Carlsberg’s strategy following the acquisition of Scottish and Newcastle. [...]
Posted in Norway, UK, beer, beer blogs, brewing, craft beer, food on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
At last I got along to try the three beers from Inderøy Gårdsbryggeri I have written about over the last month or so. Anders in Trondheim had picked up some bottles for me, which I got last weekend, and yesterday I thought they had enough time for the sediments to settle.
I was not too exciting [...]
Posted in UK, beer, pubs, travel on May 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The Morning Advertiser is a goldmine of information:
A former Punch leaseholder has locked himself inside the pub after claiming the pubco owes him £8,000 for fixtures and fittings.
David Williams has been locked in the Highwood in Gledhow, Leeds since 31 March over a row with Punch.
Posted in England, Ireland, UK, beer, beer marketing, travel on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
By Herschell Hershey. From the Londonist.
Posted in England, UK, beer, beer history, brewing, craft beer, pubs, travel on May 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The theme of The Session this month is how did it all start for you ?
Boak and Bailey have given us the following challenge: We’d like you to write about the moment when you saw the light. At what point did you realise you were a beer lover / geek / enthusiast? What beer(s) triggered [...]
Posted in UK, beer, pubs, smoking, travel on May 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Northern Ireland’s pubs and bars are facing a “bleak outlook” a year on from the smoking ban, according to the Publican.
Stephen Kelly, chief executive of the Federation of the Retail Licensed Trade Northern Ireland, said he expects the country to lose seven per cent of its pubs over the next two years.
Figures released earlier this [...]
Posted in UK, beer, craft beer, pubs, travel on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
They claim that this is the smallest pub in London - the tied lease for the pub behind Marlebone station is yours for £16,900 per year.
Flowers Original and London Pride are on tap. The sort of pub you wished was at the bottom of your street, according to Fancyapint.
I don’t know if you can influence [...]
Posted in England, UK, beer, travel on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
To show that I am impartial beween the English and the Scots and that I’n not totally bought by a box of BrewDog beers, I will raise a glass tonight. At 10:30 Central European Time, then.
Posted in Denmark, The Netherlands, UK, beer, brewing on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Heineken and Carlsberg are now splitting up the assets of Scottish & Newcastle. Carlsberg is acquiring full control of the Baltic Beverages Holdings joint venture.
The Danes will additionally take control of S&N’s French, Greek, Chinese and Vietnamese operations.
Heineken will gain S&N’s UK, Irish, Portuguese, Finnish, Belgian, US and Indian operations.
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