Here is the list of those who are attending who have blogs and twitter addresses, there are a few more coming who don’t have blogs etc so that will be cool. You can follow the full list on twitter here and I will build a twitter feed on the day so you can follow it […]
View Post beer blogger meet up, burton upon trent, molson coors, Twissup, white shield, worthingtonA few weeks back I recieved a Duvel gift pack and press release in the post, The pack contained 2 bottles of Duvel and a nice big branded Duvel Glass. The whole box is well put together and covered in the nice but simple Duvel branding, the box has lots of information about Duvel on […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Golden ale, Strong beerI recently had an email from a marketing company asking me if I would like a case of beer for my self and a case of beer for one of you lucky readers. All it involved was posting a link to the beer’s website and embedding a teaser video for their latest campaign….Great I thought, […]
View Post advertisng, Shepherd Neame, sink the bismarck, spitfireIt’s time to do my bit for trying to encourage girls/women/ladies (which ever you prefer) to drink more Ale. There has been a lot said over the last week or so from both sides of big blue sea and from commercial and non commercial views, you can read some of it here, here and here, […]
View Post beer and girls, beer for girls, girls beerEvery month everyone waits on tenterhooks, waiting for the Wikio Rankings for Wine & Beer (or Beer & Wine as I like to think of them). They remind me a little of the Celebrity Laps board on Top Gear, some say they don’t care, some say they don’t make sense, all we know is everyone […]
View Post Beer bloggers, blogosphere, wikio rankingsIf you haven’t already heard, this week is National Cask Ale Week which aims to get people celebrating the great British tradition of cask ale. Cask ale has been around for years and years and is currently having a bit of a resurgence, mainly due to the huge array of fantastic breweries, excentric brewers and […]
View Post cask ale, cask ale week, english ale, local ale, localeSt Patrick’s Day holds many a fond memory for me, firstly it was my late Nanna’s birthday, surprisingly it’s one birthday I never forget and make sure I always raise a glass to her. Secondly it St Patrick’s Day and the weekend either side of it has been the scene for some epic student drinking […]
View Post english ale, Guinness, irish ale, St Georges day, St Patrick's dayI recently found out about this beer festival via twitter and Teesside Hospice kindly sent me the press release as well as the beer list so I thought I would show our support for a worthy cause by posting it on here! I hope if you are in the local area you will attend one […]
View Post Beer Festival, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospice, Yorkshire AleIt’s been a very long time since I’ve visited the Woolpack Inn, deep in the Lake District, In fact I’m not even sure Dave and Ann were there when I last went. But after previously meeting them both a few times we decided that we had to visit the pub. We set off from a […]
View Post beer tasting, cumbria, lake district, localale, woolpack dave, woolpack innThere’s been a lot of talk recently (especially last night) about drinkability of beers and according to Dom from Marble it’s a hot topic between brewers at the moment. It seems to have different meanings depending on who you are listening to. Some say it’s a way justifying a boring beer, other say it’s a sign […]
View Post drinkable beers, IPA, session ale