Posts Tagged: England and English Styles
Will The CAMRA Beer Bus Really Save The Rural Pub?
Posted by on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in - 4 comments
I am not sure if this is a great idea or one bound to fail: • The 16-seater bus will take drinkers from Colchester town centre to pubs across the area from next month. The Real Ale Runabouts will give 26 watering holes that are not well served by public transport a much-needed boost … read more »
Pile On The Royals! Pile On The Royals!!!
Posted by on Saturday, April 23, 2011 in - 6 comments
Being out here in the Commonwealth, we have the ability to laugh about these sorts of things: • The sad, toady breweries who bowed and scraped and made a special beer to celebrate the marriage of William Windsor and Kate Middleton got a slap in the face as thanks for their pathetic grovelling …
Great Beer Shop News From Zak Avery In Leeds
Posted by on Sunday, March 27, 2011 in - 1 comment
I have a huge soft spot for the good people who put great selections of beer at good prices on their store's shelves. For me, retail is my main route to good beer - not the pub and not the brewery. So, it was glum news we heard from Zak in Leeds a few weeks ago telling us his shop had apparently …
Would I Buy Beer With A Discount Voucher?
Posted by on Saturday, March 19, 2011 in - 1 comment
I am a little worried. Maybe Mr. B is right and my choice of a question or rather questions - or it is subject or rather subjects - for the next edition of The Session is way too broad. But then I read about this and it gets me thinking: • People will be able to buy a special £10 set of vouchers …
Other Beer Video Makers Might Be Jumping Off Cliffs
Posted by on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in - 2 comments
Proud of British Beer from Society of Independent Brewers on Vimeo. • I was so delighted with this trade video produced for the Annual Trade Conference of Britain's Society of Independent Brewers that I went and bought some British beer on the way home. You will have to excuse my unabashed …
Paul Goes To Iceland And Drinks Beer
Posted by on Monday, February 21, 2011 in - 3 comments
She: (In Icelandic) ...he appears to be taking a photo of that beer... • He: (In Icelandic) I wish I had the daring to do such things. • Discounting Yorkshire, Iceland is the first Scandinavian country that I’d ever visited. I’m a chilly mortal. Why would I choose to holiday in the frozen … read more »
Breaking News: Their First Beer Festival In 400 Years
Posted by on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in - 5 comments
Big news out of Lyme Regis in Dorset, England as they are reviving or at least reinterpreting a festival that ended back in 1610. • The ale will be in full flow at Lyme Regis when the town hosts its first beer festival in 400 years. A festival called The Cobb Ale started in Lyme in the 14th …
How Much Would You Happily Pay For A Pint?
Posted by on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in - 16 comments
OK, we all know we have no idea what a pint means. I have one system that says 12 ounces is enough, another demands 16 oz and the one Mark Dredge was talking about understands it to mean a full 20. Here in Canada, we call a 12 ounce bottle a "pint" but we get do 20 ounce pints in pubs too so …
The Other Great Way To Advance Good Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in - 4 comments
Take over control of society: • They were swilling pints of Hickenlooper's Inaugurale in Denver Tuesday, toasting John Hickenlooper, the former brewpub owner, mayor and now Colorado governor -- a Democrat billed as a bipartisan solution in a purple state... Perhaps he'll follow President Barack …
Beer News: "It's Not My Country But..." Edition
Posted by on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in - 5 comments
I am a lazy beer blogger. An intensely lazy one. I have not yet sent out the four prize packages that I am duty bound to mail to winners in Ontario, Norway, Costa Rica and the Czech Republic. Sure there were Christmas parties needing attending and holiday travel and also a cold that won't go away …
