Posts Tagged: Festivals and Gatherings
Paul Goes To The Elysian Beer Festival
Posted by on Sunday, March 4, 2007 in - 1 comment
It's strange how the politics of a republican changes from left to right as you travel from east to west across the Atlantic Ocean. Arguably England's greatest historical figure would also have found it strange. He would not have approved of my recent visit to the town where he lived for a period …
Paul Goes To The Cambridge Winter Ale Festival
Posted by on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 in - leave a comment
The 11th Cambridge Winter Ale Festival took place 25th – 27th January 2007 in the three rooms of the University Sports and Social Club in Mill Lane, Cambridge. Me and John arrived at noon on the Saturday, just as the doors were about to open. It was obvious that the good burghers of Cambridge had …
CNY Brewfest 2007 Is History
Posted by on Sunday, February 4, 2007 in - leave a comment
To say I had anything other than a blast would be something of a understatement. Being, I have to admit, my first US style beer fest with hundreds and hundreds of people in a large barn at the NY state fair with 52 beer vendors giving it away for free it was quite a lesson in craft beer culture … read more »
CNY Brewfest 2007 Update
Posted by on Sunday, January 28, 2007 in - 14 comments
With just six days to go until CNY Brewfest 2007 at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, the 11th annual, and preparations are being made - meaning that I have booked the hotel and have business cards being printed. Business cards? Me, too - I have no idea why. Anyway, I am going to post more …
CNY Brewfest Is Coming!
Posted by on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 in - 22 comments
I got this bit of important news in the email this morning from reader Todd R. in the Syracuse area: • “A while back you e-mailed me asking for details on the • CNY brewfest. This info was on the Syracuse.com web • site this morning: • “CNY Brewfest • The 11th annual Central New York …
Paul Goes To A Winter Beer Festival
Posted by on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 in - leave a comment
Before we set off to the Dove Street Inn winter beer festival in Ipswich, my friend who I attend most beer festivals with, and for the purposes of this article we shall call John, had insisted that it was a pub that we had been to before. I had no recollection of this. As soon as I got there I …
A Trip To The Norwich Beer Festival
Posted by on Sunday, November 12, 2006 in - 3 comments
A few Saturdays ago I was lucky enough to take a trip to the Norwich Beer Festival put on by the Norwich & Norfolk Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. It's a somewhat idiosyncratic festival, held in a former church. For some very strange reason they have a separate lunchtime and evening session … read more »
An Evening Of Beer Tasting
Posted by on Sunday, October 15, 2006 in - leave a comment
Scanning the news these days for something to note about beer culture there are the inevitable beerfest (slash) Octoberfest (slash) tailgater tales as well as crime notes on a guy called Clevus busting into the house or the head of another guy called Clevus so as to acquire the case of beer …
Wet Hop Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 in - 4 comments
I planted some hops the year before I moved here with the plan of making a home-brew filled up with fresh-picked green hops. I never made it and I really didn't think it up at all but it sure has taken off as a style in the last few years: • “First there was Beaujolais nouveau. Now comes beer …
Beer Food: Pilsner Kale Soup With Ham And Lentils
Posted by on Saturday, September 30, 2006 in - leave a comment
Happy Oktoberfest, all! • Today I made the above soup and also beef roulade. • “Ingredients: • 2 smoked pork chops • 3" kielbasa sausage • 3 tbsp salted butter • 5 garlic cloves, minced • 1.5 cups chopped Spanish onion • 1 cup lentils • 3 cups Pilsner • 3 cups chicken stock …
