I can't decide whether this is better than the Beer and Pie Festival or not that I wrote about almost a year ago. Is it because it is February? Is it because there are those (we go nameless) who consider beer an appropriate vegetable course when in the presence of beer or sausage or BBQ or any …
I think the Pub Game Project is the only beer related movement which has taken off with less haste than Lew's recently reinvigorated Session Beer Project, now with its own blog and Facebook group. No time for social networking with the PGP as the only digital handiwork it should ever give rise to …
I think I only know about conkers because I am the child of immigrants. When I was little, grandpa came over from Scotland and was quite pleased to see that the schoolyard had a chestnut tree. Away he went picking up the windfalls and - all personal ethics and the Conkers Association rules being …
I have to admit that I am not exactly a guy with a regular pub. Frankly, when I head to the States on holiday with our pals like I will tomorrow for ten days, I am more likely to have a favorite bar I go to regularly than I would have here. But none are like the pub mentioned at the BBC today …
read more »That is called "The Octabong" and I am still not sure whether the announcement of its creation on a website called "Inventorspot" is a joke or not. Sort of seems like the excess of that five blade disposable razor - do we really need that many people bonging beer at one time together? But, as with …
Here is another thing I do not understand. Maybe this is just "I don't understand things" week but - like my strange attraction to Ron at the beach - what is the whoop with beer pong? My only problem with it is it appears to be a modest expenditure to achieve much the same beer game experience …
read more »Scanning for beer stories, I came across this reference to some sort of beer related sport but when I read and the reread the article and then did again a few times more I realized I had no idea what the sport was: • “At stake was a nine gallon keg of fine Stonehouse real ale, donated by the …
This arrived from a used book shop in the UK yesterday and, today being off sick, it was a great opportunity to rip through this book in record pace. Richard Boston was the columnist for the then Manchester Guardian whose weekly "Boston on Beer" is credited as being as important as the early days …
As a lad, in a state of utter unknowingness, I went to Belgium and drank Jupiler and Guinness. Again, for that I am truly sorry. I also went to the National Gallery and had a look at the Bosches and the Breugels before Jupiler outlets opened. • But for the life of me I can't figure out the name …
Pete Brown: Before and After Setting Sail • Plans for the international support the National Toast for Michael Jackson are taking off. Events so far are planned for across the US, London, Glasgow, Oslo and even my backyard. Getting the word out has been greatly encouraging for everyone but …