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Voicing approval?

Neil Morrissey doing a voice-over for a Tesco ad promoting cheap booze at Christmas - has his venture into the world of pubs taught him nothing? Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on December 15, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Portman Group v BrewDog ... again!

I've just added this story to Beer Today, with the Portman Group "banning" BrewDog's 18.2% Tokyo* beer from shops, pubs and clubs. And I'm not sure if I'm more offended by the Portman Group as a drinker or a sub-editor! BrewDog beers are very good beers - they're one of my favourite breweries at the moment, t… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on December 4, 2009 at 10:52am — No Comments

Badger - Win a Land Rover competition

I just had a go at this. You get in using a one-shot code from a bottle top card. What complete rubbish, several minutes of messing around to get registered - didn't seem happy with Firefox. Having input postcode they provide a drop down box to select house number. I didn't realise that just selecting the number wasn't enough, I needed to press "select" so I pressed PLAY instead. That gave an error message to say "postal address incomplete" but by then the select option had disappeared so I had… Continue

Added by Richard Cranium on October 12, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Is this the end for the pint glass?

The Home Office has said today that it is investigating safer ways to drink beer, ie getting rid of the pint glass. But as any beer aficionado will tell you beer only tastes proper out of glass. Plastic, now matter how good it is, just doesn't cut the mustard. Worringly, Sebastian Conran, who heads the Home Office's wonderfully named Design and Technology Allaince Against Crime, said in The Times: "There are existing plast… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on August 24, 2009 at 10:52pm — No Comments

Drinking in Wales - part two

Half an hour after we got off the bus at Tal-y-Bont, and I was struggling up a Brecon Beacon with two bags in summer heat with sweat dripping off me, I started to wonder if my wife, who booked the family room in the Youth Hostel, which was nowhere yet in sight, was trying to redefine the meaning of the word holiday. By the time we’d clocked up an hour of this and the place was just in sight I was wondering if I’d actually live long enough to see another pint. Fortunately, the worst was over. We… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on August 23, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Drinking in Wales - part one

In Cardiff for three days, and what a city, full of contrasts, derelict sites side by side with shiny 21st century waterfront development. The bay area has been transformed brilliantly thanks to a stunning redevelopment programme. Among the new buildings is Terra Nova, which from the outside wouldn’t have been my first stop for a beer, but for the Brains logo adorning the cedar facsia. Looked far more bar/restaurant than pub, which indeed is what it turned out to be, however it has been nicely… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on August 22, 2009 at 10:49pm — No Comments

The Vulcan, Cardiff

My attention is draw via a Google alert to the blog campaigning to save the Vulcan Hotel, Cardiff, from demolition. I urge everyone to go to this site, not only to register their support, but to see an exemplary example of how such campaigning should be undertaken. The document setting out the case for making The Vulcan a listed building is a superb, well researched piece of work, which puts the facts down in a straightforward, yet very compelli… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on June 6, 2009 at 1:54pm — No Comments

The Market Porter and The Rake, Southwark, London

In London for the Sharp’s beer tasting (see below) I was fortunate enough to encounter two pubs I shall most definitely be heading back to. My destination was a room above The Rake, in Winchester Walk, Southwark, where lovebeer@borough is based. However, arriving at Borough Market, having walked from London Bridge tube, I was eager to try the … Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on May 10, 2009 at 5:37pm — No Comments

Sharp's beer tasting

To London for a Sharp's beer tasting session with head brewer Stuart Howe, and not a drop of Doom Bar in sight! The venue was lovebeer@borough, which is above The Rake pub in Winchester Walk, close to Borough Market in Southwark. The lovebeer crew were holding sessions for the public on Saturday, with Stuart talking through the taste of a selection of his beers, from old favourites (well, in my book, anyway) Cornish Coaster and Sharp's Special to ne… Continue

Added by Darren Norbury on May 10, 2009 at 12:31am — No Comments

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