“We had a founding member of “Campaign for Real Ales” (CAMRA – an organization that was created in 1971 in the UK Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs, and Drinkers’ rights due to the high number of mega breweries attempting to purchase establishmen…
Since this is my first post, I feel I need to introduce myself. I’m one of the smoked beer riffraff and I was on the injured reserve list for the Microbrewer’s Festival this year, and a word to the wise – stomach flu and drinking doesn’t go well tog…
I’ve been to Beaver’s Restaurant many times since my first visit and I’ve never left disappointed. The food is always top notch, the beer selection is great, and of course the cocktails are amazing. Their mixologist Bobby Heugel even has his own blo…
An incident illustrating beer’s sometimes miserable reputation here: I walked into Kratochvílovci, Prague’s largest specialty malt shop, to buy a gift. Kratochvílovci has whisky (and whiskey) for days, from Japan to Kentucky and — esp…
Sometimes it’s nice to let someone else do the planning. This wasn’t intended as a beer trip. There was nothing in particular I wanted to do, once I realised visiting Westvleteren wasn’t really practical. I let Dolores choose the day’s activitiesA cha…
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Back in May I bottled my most recent homebrew, Rats in the Attic Pale Ale. This is my favorite homebrew recipe. it’s flavorful, got a lot of hops, and carries quite a kick. Unfortunately, something has gone wrong this time.
I have been …
Black Hole vs. Victory Storm King (click picture) Black Hole vs. Foothills Sexual Chocolate (click picture)
Cameron’s Brewing have announced the details of their next cask night event. Here are the full details taken from their latest newsletter: Following last month?s very popular Orange Cream-sic-ALE by Cameron’s brewer Adam, this month?s Cameron?s ?L…
I haven’t met her yet, but after writing about “the Carolyns“, WordPress recommended a 2006 blog posting to me which highlights Kira Barnes, another beer drinking librarian, who also happens to be female. And she homebrews just like …