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A bit of a CV. Tandleman is a veteran beer lover, local CAMRA Chairman and activist, beer writer, beer reviewer and pursuer of all things good in beer. He lives in the North West of England and London. Despite his CAMRA membership, he does not limit himself to cask conditioned beer, though he believes that cask conditioning, when done correctly and appropriately, brings a quality to beer that is hard to equal by any other kind of presentation. He is a strong supporter of Northern methods of beer dispense and avidly detests poorly presented beer and dislikes pasteurisation. He regularly visits Germany, has conducted corporate British and German beer tastings for CAMRA at the Great British Beer Festival where he has worked for years on Biere Sans Frontieres and was Deputy Organiser at CAMRA's very successful National Winter Ales Festival in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival from 2013 to date. He admires good brewers wherever they are and has travelled extensively in pursuit of good beer to drink. He also judges beer at both the International Beer Challenge and the World Beer Awards.
This blog mentions specifics; pubs and beer, good and bad. The opinions will be forthright, but you can always disagree, just don't be offended. Comments from those mentioned are particularly welcome and a right of reply is hereby offered.
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Judging ends - I awake at 7:20. It's still dark outside. This could make life difficult. We're supposed to be meeting for breakfast at 7:30. When I get down at 7:45 no ...
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A BRIEF POP ART INTERLUDE IN WOLVES - April 2025. Wolverhampton. Wolves looked great last Thursday. I realise these posts are largely about unrelentingly good pubs, but you could equally spend ...
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Still firmly Anchored in Sevenoaks - On *Thursday* evening, for the first time in a long while. I participated in a meeting of my local *CAMRA *branch. Despite no longer being a member, ...
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News, nuggets and longreads 12 April 2025: Townscaper - Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week – even when we’re on holiday, apparently. This time, we’ve got UNESCO, green be...1 day ago
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Reinventing the pub - Last month, Wetherspoon’s announced that they were removing steaks, gammon and mixed grills from their menu. This resulted in a predictable outbreak of g...
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Back in business - I spoke a bit too soon when I complained that there hadn't been many new DOT beers in my line of sight this year so far. Before that was even published, th...
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Rounding Up Contributions To The Session #145 — Critique Not Criticism - A little later than planned (due to a malaise brought upon by a rather jovial stag weekend in Dublin celebrating the imminent nuptials of my pal Gareth)...1 week ago
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The Session - Best at Home - This month's iteration of The Session is being hosted by Ray and Jess over at Boak and Bailey, and the theme they have presented us with is: "What's the ...
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Sometimes a short piece says a hundred times more than a long descriptive overcomplicated piece. This is a good example! I have never had a decent pint of Youngs Bitter or Special either pre or post Bedford. I just don't understand the fuss.
Depends when you started drinking it. Pre about 2001, Young's Special was a lovely pint. Post 2001, something happened (recipe change?) that removed all the flavour and character from it. I never touch the stuff these days.
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