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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.
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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“A SYMPHONY IN BROWN”. THE DUKE, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON - October 2025. Bloomsbury. London. Two nights a week down in Waterbeach visiting Dad for free cups of tea and ’60s entertainment; that also gives me a chanc...
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Styling it out - It would not do to be still drinking Oktoberfest lager in November, so I'm getting this one under the wire before the clocks change. Third Barrel *Fest Bie...
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Tomson & Wotton grists in 1893 - [image: A Tomson & Wotton crate beer advert. WIth a crate of four beer bottles, the face of a smiling man and the text "1/3 and 1/6 per crate".] To be hon...
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News, nuggets and longreads 18 October 2025: Gish - Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Bonn, Brussels and Borough. First, some news from Poland,...6 days ago
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Realisation dawns - From the beginning of this month, new government regulations prevent restaurants and fast food outlets from providing unlimited refills of drinks deemed ...
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Old Friends: Boddingtons Pub Ale - I am starting to think that my eldest brother has an awful lot to answer for, and not just the horse racing I mentioned in the last post. Fun fact, when my...
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How San Miguel closed Banks's brewery - *Not all multinational corporations are created equal*. The world's largest brewing corporation, ABInBev, towers above the others, having bought the seco...
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