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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.
Tandleman's Random and Particular Thoughts on Beer.
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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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Contact and General Information
Who is Tandleman?
Read my information and links and then decide for yourself. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes.
Email:
If you wish to email me you can do so by using this address:
tandleman[at]yahoo.co.uk
Comments:
These are the life blood of any blog. Please feel free to comment. I do not practice censorship if you stick to the point, but personal insults are frowned upon and may result in deletion. Anonymous entries may have the piss taken out of them or be deleted.
Reviews:
Beer samples are welcome, but I cannot guarantee a good review. You, the brewer, on the other hand can.
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Read my information and links and then decide for yourself. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes.
Email:
If you wish to email me you can do so by using this address:
tandleman[at]yahoo.co.uk
Comments:
These are the life blood of any blog. Please feel free to comment. I do not practice censorship if you stick to the point, but personal insults are frowned upon and may result in deletion. Anonymous entries may have the piss taken out of them or be deleted.
Reviews:
Beer samples are welcome, but I cannot guarantee a good review. You, the brewer, on the other hand can.
Adverts:
I do not currently accept adverts on this site, but if you feel so inclined, make me an offer. If you wish me to wear your brewery stuff, great. XXL please
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The contents of this site and individual articles may not be reproduced in whole without the express permission of the author and will require an appropriate credit. Extracts may be reproduced with a credit to the author.
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Real Ale in Spain?!? Gute Reise!
In the meantime, could someone point me to a source of info on cask priming? Specifically, whether and how they're primed differently for sparkler use in the North? How much gassier is Northern ale to begin with?
I've googled around a bit with no luck.
Not Spain. You won't find anything. Northern beers are not "gassier" but brewers know that a vigorous secondary fermentation is a good thing for desirable outcomes. It is all about cellaring the beer properly. Why so much over vented and flabby beer is found in some Southern places is beyond me.
This would take too long.
I am not aware of any difference between priming northern as compared to southern beers.
I believe most brewers rely on the residue sugars for cask conditioning and add no extra. This is what I do. I agree with Tandleman that it's more down to cellaring practice than anything else.
Have a good holiday Tandleman.
Hear, hear, on all accounts.
Mmmmm - residue sugars...
Hey, hey! Prompt responses from the two brewers whose pubs I'm probably MOST keen on trying out someday! Cheers.
FWIW, the question arises from an email discussion I've been having with people who, while not (pro) brewers themselves, have quite a bit more experience than I do. I'll post a bit more --including my reasoned, sober impressions from discovering real ale in the North and South after years of drinking "cask conditioned" ale in Orygun-- here later, unless you lot suggest a better place to do so...right now I've got to run. To the Bierkeller, actually, if the weather today holds. (Unfortunately the Kellerbier at this particular place is gas-driven.)
Are there any other opinions or knowledge on this out there to share?
happy holidays
Well Erlangernick, it would be a pleasure to see you. I would have to say that BUL180 is a better pub than mine owing to the fact that he stole all my ideas and then made them better....
I'm sure Tandleman would not object to beer type discussions on his blog whilst he's sunning himself in some sunny clime.
Mind you, don't think about him lying in his boxers on a sun lounger, you'll have nightmares...
Now I'll never sleep.
Have a good holiday, Tandleman. Hope you manage the odd beer or two whilst you are away!
Wonder if he's getting an all over tan???
I think we need to worry about your fantasies, Camragirl.
Just worried about his sunburn:)
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