A bit of a CV. Tandleman is a veteran beer lover, CAMRA Chairman and (local) activist, beer author, 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 and 2011. He admires good brewers wherever they are and has travelled extensively in pursuit of good beer to drink.
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.
It just keeps on happening
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There are some stories that seem to crop up in the media with depressing
regularity. One is supermarket cashiers refusing to sell alcoholic drinks
to adu...
We’ll Miss You, Simon
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Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007
We were stunned and upset to hear the news of the death of Simon ‘Reluctant
Scooper...
Simon H Johnson
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Last night I heard the sad news of Simon’s passing. It is desperately sad.
I can’t pretend to have known him well and we only met twice, but they were
mem...
Simon
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I'm too busy to blog. Hardknott is fairly busy these days and we are at
capacity with brewing. There are many reasons for our success, but it is
very clear...
Nailed it
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I first encountered Whitewater's new beer *Hoppelhammer *in The Purty
Kitchen last month. It made its debut at the Belfast Beer Festival last
November but ...
Simon Johnson
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I am in shock. I have just got home from the pub and am rather drunk. But I
think the subject of this post would have liked the drunk post more than a
mor...
Molson Coors - look behind the mask
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Just window dressing?In recent years, Molson Coors has been carefully
honing a positive image for itself among drinkers and the public.
Unfortunately, the ...
Land of the Rising Sun
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I'm off to *Japan* early tomorrow morning, so won't be blogging for a
while. It's a business trip and together with a colleague, I will be
visiting our ...
Beer sellers: Best Damn Beer Shop, San Diego
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San Diego, California, USA: Best Damn Beer Shop and no bull.
You have to have a huge amount of self confidence – or possibly hubris – to
name your busine...
The Answer...
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...is an emphatic 'YES!'
The question though comes from this article on Slate.com, which poses the
deep and meaningful question as to whether:
'friends le...
Craft Beer World by Mark Dredge
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Apart from actually drinking the stuff, the next best thing is reading
about beer. Which brings me to this worthy little effort. My apologies for
not gett...
Beer-Ritz - Bottling Success.
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This is just a little heads up about Leigh Linley's interview of, er, me,
over at Culture Vultures. It was very nice of Leigh to take the time to do
this, ...
Craft Beer World Book Launch!
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My book is released next week, which is both extraordinarily exciting and
monumentally scary! It’s on national release and available in the UK and US
plu...
New Parents- Get Thee to the Pub!
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So I'm a mum now. It inevitably changes your life- new bits wobble, going
to bed at 11pm feels like a late night and the living room floor looks like
a Fis...
The definition of craft beer
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Don’t worry; this isn’t a return to blogging. You are not going to have to
read lots more drivel from this load of toss. It’s just that miserable old
Mud...
Common Sense
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SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, have announced plans for a 4 day
celebration of British Beer targeting brewers, licensees and consumers
alike, Be...
Santa’s blotto
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Hitting the booze but learning disgusting. Night on Guinness gave me head
like a quarry, single malts and Champagne left me mellow. Is this a last
hoorah f...
The last post
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I spent the New Year in Prague with my beloved. Regular readers will know that I lived and worked there for a while three years before I started this blog. I...
3 years ago
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.
Adverts:
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4 comments:
Just sent you an email.
Cheers from the West Coast!
Ego, yes, but nothing wrong with that. Without it we wouldn't do half the things we do, especially anything that places us in the public eye.
"Vanity" was my response. Same, really.
The Bus driver if they're drinking I hope
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