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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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Budget destinations - I'm not in this for the clicks, but I have noticed that for some reason my blog posts about Aldi and Lidl beers are the most popular thing I write. It is a...
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1996 Youngs Best Malt Ale (2) - [image: A Youngs Brown Ale label featuring a drawing of a ram.] Brewed just nine days later than the previous Best Malt Ale was this very different versio...
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"Crossing the line" and becoming a "Blue Nose" - One feature of life aboard ship, that both *Mrs PBT's *and I were blissfully unaware of, was the strange ritual associated with crossing the line on the...20 hours ago
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BUS TROUBLE IN LINCOLN - April 2026. Lincoln. South Herts have made a splendid job of organising this week’s CAMRA Members Weekend, putting the emphasis on pub crawls curated surve...
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A contender for “best pub in Bristol” that is definitely not in Bristol - The Rising Sun at Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire, was named the best pub in Bristol by the local CAMRA branch in 2025. But the thing is… it’s ...3 days ago
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Homebrew Blitzed - I used to enter homebrew competitions far more regularly, then kids happened and brewing took a bit of a back seat for a few years. Eventually though, th...
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Local song and music sessions in March - All these venues sell real ale (oh, and other drinks too!).
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A little crazy - 1. In search of Monsters I don’t know how I missed this, but miss it – dammit! – I did. Readers outside Stockport and environs may be unaware of the ‘Monst...1 month ago
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No, it's not a Yorkshire square - *It's a tradition, or an old charter, or something that wheneven someone who knows a bit about beer sees an open square fermenter they ask "is that a Yor...
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Golden Pints 2025 - Happy new year everyone, and here are my Golden Pints of 2025. It’s been another year in which I’ve drunk a lot of beer and been fortunate enough to have...
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2 comments:
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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