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The ups and downs of pubs - There have been plenty of books written on the history of the British pub, and for the most part they cover the same ground. They run through the great d...
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London Beer City 2017: going four years strong - This year saw the triumphant return of London Beer City, a 13 day event showcasing craft beer across the capital. Now in its fourth year, the itinerary was...7 hours ago
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Beer of the Week – Black Isle Porter - The weekend is once again nearly upon us – or upon you today if you have a very understanding boss. Thoughts invariably turn towards a beer or two for th...8 hours ago
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USING THE SPOONS APP IN TAUNTON - Entertaining two teenagers in Taunton is one of life’s great challenges, somewhere alongside an appreciation of Donnington BB, or the removal of the brew...8 hours ago
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F. Cooke, Broadway Market - *There was no-one behind the counter when I walked into F. Cooke's pie and mash shop.* A mother with her children and a lone, hairy pastry muncher occupie...
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Beer Of The Week 33 - Squawk 'IPA' (Citra/Mosaic) - This week I have come across a few beers that may have taken the weekly accolade. I won't mention which ones because I may need them later but they all fad...10 hours ago
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The wickedest witch of the west - Hagstravaganza sits like a neutron star in Irish beer discourse this summer, bending all conversations towards it, both before and after the event. To say ...
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Wetherspoons here we come - I’m awoken by my brother David bringing me a cup of tea before he leaves for work. Then get back to some heavy-duty dozing. I finally drag myself out of be...
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Top Ten Virginian Beers - 2017 - This weekend is the 6th annual Virginia Craft Brewers Fest in Charlottesville, actually in the city itself rather than down at Devils Backbone as in previo...22 hours ago
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GBBF - in need of a little TLC? - Anyone who has been following this blog recently, will be aware that I didn’t attend *CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival* *(GBBF), *this year. I won’t r...
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BRAPA - No Posers at the Grocers - When I stepped off the train at Irlam into the breezy warm evening air, something became immediately apparent. I had to alter my expression from "wide-eye...
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Open mic at the Cock & Rabbit - Joanne Louise - banished to the wilderness after Bar Eighty Eight pulled the plugLocal singer-songwriter Joanne Louise is running an open mic night at the...
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‘Death of the Backstreet Boozer’ - The pubs we’ve lost in greatest numbers aren’t the big ones on main roads — they’re the often smaller, more intimate establishments on back streets and e...2 days ago
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CLAPHAM SOUTH – June 2017 - “If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to that third chapter, and the third chapter is what justifies what’s come before” – Peter Jackson “Sea L...3 days ago
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How evil is evil? - *Whilst over in London for the GBBF I had the chance to try Fuller's unfined keg Pride*. Considering the lengths some craft brewers will now go to to delib...
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From the ashes - Like many other drinkers I was shocked and saddened when Glasgow beer business Hippo Beers suddenly went into liquidation. The group which ran a beer sh...
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Hurrah! The ten-sided beer mug is back! - In these times of gloom and grey skies, it’s great to have some good news. So hurrah, rejoice, the ten-sided pint mug, iconic symbol of all that is great a...1 week ago
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From the archive: Van Steenberge Bornem Dubbel - Van Steenberge Bornem Dubbel ABV: 8% (now 7.2%) Origin: Ertvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders Website: www.vansteenberge.com Date: 16 April 2001 Another r...1 week ago
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Ticketybrew tasting notes – 2 - Jasmine Green Tea Pale 4.0% Malted barley, malted wheat, hops, jasmine green tea, lemon rind, yeast 9/10 Pale yellow, clear, light but effective conditioni...1 week ago
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The Seven Moods of Craft Beer - *The Seven Moods of Craft Beer* is my latest book and if you want to be snarky yes it’s a list book, 350 beers from around the world, about which I have w...
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Stick & Stones May Break My Bones But Names… - …Get you reported to the police… We're all responsible for reporting hate crimes in our communities. If it doesn't feel right, report it #999WhatsYourEmerg...1 week ago
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Craft Beer FUBU - or - Why People Get Upset When Breweries Get Sold - I haven't blogged properly in a while (ha! "a while"), largely because I haven't had anything constructive to say. That doesn't stop many bloggers, but I r...1 week ago
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A Quick Blog Post For IPA Day - *If you really want to know why IPA was supposedly so strong and hoppy, look not to the breweries, but to India...* Today is apparently International Let's...
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Sherpa Tours Pt 2 – Sheffield Just Gets Better & Better - I rarely place my liver in someone else’s hands. Nor my tastebuds at someone else’s mercy. But I trust Steve implicitly. The Karkli Sherpa knows his beer. ...2 weeks ago
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Presenting DT x Total Ales Hop Pockets - *Words - Matthew Curtis *| *Photos - Dianne Tanner* For those of you that don't already know, my partner Dianne takes 35mm photographs in museums and tu...3 weeks ago
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Vogue - Vogue, Yates’s, The Rose, The Standard: the core of the High Street pub scene. Into the belly of the beast. This place is right next door to Yates’s, and t...4 weeks ago
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Reduce beer duty or defend PBD? - Hundreds of small breweries in the UK benefit from Progressive Beer Duty (PBD). The discount we enjoy has helped to see a huge increase in the number of sm...
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Breakfast Beer Tasting: Hop Whoopin - *Sleepy head get out of bed* *Big bad world is calling * *Step in your shoes and catch the news* *It's another morning* And we all know what another morning...
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The Pub Men of Erlangen - A fact unknown to most beer communicators is the “The Tandleman” is not in a fact just a beer blog or communicator or a blogger but a title given to the fi...
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A Beer With No Soul? - *A Beer With No Soul?* *"... that's why I'm pissed off now, especially by United States customers, they don't give a shit when InBev is buying another com...2 months ago
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44th Cambridge Beer Festival – preview - Here’s an article I wrote for Local Secrets about what to expect at the fantastic 44th Cambridge Beer Festival – read on..! Cheers! It’s time for the Cambr...3 months ago
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I don’t want to change the world, I’m not looking for New England. - Right now, the hottest trend in brewing both sides of the Atlantic is the hazy, juicy style of pale hoppy beer that has come to be known New England IPA or...5 months ago
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Sexism - Average sexist pumpclip, yesterday What with Donald Trump being elected US President, sexism is in the news. Apparently, Mr. Trump is not as progressive o...
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Cask beer at a crossroads? - [image: MBW pic - cask filling] Tales of cask beer's demise are greatly exaggerated. Despite the recent furore in the blogosphere, cask continues to grow...7 months ago
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12 Beers of Xmas #12 - Imperial Stout Special Edition (Cloudwater) - OK it is nearly midnight so this will be quick. Cloudwater of Manchester are the best brewery in the UK at the moment. No debate here. This bottle just ...
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Albion august - *August azure* *The pores of your skin dilate from the lurid heat. The way the light in the evening sends people’s shadows spilling across the ground, yo...
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On splitting KeyKegs - I had a few 30L slimline KeyKegs split on me after filling which, especially for our first kegged gyle, cost us a lot in lost revenue just when we needed i...
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THANK YOU! - The kegs have been emptied, the cash has been counted and the Charity Beer Night raised £3,700 for Evelina Children’s Hospital! Thanks so much to everyon...
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Wakefield Beer Exchange - Wakefield Beer Exchange opened in December, shortly before I moved to town. Once the mayhem of Christmas was out of the way I visited for the first time, a...1 year ago
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TOTAL ALES HAS MOVED - - TOTAL ALES HAS NOW MOVED - YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FIND GREAT BEER AND GREAT STORIES HERE: WWW.TOTALALES.CO.UK IF YOU KINDLY LINK TO TOTAL ALES ON YOUR ...2 years ago
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A beer festival that's right up my street... ...literally! - This weekend sees the annual Dragon Hall Beer Festival in Norwich. Their blurb suggests: "The weekend of Friday 25 to Sunday 27 April is definitely one t...3 years ago
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We're crowdfunding! - We're raising seed capital on Seedrs, an equity crowd funding site. Investments begin at £10 and buy equity in Blue Crow Media as we grow. We have over 50...
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New Parents- Get Thee to the Pub! - 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...4 years ago
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Common Sense - SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, have announced plans for a 4 day celebration of British Beer targeting brewers, licensees and consumers alike, Be...
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