13 hours ago
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Welcome
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.
Webcounter
Blogroll
-
THE LAST OF THE 2026 SPOONS BEER FESTIVAL IN LITTLEHAMPTON - October 2026. Littlehampton. West Sussex. I see Simon is off ticking Cheshire via rail replacement buses due to Storm Boelo this morning. He really is a tr...
-
Brewing themselves out of business - Before we finish with *Faversham, t*here’s one last area I want to talk about, and it’s one that is particularly relevant to the recent brewery closure a...
17 hours ago -
Let's Brew - 1910 Lees K - [image: A Lees Brown Ale label.] The other Mild at Lees, K, was rather less feeble than U. Though it was still 8º down in gravity since 1884. There’s not...
23 hours ago -
News, nuggets and longreads 24 October 2026: Pen Mari - Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got 80/-, simmer and sip and (the absence of) bog myrtle. Fir...23 hours ago
-
Fat friars - It's a function of nothing other than my advancing age that I'm bemused to see Northern Monk as part of England's brewing establishment. I remember them as...
1 day ago -
Making it Real - I've been on my travels west again. Last week I was working at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, in Denver, where the organisatio...
3 days ago -
Crowing about Crowlas - *A rainy day when you're on a climbing trip is not ideal*. But when life gives you rain, go to the pub. On my way to Bosigran I'd spotted The Star Inn an...
3 weeks ago -
Beer Scoring: Your Questions Answered (part 2) - Q: So CAMRA have changed their beer scoring system… A: That’s not a question, but yes. (I talked about the old system in the previous post.) The National B...2 months ago
-
Humph - Humphrey Smith, owner of the Samuel Smith Old Brewery Tadcaster, has gone to the great Employment Tribunal in the sky at the age of 81. The reaction ...
3 months ago -
CROXLEY – APRIL 2026 - Croxley — soporific and placid, it may be an idyllic place for a few sunny pints, but it’s an abject failure for those drinkers seeking anything approachin...5 months ago
No comments:
Post a Comment