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Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Bloggers in the Snow
It's snowing heavily here at the moment, but it seems the blogging lads don't mind at all:
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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.
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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Brilliant!! This made me laugh out loud at work. Jeff throws like a girl! But where are you in the video?!
I didn't want to be the one getting it in the balls and you cant choose that in advance. But there may be more.
Keep them coming!
Bell is not a blogger, way too dark and mysterious. Dredge with Fruit and Nut solidify the breed.
Wow, Bell is sporting a massive shit eating grin.
Quality stuff
Good stuff, Tandleman! Have a good Christmas.
....jesuuuusss....
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