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.
THAT PERENNIAL PENSHURST PHEASANT v PEASANT PROBLEM
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Mrs RM had phoned the Spotted Dog in Penshurst to ask if we could leave our
campervan in their car park overnight. Well, you know my views on phoning
pubs,...
Fullers AK grists in WW I
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Not sure when I'm going to get bored with AK. Probably not until another
shiny thing distracts me.
What immediately strikes me is how no new ingredients...
Introducing...The Dave Line Project
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Once upon time, back in the late 1980s, my dad starting making his own
beer. Through the hazy fog of time, I can vaguely recall a collection of
carboys, ...
Pricking the bubble
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This satirical craft beer skit from comedian Alistair Green has been widely
circulated recently:
punk squirrel IPA pic.twitter.com/pztt7SNZCM
— alistair...
Wish you were there
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Sure we would all love to be in New Zealand about now. Rascals has done
their bit to bring The Land of the Long White Cloud to us instead, with
this themed...
Long time coming
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*“It’s been a long time coming,”* as *Crosby, Stills & Nash* sang at the
end of the sixties. I know, as I remember the song, but as the famous quote
says...
BRAPA is .... STUCK BETWEEN STATIONS
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There are nights when I think that RetiredMartin was right. Pub tickers in
America. It would be such a difficult endeavour.
Logging off my laptop at ...
Pies, Pints and Capitalist Realism
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I assume by this point that most people subscribe to Vittles? But for those
who don't, this week's article was a rumination by Jonathan Nunn on his
(and ...
Startups and the runway to buy-out
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Some businesses are founded with the intention of being sold for big money
in five, six or seven years’ time. How can you spot them? This isn’t a post
ab...
Class collaboration
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*Craft brewing is essentially a petty bourgeois movement.* That is, small
businesses competing against larger established companies. This regularly
leads...
Welcome back; be kind
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This last year, folk realised how vital their local pub or restaurant is to
them.
On re-opening, remember teams have been on furlough, owners have been
...
Good Beer Guide Histories No 2: Northumberland
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After the questionable success of the first post in this series, our
attention turns to England’s northernmost county, Northumberland. 64 miles
of glorious...
A short and stout history of chocolate creme eggs
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I remember exactly when and where I first ate a chocolate creme egg: in
1957, in the kitchen of my parents’ council house in Stevenage. My Uncle
Bert, who ...
Are COVID-19 passports the answer for pubs?
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As we approach the reopening of pubs on 12 April for outside service, a
late complication has been thrown into the mix with the suggestion that
pubs and ...
Ceci n’est pas un Orval
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We see here: one 33 cl bottle of Orval (bottled September 2020) one 275 ml
bottle of Harvey’s Imperial Extra Double Stout (bought December 2020,
probably n...
Long overdue
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Long overdue is not just this post, published over a year after the trip it
describes, but also what it’s about. For years I have wanted to visit the...
Wandering Through Rona Land
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Coping Skills
I had intended to do a post before now, but something always changes in the
whole COVID-19 situation, rendering all my ideas obsolete overni...
Tiering Up
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There’s a potential new regular in this evening, second visit to the pub.
Nice chap, moved back into the area recently, big on his beer, friendly and
chatt...
A final pint
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My last blog post was a bit of a downer. I’ll try to cheer up on this one.
I seem to have created a theme of chronicling end of pubs. The travails of
the...
The severed moods of beer
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*I’m working on a book idea and trying to understand what I really want to
say — this is a spontaneous selection of words that might or might not
explain w...
Cider with.....Ted and Janet
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I don't know how we came to know Ted Jones and his wife Janet. It is almost
certain, I think, that the introductions were made by the late Rhys Jones
(no...
Living with cancer, chemo, lockdown and work
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Moving from a position of being self-employed to working for someone else
is something of an adjustment. Going from having control and responsibility
of ab...
A Tale Of Two Weekends
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The never ending tour of Manchester continues. With a lot of places either
still closed completely or not opening early in the week, it's easier to do
a ...
London’s Best Beer 3rd edition postponed
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Following discussions with the publisher, CAMRA Books, I’m sorry to
announce that the long-awaited new edition of my book London’s Best Beer,
Pubs and Ba...
Hard Brewing Times in an Age of Coronavirus
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“Part 1” (all disclaimers in that piece apply to this piece too) Such is
the state of flux that Covid-19 is having that between the time the working
day in...
Announcing SIBA1000
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It's been a while since I've posted here and logging into blogger for the
first time in forever, I was amazed to see that the So you wanna open a
brewery? ...
Moving….
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This site is now – or shortly will be – closed. All posts have been
migrated to the new site at beersmanchester.co.uk Hope to see you there
soon Jx
Last Day in Dublin
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I finally headed out to check out the new BrewDog Dublin Outpost in the
Grand Canal Docks area. I ended up tacking a taxi as there is really no
convenient ...
BeerDredge
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I've got a new website! Anything new will now be posted to
www.beerdredge.com. You can also read more about my books, my work and
there's an updated blog ...
COVENT GARDEN – JULY 2019
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Once gifted away by Henry VIII to a favoured Earl, Covent Garden is now a
haven for tourists, suits and 30-something bloggers with delusions of
grandeur. G...
Whatever Happened To Light and Bitter?
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* Whatever Happened To Light and Bitter? *
This might seem like an exercise in nostalgia, and to some extent I guess
it is, but sometimes, just some...
Beer Trends for 2019
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So, after several months of inactivity here (caused by a whole host of
activity thanks to a new arrival) I figure I should get back into the swing
of thi...
Pilsen, Czech Republic: the home of golden lager
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Hop on a train in Prague for an hour and a half to find yourself in the
ancient city of PlzeĆ, or Pilsen in English, the fourth largest city in the
Czech R...
The price of a pint
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Today's headline news in the Guild of Beer Writers eshot was a story run by
CAMRA relating to a YouGov survey on the topic of the price of a pint. (If
you'...
Goodbye
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I never realised this was still active.
However due to the untimely demise of the creator of the site I feel it is
inappropriate to to keep it going.
The ...
A Quick Blog Post For IPA Day
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*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...
Vogue
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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...
Cask beer at a crossroads?
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[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...
Albion august
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*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...
TOTAL ALES HAS MOVED
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YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FIND GREAT BEER AND GREAT STORIES HERE:
WWW.TOTALALES.CO.UK
IF YOU KINDLY LINK TO TOTAL ALES ON YOUR ...
We're crowdfunding!
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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...
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...
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...
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.
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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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