Tandleman's Beer Blog

I see many of my blogging chums have redesigned their sites, upping the clashing colours level, squeezing themeselves into a small middle st...

My ongoing central heating problems have been driving me to obsession, but a welcome distraction was offered yesterday. I don't drink th...

The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) will be holding their SIBA (North) National Beer Competition judging panels in Manchester for t...

I note from Twitter and elsewhere that beer geeks are rightly looking forward to the Great British Beer Festival. And so they should. This e...

One of the more pleasurable duties I have as CAMRA Branch Chairman is to present the odd award. Yesterday it was the big one- a Pub of the Y...

My first ever cask ale was consumed in the Bon Accord in Glasgow back in 1974. I can't say it was an Damascan conversion to the real th...

I am continuing to look back with some fondness to my starring days on rfdb, the Yankee led newsgroup which I contributed to for many years....

It seems the recession is hitting night clubs hard with many drinkers preferring cheaper beer in late opening pubs than going on to a club. ...

This'll bring back memories Mike! Your two childhood sweethearts, side by side. In no particular order of course and I suppose they look...

I feel like treating you all a bit today, or maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic, so more Higsons. Anyone know the rest of the characters i...

In my modest collection of breweriana, I have a few items from my favourite brewery, Higsons of Liverpool. Or should I say, my favourite clo...

Way before blogging was possible, there was this thing called Usenet. It still exists. I used to contribute to it, including this rather la...

The poll is over. A somewhat disappointing 74 responded to the set of questions posed and only 63 let on whether or not they are a blogger. ...

It is the way of things that CAMRA days out are a mixed bag. Sometimes you are lucky and the chosen pubs all produce ale at its best for th...

In a referendum on Sunday, Bavarian voters ended the dithering and doubt about smoking in their state with a decisive "yes" to ban...