Tandleman's Beer Blog

Now we all know that beer is better sparkled. That's a fact that just can't be denied. I know its true; Tyson has said it and I...

A chance to visit one of Britain's best up and coming breweries doesn't come along all that often, so consequently last night's ...

Yes it's official. Despite my inherent non trendiness, my unfashionable liking for pong and my big gob, I'm an influencer of men. We...

What's a craft brewer? A small one perhaps? One that is innovative and makes their beer to precise standards using the finest ingredien...

I'm always interested in anything that affects the pub trade and its ability to work well within the financial constraints currently fac...

On the day the Office of Fair Trading ruled against CAMRA's super complaint about the beer tie, it was abolished by the Government, to b...

After my trip to London I fancied a good old cool, well conditioned, sparkled Northern pint or two, so met my mate Graham in the Angel , whi...

The Society of Independent Brewers has changed its logo. Gone is the previous handpump dominated logo illustrated in my blog piece here . Th...

I've written about the Castle in Furnival Street before. I like it as a pub. Hidden down a side street off Holborn, it is as you'd ...

A quick ten minutes walk towards London Wall takes me to two Good Beer Guide boozers in the same street - well I say the same street and it ...

I'm in London for a few days. Despite it being my other home, I kind of regard it as a holiday, so like on all holidays, I'm going ...

Today I received some photos of the Oktoberfest from my friend Moyra who has lived in Munich for many years. She took them today (yes I know...

Picture yourself in a rain sodden Cumbrian village on an October Wednesday. This is power shower rain, drumming down relentlessly, with the...

I'm off on my annual trip with the boys (well old men actually) tomorrow. Ulverston and Broughton are the destinations. We are expecti...

From her lofty perch in the Pennine outpost of Delph, an excited Landlady rings me. She has just been to Blackburn - no that's not what ...