Tandleman's Beer Blog

After an exciting fly past over our flat - thanks British Airways - above and beyond and all that - we landed safely at London City Airport...

While many of us in the blogosphere are getting a bit tired of all this "what is craft?" stuff,  a long foreseen development is, w...

When tidying out my garage yesterday, I came across this forgotten piece of Dobbin memorabilia. Odd in some ways, but that's Brendan f...

Did you know that Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire has one of the biggest lesbian populations per head in the UK? Well it does . I am not ...

While I'm in the mood, another couple of breweriana items for you. I doubt if the Bass one would meet with much approval today.   The...

A few of us have heard of Brendan Dobbin, who was in my opinion one of the earliest pioneers of the use of foreign hops for their own sake (...

I have a lot of catching up to do after my week in London, so let's start a mixed story of good and bad. The Good? Well to some a sur...

Yes folks, it's that time of year again when the great and the good congregate in London for CAMRA's biggest thrash. Tuesday is tra...

Ah leafy Cheshire. One of the few places that can match London, to some extent at least, for sheer wealth, but with lovely pubs that aren...

In my post yesterday about Meantime's Old Brewery in Greenwich a few people picked up on the expense of my pint.  I think it was £5.20...

London in the sun.  What could be nicer?  Well Manchester in the sun obviously - better beer to be had - but culture? That's a differen...

When I was much younger, as I've mentioned before, I trained as a barman under an old school boss. You had to do it right, first time, ...

There's sometimes talk about how publicans, brewers and breweries hold CAMRA in contempt, though it isn't something I've come a...

I have drunk in pubs for over forty years and in some rough ones too. In that time, I've seen plenty of arguments, but very few fights,...

Ah Summer. It beckons like a summery thing. What's not to like? Scallies with their shirts off, hogging any outside areas and loads of ...