Slurp on those nuts
A beautiful Christmas Day spent in a homely pub, in front of a well-stoked open fire, and what better than a turkey than a mouthful of nuts…. But wait, hop lovers, not the hairy, flaking, dangling kind. Sat in The Lamb in Newbury I partook many festive pints of Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter, itself a […]
The BeerCast’s Christmas Haul
…not bad, I think you’ll agree. Thanks especially to Ian Bradley and the Coniston Brewery for the case of Bluebird – and there are some other great beers in there too – Stewart’s IPA and York’s Yorkshire Terrier particularly stand out. Everyone here at BeerCast Towers hopes all our readers had a great Christmas, and […]
BeerCast #9 – Christmas Special
BeerCast #9 – Christmas Special 2007. Merry Christmas from the BeerCast! Our festive panel sample four beers for the season, decked with tinsel and in front of a roaring fire. On the panel this time are Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Each beer comes from a different country, so we’re doing our bit to bring the world a bit closer at Christmas…
1. Meantime Winter Time (5.4%)
2. Erdinger Schneeweisse (5.6%)
3. Anchor Our Special Ale 2006 (5.5%)
4. Gordon Xmas (8.8%)
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Lagerboy Speaks – Pietra
The Mediterranean brings to mind beaches, olives, carpet salesmen, and British lager louts. But does it bring to mind decent beer? The drunken idiots parading around Ayia Napa and Magaluf might be satisfied with Stella or Carlsberg, but clearly Lagerboy has a bit more of an advanced palate – which is why Pietra took his […]
By the bonny, bonny banks of the St. Lawrence…
BeerCaster MrB marches dans la pub L’Isle Noire Named after a Tintin book in which our hero travels to Scotland in search of a legendary ape (no, I am not making this up), l’Ile Noire is a “Scottish” pub in the heart of Montreal. If you’re lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view), […]
BeerCast #8 – Das DeutscheCast
BeerCast #8 – Das DeutscheCast. Wilkommen! After last time exploring the beers of Japan, we return to Europe with one of the most important and historic brewing nations – Germany. Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben get through four German beers, and discuss local customs, food, and the best way to ask for directions…
1. Beck’s Pilsener (5.0%)
2. Franziskaner Weissbier Kristallklar (5.0%)
3. Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel (5.6%)
4. Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen (5.1%)
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