In praise of…The City Arms, Manchester
Landlord Steve (with arm in cast) outside the City Arms Manchester has no shortage of decent places in which to get a few pints – the Marble Arch is becoming renowned far and wide for its microbrewery, and the Port Street Beer House has a selection that guarantees pretty much anybody will find something to […]
Vitus – Best Beer In The World?
The 2011 World Beer Awards were announced the other week, via a communication from a secret location inside a Swiss mountain publisher’s office in Norwich. With all the SIBA goings-on we’ve gone a bit awards-crazy recently, but we usually cover the WBA’s. Last year we briefly touched on Stewart Hollyrood winning the best blonde/golden Pale […]
BeerCast #65 – Bières en vacances!
BeerCast #65 – MrB had his annual trip to France over the summer, and as ever returned with a carload of booze. Some of this was rare beer from local brasseries, so our 65th BeerCast finds us drinking four very different French beers. It also sees the return of our ‘Can you Picon it?’ feature. On the panel today – Richard, Grooben and MrB. Apologies for the levels on this one, it was recorded in MrB’s kitchen…
1. Brasserie des Râteliers La Johannique Blanche (5.0%)
2. Cervoiserie Lancelot Bonnets Rouge (5.5%)
3. Le Moulin de Saint-Martin Ambrée (6.5%)
4. Mor Braz La Bière Cidrée (4.0%)
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2011 SIBA Scotland Bottled Beer Awards
The SIBA Bottled Beer awards were judged and announced yesterday, and just like last year the BeerCast were there, taking part. In actual fact, last year’s competition also took place this year – the epic winter of 2010 meaning December’s judging had to be abandoned and moved to January, so our SIBA branded blue pencils […]
The UK vs the US – the gravity gap
Our good buddies the Aleheads are never shy of an opinion or three, so when the duty rise kicked in at the start of October, I dispatched one of the Queen’s messengers to the colonies to get their reaction. Stateside brews are typically (although not always, of course) stronger and punchier than British beer, and […]
In the toon…on the twiss’
A blogging version of Where’s Wally? Beer bloggers tend to be a friendly bunch – and by and large get on well with each other (unless someone mentions sparklers, CAMRA, cask v keg, ‘black’ IPA’s, or the Oxford Companion to Beer). As such, each year a large group descend on a beery city and attempt […]
