The beers of EBBC
Last weekend’s European Beer Blogger’s Conference wasn’t just about sitting listening to speakers, or catching up with fellow internet warriors from different parts of the country. Drinking beer played an unsurprisingly large part of the proceedings – whether brought by sponsors, poured by brewers, or snaffled from the case of Brooklyn Lager left at the […]
RateBeer Roundup II
Back in November we brought you the summary of a tasting hosted by the UK’s leading Ratebeer.com exponent, Craig Garvie. Having powered through 6,200 beers and sakes, Craig decided to get a regular group together to taste unusual beers and have a social occasion at the same time. Like a book group, except with less […]
Lagerboy Speaks – Peroni Gran Riserva
Writing about beer – or any other subject – can lead to interesting discoveries, or give you strange moments of realisation. For me, despite the numerous posts of Lagerboy (and many trips to Italian restaurants), I never actually realised that Peroni and Nastro Azzurro were different beers. Admittedly they come in almost identical bottles, but […]
