If we hit that cap, then we’re doing quite well. Personally, I hopw we don’t as I’d like to be in one place for more than a year!

I tend towards number five as my puking tends to have occured before bed. Its easy to end up with a headache though, but that’s simple dehydration

Just wanted to correct the info that the Impale ale was the champion of IBD Scottish Section Home-brew competition and not ICBD.

Thanks

Abhi

On a connected note, the one that really got on my wick recently was the Brewdog “beer snob” T-shirt: http://www.brewdog.com/shop/brewdog-stuff~clothing

Personally, I’ve no particular problem with beer geek, but whatever we call ourselves should be inclusive and welcoming, not about exclusive superior snobbery.

Vive le tour!

PS – the office block beer garden is Cargo at the start of the Union canal. Not a great beery pub maybe, but would make a great beer garden if it weren’t walled in on three sides by tall buildings…

It’ll take a lot of research but I’m sure you’re up for the task!

From how beer is made to the effects in has on the human body biologically!

Alex Dunedin will be attempting to answer those age old questions…”how do i get rid of this hangover” and “what did i do last night!”

late 70′s and i know a lot of people who drank this.
It was the bottled luco and both had to be poured together tilted glas and slowly or the guiness would react.

Unless they change the recipe for loco then now way was it anything like the article above !

Lack of research resuted in a misleading article here LOL

It was also drinkable after ulcer operations too (my old man was told it was one of the few beer he could drink after an op !)

Long live the Pie

Ahem. Well, no pork pies near me when I was growing up – could have been the good citizens of Preston refused them entry. But maybe the pork pie hails from the North/East Midlands southwards. Can’t say I’ve ever had a mutton pie…needs rectifying

Fine by me, but if there’s even one dark beer fan in your group they’ll be asking to move on in short order.

We also do ask for book samples, as that a) seems more fair to me, and b) makes me think I’m intelligent for reviewing. But as Adam says, you’ve got to be objective – there’s no point communicating with every British brewer if all that happens is most of them think you’re a freeloader.

Oh, and Mark, be careful what you wish for – there’s a BeerCast wedding taking place in Camden in July…

I agree with you – I think asking for samples is uncool. If you want to try it enough to send an email asking for it then go out and find it and buy it. I’d never ask for samples unless it was for an actual book (as opposed to the ‘possible’ book you’re talking about!). I would also feel embarrassed about asking.

Being given free stuff is always nice though I don’t write about most of it – if it’s good then maybe I will. Notice that the better breweries don’t need to give stuff away to get people talking about them.

And there are bloggers who do ask for beer. If anyone asks for beer at Camden Town then I won’t send it out but if they take the time to come down and visit then they can drink the tanks dry (and I’ll help them to try and achieve it)! There will always be time to show someone around the brewery.

Hehe I never clocked the pics but I have to admit finding new & interesting places to photograph beers for the blog can be tricky to say the least.