Obama’s beer brewed in Washington… ENGLAND !
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
As Barack Obama was being returned as US President this week, real ale fans in Washington – ENGLAND – were toasting him… with his OWN White House beer! Inventor Ken Oliver – who has built his own portable brewery, the “Beer Making Machine” – was called in to recreate the President’s own homebrew recipe, which Read the full post…
Moch-a big hit from Batemans in 2012 beer hunt!
By: JimOldfield
November 8th, 2012
Beer experts tasted the difference in Sainsbury’s Great British Beer Hunt 2012 – and awarded a coverted six-month shelf stint to a beer brewed with coffee and chocolate! Batemans Mocha will now be in 300 Sainsbury’s stores after coming top out of 140 beers in the supermarket’s annual quest for the best new beers. The Read the full post…
Candid CAMRA! Top beer ladies plug ale on the Beeb…
By: JimOldfield
November 5th, 2012
Beer sommelier Jane Peyton is going back in time tomorrow (Tuesday November 6)… to brew a medieval beer on the BBC! The Beer Academy sommelier is one of a pair of top women beer stars who feature on BBC2’s Great British Food Revival programme. And as part of the show Jane and her host, celebrity Read the full post…
ESCALATOR TAX: ‘I HEAR YOU … BUT THAT’S ALL!’
By: JimOldfield
November 1st, 2012
Beer tax row finally goes all the way to the top… but Minister won’t push stop button on stairway to hell The wishes of over 104,000 people wanting an end to the beer duty escalator fell on deaf ears in Parliament today when the Treasury refused to consider scrapping the tax. After a Commons debate Read the full post…
Watchdog slams farm’s ‘childish’ beer bottle label
By: JimOldfield
November 1st, 2012
Organic brewer Laverstoke Park Farm has been rapped by an alcohol watchdog for labelling its beer bottles with pictures that appeal to young children. The “childish” drawing of a farmer on the farm’s beer and lager labels has fallen foul of the Portman Group, after they received a complaint from a member of the public concerned that the Read the full post…
Andrew conjures up a beer worth Thwait-ing for!
By: JimOldfield
November 1st, 2012
Cricket-loving beer fan Andrew Bratt hit the competition for six when his imaginary “dream pint” was turned into real ale by a top northern brewery. Andrew, from Manchester, bowled over the judges of Daniel Thwaites’ perfect pint contest, who chose his theoretical beer “Switch Hit”, as their next special brew. And as part of his Read the full post…
Special Brrrrrrew for Antarctic explorers!
By: JimOldfield
October 30th, 2012
Thirsty British scientists at the South Pole are to get their Christmas wish with an ice-cold in Antarctica – after brewers at their Southampton local invented a special brrrrrrrrew! The Dancing Man brewery at the Platform Tavern pub is playing Santa to a team from the British Antarctic Survey and Southampton-based National Oceanography Centre – Read the full post…
The sex shop they’re all hopping into… for a pint!
By: JimOldfield
October 23rd, 2012
Swindon has launched its newest pub – built from scratch in a former sex shop! And The Hop Inn – billed as “a pub for grown-ups” – has already gotten into bed with the real ale lovers of the Wiltshire town by dragging in drinkers. Owners Jason Putt and his wife Karen Griesel are not Read the full post…
REVEALED: the formula for a perfect pint!
By: JimOldfield
October 23rd, 2012
But you may need one or two before you try working it out… Boffins have cracked the formula to perfect pint – by adding friends, snacks, mood and even room temperature to your favourite beer. Researchers have discovered that ultimate enjoyment of a pint, depends as much on factors including surroundings, music volume, and days Read the full post…
Magna rustles up cash!
By: JimOldfield
October 21st, 2012
By Alex Vessey October 21 2012 It seems drinking is good for health, if you live in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where real ale lovers sank so many pints at this year’s Magna beer festival, they raised enough surplus cash to re-write their own record books and give £40,000 to local health charities. Now organisers of Read the full post…
