This is our weekly writing page - a collection of informal notes about what we've been drinking, eating and doing, week by week. Chances are it will be predominantly about beer, particularly the dry, pithy, hoppy beers I like so much - hence the tongue-in-cheek title. But we also intend to include notes on wine, spirits, cocktails, food, motorbikes, holidays, draught beers, and anything else we feel like writing about.
23rd April 08 - V-BLOG: A Year of Beer - St. George's Day & Brakspear Ales
13th April 08 - Haand Bryggeriet IPA and Norse Porter - Cor, there's lovely.
6th April 08 - V-BLOG: A Year of Beer - Cantillon & Timmermans Kriek
23rd March 08 - V-BLOG: A Year of Beer - Liefman's Kriek
9th March 08 - V-BLOG: A Year of Beer - Chimay Red
2nd March 08 - V-BLOG: A Year of Beer - Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
14th February 08 - VIDEO BLOG: A Year of Beer - Trappist Ales & Lent
3rd February 08 - VIDEO BLOG: A Year of Beer - Old Bear Capstan FS
20th January 08 - VIDEO BLOG: A Year of Beer - Adnams Innovation
15th January 08 - James McRorie and the Weeping Bottle
13th January 08 - VIDEO BLOG: A Year of Beer - Meantime Winter Time
6th January 08 - VIDEO BLOG: A Year of Beer - Schneider Aventinus
9th December 2007 - A Quick Pint Before the Train
28th October 07 - Cheese and Beer (Part 1)
21st October 07 - Wood-Aged Beers: A Trip to Thornbridge Hall
14th October 07 - Co-Op Organic Fairtrade, Tui East IPA & Thierez Etoile du Nord
29th September 07 - Harviestoun Try'd & Tested, Springhead Roaring Meg
22nd September 07 - Beer & Cheese at the Gramercy Tavern
8th September 07 - Decoding American IPA
5th August 07 - We interrupt this broadcast....
29th July 07 - Very Berry Perry - Cider Coes (alco)Pop!
22nd July 07 - Hand-brewed in Otley - Rodhams IPA
15th July 07 - Dining with the Big Boys - Coors Speciality Offering
8th July 07 - And then Anheuser-Busch called... which was nice.
There's pretty much a two year gap here. What can I say? - other things got the better of me. Basically, it was an interlude of hard graft interspersed with some experimental drinking, and a sprinkling of freelance writing. But I'm back, new and improved, so hold onto your beer mats, because we're back in business.
25th September 05 - Ridgeway Bitter and... stone me, another IPA!
18th September 05 - Two IPAs - Meantime & Pitfield
11th September 05 - Topvar - The Unmistakeable Topvar!
4th September 05 - A Tale of Two St-Aubin
28th August 05 - Glenmorangie Burgundy Wood Finish - Yessss!
21st August 05 - Rob Hills Highland Brewing Company
14th August 05 - Tyskie vs. Lech - Polish, but don't spit
7th August 05 - Cesu - The Appliance of SCIENCE
31st July 05 - Casta Dorada & Casta Morena - a Mexican Surprise
24th July 05 - A Whole Lotta Leffe - shall we moan about InBev now?
17th July 05 - Suzuki GSF600S - hang on, that's not right.
10th July 05 - Gurkha Beer and Bravara
3rd July 05 - Copper Dragon, North Yorkshire
26th June 05 - Artois Bock
19th June 05 - A Beer Called Bernard
12th June 05 - Beers In A Box II
5th June 05 - Brakspear Triple - PHWOAR!
29th May 05 - Stella Artois - Ye gods, has it come to this?
22nd May 05 - Hercule Stout & Suddaby's After Dark Coffee Porter
15th May 05 - Anglo Dutch Ghoul & Ghost and Tabatha
8th May 05 - Sierra Nevada Pale Ale & Bigfoot
1st May 05 - Yarra Burn Shiraz Viognier & Sauvignon Semillon
24th April 05 - Wylam Bohemia & St. Peter's Cloudy Wheat
17th April 05 - Whistlin' Dixie Star Jazz Rock
10th April 05 - Rogue Ales: Champion Beers
3rd April 05 - Draught Round-Up
27th March 05 - Beers in a Box, plus Ruggenbrau Zwickel
20th March 05 - STOP! LAGERTIME! Sleeman's and Paulaner Munchner
13th March 05 - So'ton to Toon Town
6th March 05 - Williams Bros. Black and Williams Bros. Gold
27th February 05 - The Oakleaf Brewery, Gosport.
20th February 05 - All Whiskies Great and Small
13th February 05 - Auchentoshan: Comparing Expressions
6th February 05 - Christmas Stragglers - Hook Norton and Anchor
30th January 05 - Wentworth Brewery
23rd January 05 - Two Brooklyns and a Coopers
16th January 05 - Winter Warmers. And Cheese. Well, it is Sunday.
9th January 05 - Fentimans - Soft Drinks for Grown-Ups
2nd January 05 - "Peat Smoke and Spirit" by Andrew Jefford
26th December 04 - CHRISTMAS! WHISKY!
19th December 04 - There's a Draught in Here
12th December 04 - British Christmas Beers
5th December 04 - Belgian Christmas Beers
28th November 04 - St. Aubin 1er Cru "Murgers de Dents de Chien" 2002
21st November 04 - Winter Is Icumen In
14th November 04 - Ebony and Ivory - Black Lightning vs. White Boar
7th November 04 - A Beer Named Saku.
31st October 04 - A Few IPA's.
24th October 04 - Sierra Nevada Celebration & Tetley Imperial.
17th October 04 - Green's Pioneer and Explorer.
10th October 04 - Three B's Brewery, and Greene King Suffolk Strong.
3rd October 04 - The Hebridean Brewing Company
26th September 04 - Traquair The Laird's Liqour & Durham Decade
19th September 04 - Red Brick Brewery Fresh Beer
12th September 04 - More whisky. Damn you, Iain Banks!
5th September 04 - "Raw Spirit" by Iain Banks
29th August 04 - Coreff. La Biere de Morlaix
22nd August 04 - Robinson's Double Hop and Pitfield's Hoxton Organic
15th August 04 - Pata Negra Gran Reserva 1995
8th August 04 - Flag Porter, Augustinian Ale, and those missing beer reviews
1st August 04 - Summer Set for Cider - Thatchers and Sheppys
25th July 04 - The Wedding Diary - I Suffer So You Don't Have To
18th July 04 - Alcohol and Your Heart - The Truth. Via Google
11th July 04 - Strangford Lough - The Brewery That Wasn't There
4th July 04 - Tangential Americana - You Wot?
27th June 04 - Chateaux de Sours and Guiot, Marc Ducourneau
20th June 04 - Glassware - What do you drink out of, then?
13th June 04 - Westvleteren and Sparklers - An odd combination
6th June 04 - Thomas Hardy Ale - Et ego in Dorchester
30th May 04 - A Trip South - Flat Beer and Memories
23rd May 04 - Green's Discovery - Coeliacs of the world, unite
16th May 04 - Kölsch - More umlauts than a Motörhead concert
9th May 04 - Meantime Chocolate, AdiAdi, Tesco Picpoul de Pinet
2nd May 04 - Coopers Sparkling Ale, Oakham JHB, Tesco Beaujolais, E&S
25th April 04 - Svyturys, Utenos and A. Le Coq Premium
18th April 04 - Arcadia, Jago Cream Liqueur and Ardbeg Uigeadail
11th April 04 - Gin tasting. Mother's ruin. Mine too.
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