Brains Original Stout
Brains have a new bottled beer Brains Original Stout (4.1%) that they have brewed just for Tesco Iam a bit fan of bottle stout and looking forward to tasting it – I saw it in my local Tesco already today – but bought a couple of bottles of their IPA (as it was BOGOF) Brains...
Great British Beer Festival 2011 : Beer List
After the Foreign and Cider lists here is the list you have been waiting for! You will need to go to the GBBF site to see where these beers are being served Arran (Ayrshire) Ale (3.8% ABV) An amber ale where the predominance of the hop produces a bitter beer with a subtle balancing sweetness...
Cardiff brewery Brains rebrands it’s cask ale clips
Cardiff brewery S A Brain are rebranding their real ale clips – I’m a bit late on this as Arfur mentioned it last week, but of course he just drinks and writes all the time from Brains pubs;) I seem to blog about a lot about this brewery, but I suppose they are my local...
Great British Beer Festival – International Beer List
This year I’m going to the GBBF for the first time in about 15 years so really looking forward to it. They have not got the list of UK beers yet but here are the beers from the Bières Sans Frontières bars – if like my mate rob you love a German Brew Achel (Belgium)...
Yeeha – The City Arms Cardiff – American Beer Festival
As you know July the 4th is the start of shedweek, but it’s also American independence day – but which came first? The Brains Brewery house in the Centre of Cardiff, the City Arms is having an American beer festival from today 1st July until 10th July – on the opening night, today the great...
Spitting Feathers Brewery Tap, Chester and CAMRA’s 40th anniversary
I had the pleasure of a few hours in the lovely Historic Cheshire town of Chester. mrsuw had given me leave of absence for a few hours my first port was the Albion Pub which is right by the Walls near the Roman amphitheatre – Its like my nans posh front room – but with...
J D Wetherspoon Real Ale and Cider Festival March 2011 – all the beers listed for you beertickers
Blimey it’s that time of the year again and Spoons are having their Real Ale and Cider Festival it starts on 23rd March 2011 and ends on the 10th April 2011. Some great beers this time fifty of them! what ever you say about spoons – they do let you taste a great variety in...
St David’s Day – A tour of the Brains Brewery & drinking in Cardiff pubs what could go wrong – nothing
When you get off a train at Cardiff central on a Monday morning after a rugby international you are greeted first with the sound of the dive bombing seagulls from the River Taff, then the more welcoming smell of beer being brewed from the Cardiff brewery that is S A Brains – it’s a smell...
Are you Proud of British Beer? These lot are…
Siba has produced this rousing video – its a bit English centric to be honest – but In just under five minutes, the film delivers a simple, powerful message about British beer, articulated by some 25 brewers, as well as licensees, bar staff, barley farmers, hop growers and maltsters. It’s not just a ‘feel good’...
St David’s Day doodle from google – have a pint of Brains Dark I say
google.co.uk and their big brother google.com is celebrating the patron Saint of Wales with a doodle of a Welsh costume and a Daffodil but was I the only one to notice that it looked like she had a Pint of Wales National Drink (IMHO) Brains Dark on her head? FYI the Goat Major Pub is...
Tickets avaiable now for The Great British Beer Festival – Britain’s biggest beer festival
I have a few days off in August to go to the Britain’s biggest and best beer festival this year ( 2-6 August 2011), my hotel is booked, and the tickets for the event have been released today – now only need a cheap train fare from Cardiff to London and I will be sorted....
Happy days for Cardiff Real Ale Fans -Goat Major beer festival Feb 2011
Great news on twitter from @TheGoatMajorPub, they are having a beer festival next week 21st Feb 2011 until 1st of march I had the Adnams Oyster Stout in the City Arms the other day and it was great. I hope to get a few pints at festival on Thursday but will try a few halfs...
