Beer List for Wetherspoon Real Ale Festival – 27 Oct to 14 Nov 2010
Latest List for their March 2011 festival is here. The list for the next Wetherspoon Real Ale Festival ( 27 Oct to 14 Nov 2010) has been announced and some great beers this year – looking forward to Sam Adams Brewery Blonde Ambition brewed at Shepherd Neame Brewery. Chocoholic from JW Lees Edinburgh Strong Ale...
The Good beer guide 2011 – now you can get it for your Android phone
The 2011 Good beer guide came out yesterday – and its now available for the Android mobile operating system. The mobile version costs £4.99 from the andriod market It’s a small download and quite basic and goes to the web to pick up the info (be good if local copy of data was there for...
Brewdog Edge
Surprisingly I have not had this brewdog before. I was drinking it in my favourite Cardiff Pub the Goat Major, where I normally go for the lovely Brains Dark if they don’t have a guest on. Brewdog Edge is a “dark” like beer – being a mild with a low ABR 3.2% but with a...
Brains IPA too little for too much
I had a pint of the Brains IPA cask earlier in the week at the always a pleasure to go in pub, Goat Major. A light, copper colour ale with a fresh, hoppy taste and a clean, bitter finish. Brewed with two varieties of hops, combined with pale and crystal malts. I liked it –...
The best beers are made in a shed!
The gurdian has this piece on home brew, I really have to get my shed in gear and get my shedbeer set up. If someone says they brew their own beer in their garage, what crosses your mind? If you drew a caricature would it involve a bearded, bulging stereotype, sitting in a shed with...
Photomarathon and tapas style snacks in the Wellington pub Cardiff
On Friday myself and my son were going to the Photomarathon exhibition at the old library in the Hayes in Cardiff as we were two of the numbers! But on the way we decided to get some food and popped into the newly refurbished Duke of Wellington, not normally my cup of tea a posh...
Have brewdog gone to far this time? Stuffed animal beer
I love brewdog beers and have a few in my collection waiting for the log fire and dark winter days to drink the stronger ones where as their lower ABV are a joy to drink anytime of the year. But they have produced the last of their line of extra strong beers at 55% ok...
This time last year I was taking photos of this
This time last year on the 18th of July 2009 or thereabouts I was taking photos of The Liver building in Liverpool and the great mersey tunnel air duct, as was spending a nice post shed week break with Mrsunclewilco and we also visted the wonderful Philharmonic Pub I like them but still need a...
Thinkgeek does it again – A tshirt that opens Beer bottles
I am not sure this this will get past security but very handy when you forgot your own bottle opener, maybe. Because you can quit anytime you want * Black t-shirt with a bottle opening robot attached * Stolen prototype from the year 2998 * For responsible meatbags aged 21+ anyway if are still drunk...
Don’t have a shed to convert to a pub in your garden? go Inflatable
As you know my other site, loves a great pub shed but if you have the room in your garden but are mad enough not to own a shed to convert then the next best option is to spend the money (which you may have more than sense) on an Inflatable pub. I can see...
Cardiff Food & Drink festival 2010 – Cake you say
I managed to only get an hour down the Cardiff bay food & drink festival on the Saturday, but luckily went back with the mrs on the Sunday for the whole afternoon and got home in time for the Football. Some great food and drink to be had, we managed a glass of one of...
Cardiff Brains Brewery to put IPA in bottles
On that Twitter ,Brand Manager for S.A Brain & Co Ltd, Ian Beattie tweeted about the labels for the new Brains IPA in bottles. Brains do an IPA smooth which is not the first on my list to drink when I pop into one of their pubs, back in the day I used to drink...
