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St David’s Day – A tour of the Brains Brewery & drinking in Cardiff pubs what could go wrong – nothing

by Andrew Wilcox on Mar 3, 2011 • 2 Comments

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...

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The best Craft Beer Pub in London is the Euston Tap

by Andrew Wilcox on Dec 18, 2010 • 2 Comments

OK that’s just my opinion and I only visit the City a few times a year, but hey – I was down that London for a meeting about something else I do… And after recommendations from Twitter and Rob, in fact he said I had to go, so not wanting...

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How do you Store/display you beer – show me your cupboard

by Andrew Wilcox on Nov 22, 2010 • No Comments

Iam in need of some help, currently I store my ever increasing collection of beer (thanks Brewdog) in two wine racks and on a shelf but its not the best option, beer is laying down which I think is not great. so I thought i would ask twitter, and got...

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Is the best Real Ale pub in Cardiff now the City Arms?

by Andrew Wilcox on Nov 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

The City Arms reopened in Cardiff this weekend in time for the first Autumn international as a proper Real Ale pub! The City Arms was built in the 1880’s – the same decade Brains was founded – but was known then as the Cattle Market. It was later renamed Dovers...

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Abergavenny Food Festival 2010

by Andrew Wilcox on Sep 18, 2010 • No Comments

Today I went to the Abergavenny Food Festival 2010, I have not been for a few years and things have changed a bit – it’s massive! If you love queuing then you will love this festival, no honestly it was very busy and was a bit difficult to see the...

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How about Iron Man Arc Reactor Tshirt or Love Two Hearts Dr Who Tshirts – I would buy a Moon Tshirt

by Andrew Wilcox on Sep 14, 2011 • No Comments

Some great Tshirts from ThinkGeek that someone who is reaching his forty‘s would love for a special day. This may look like a standard t-shirt, but it’s actually the Iron Man Mark IX suit. This latest version is much lighter than all previous versions, featuring a flexible interior with knitted cotton exterior. Unlike the Extremis...

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Oktoberfest – City Arms – Cardiff – Friday 23rd September to Sunday 9th October 2011

by Andrew Wilcox on Sep 13, 2011 • No Comments

I love this time of the year (no not because it’s my birthday soon) it’s Oktoberfest and if you can’t make it over to Munich then lots of UK locals should be doing something. One of my locals the City Arms in Cardiff is having one – and if it’s anything like their American festival...

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Chester just gets better & better when it comes to Beer : Kash Chester

by Andrew Wilcox on Sep 7, 2011 • 2 Comments

I recently went to Chester again – for a Wedding – I was lucky that I had the day to myself on the Bank holiday Monday – so I decided to go to a few pubs. The first one was after a recommendation from Ben from @pimpmydibber it was called Kash and it was brilliant....

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Brewdog – Ghost Deer 28% blonde ale – I assume it’s a beer but too much taxidermy for my liking

by Andrew Wilcox on Sep 7, 2011 • No Comments

via brewdog.com Ghost Deer is a 28% fermented beer, the strongest ever fermented beer which is only ever served from a single handcrafted and authentic deer’s head read more at their blog

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GBBF 2011 : and a pub crawl of the craft pubs of London town may include a lot of Thornbridge

by Andrew Wilcox on Aug 9, 2011 • No Comments

Was going to write up with my visit to London last week, but events took over the last few days.. so will just say the Great British Beer festival is the best pub in the UK and has the largest selection of Real Ale and Cider you will find – but you already knew that...

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Brains Original Stout

by Andrew Wilcox on Aug 2, 2011 • No Comments

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...

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Great British Beer Festival 2011 : Beer List

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 25, 2011 • No Comments

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...

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Great British Beer Festival 2011 – Perry & Cider List

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 18, 2011 • No Comments

After the foreign beers the other day – here are the Cider and Perriers for this years Great British Beer Festival 146 Cider (Hampshire) Cider Allen (Gloucestershire) Cider (Oak Fermented) Apple Cottage (Hertfordshire) F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice (Cider) Appledram (West Sussex) Cider Barbourne (Worcestershire) Perry Barkers (Worcestershire) B.U.R.P. (Perry) Battle (East Sussex) Cider Biddenden (Kent)...

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Wetherspoon Cider Festival 21–31 July – Black dragon best of the bunch

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 18, 2011 • No Comments

Everyones favourite(or not) cheap pub chain JD Wetherspoon’s is having a Cider festival They have the lovely Gwynt y Ddraig Black dragon along with some “exotic” flavoured ciders – call me traditional but Cider is made with Apples and Perry is made with pears – where does raspberry and strawberry feature? anwyay here is the...

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Cardiff brewery Brains rebrands it’s cask ale clips

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 18, 2011 • No Comments

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...

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Great British Beer Festival – International Beer List

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 15, 2011 • No Comments

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)...

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Yeeha – The City Arms Cardiff – American Beer Festival

by Andrew Wilcox on Jul 1, 2011 • 4 Comments

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...