Mar 10 2010

Brains you are surprising us with your marketing for National Cask Ale Week

Brains are upping their marketing this year with this great promotional tool to get people to taste their cask ales, what you mean there are people in Kardiff not tasted a Brains Dark, shame on you.

I can’t see this going down well in all their houses (Vulcan, Cottage & City Arms) but in the posher pubs in their portfolio I think the Beerati may lap it up…

Anyway I want one of these for my shedpub… :)

Welsh brewer Brains is going continental.…

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Mar 10 2010

Is it just Cardiff that have Omelettes in Baps?

There is a great little Cafe ,Bistro One in Cardiff City centre I have been visiting for more years than I care to think, and it’s near the stadium and by City Arms , they do these great rolls with Omelettes in.

Today I had a Chicken/Ham & onion one.

Omelette bap

Omelette bap

I have never had them outside of this cafe.. let me know

They are massive and mighty, the cafe is expanding next door, so expect more of the same..

They also go great pancakes… and fry ups if…

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Feb 27 2010

The Worst Pint of Beer in Cardiff is at …

We went to the Wales V France Games Last night.

Wales V France 6 nations 26th Feb

Had a couple of pints before the game

At the Goat Major great pint of Hydes Berry Good Ale

Goat Major - Hydes Berry Good Ale & Brains Dark

AT the Central Bar (a spoons pub) Rhymney Export but at 2.95 a pint

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But the worse pint of the night was at the stadium £3.50 a pint of Brains Bitter in a plastic glass, Iam sure they had pored it before from their super fast poring system and left it for a while, it was cold…

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Feb 15 2010

Goat major Beer festival – Cardiff – Red Hop Lover, DangleBeer & Bread of Heaven

The wonderful Oasis in Cardiff that is the Goat Major is having a mini beer festival this week, you would not know it as nothing on the Brains website I had a tip off from ArfurD

Beers on today include Brewseters Red Hop Lover, DangleBeery & Brains own Bread of Heaven.

Red Hot Lover

Beer List

Later in the Week (or when the have gone ) they have the Lovely Brew Dog Trashy Blonde

Bread of Heaven

If you are in Cardiff this week it’s worth popping over the Goat (which is near…

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Feb 2 2010

A climb up Kilimanjaro & Brains beer a good mix? In this case yes

On of my colleagues is taking part in the Kilimanjaro climb for cancer (you can sponsor her here).

But another good thing to come of this is a new beer has been brewed by Cardiff Brewer Brains

‘Up and Over’ ale has been specially created for the Brains SA Captains Climb. The 500ml bottle is being sold exclusively in all Welsh Tesco Extras and Superstores, and is available as part of Brains’ 3 for £4 offer. 15p from each bottle sold will be donated to the challenge.…

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Jan 8 2010

When Two (or Three) Buses Collide

Excitement this morning on the way to work – Was walking from the other side of Cardiff as had to get bus as car is still snowed in (we live on hills in the valleys)

Two (or three) Cardiff buses crashed into each other on Westgate street.

If my bus was not late I may not have seen it..

cardiff bus crash 8 jan 2010

cardiff bus crash 8 jan 2010

You can see my other not in focus mobile shots here, maybe an excuse to upgrade my HTC magic to a google nexus one ;)

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Oct 30 2009

Would you be afraid of me on a friday night in Cardiff?

update: The photo of me made page 2 in todays South Wales Echo I wondered why people where looking at me strange (more than usual)

echo-glass-wilco

In my day job I sometimes get asked to pose for photos (no not like that), I think it’s because I sit next to the picture desk and if they need someone with ladies wrists or a sock model then they turn to me.

But today I was asked by Andrew James to break a bottle with a brick and attack him as…

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Oct 28 2009

Good start to ‘Spoons Festival : Purityale one to go back for

Had a few tasters today at the Gatekeeper in Cardiff, with my mate Simon.

I said I wanted a nice Porter this festival and I was not dissapointed, Caledonian double dark oatmeal stout

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Caledonian double dark oatmeal stout

Maybe I should have left that for the end as my pallet was just tasting wheaty lovelyness for all the other brews.

Then a sip of Simon’s – Purity -Pure Gold


Oct 28 2009

J D Wetherspoon Beer Festival Starts today

Love em or Hate them you have to admit that the ‘Spoons has brought Real ale to the unwashed masses (and me, who washes sometimes)

spoons-festival

Today is the start of their 30th anniversary Beer festival (28 Oct–15 Nov 2009) and around the country they will be having up to 50 beers on I hope some of my favourites are served in the pubs of Cardiff , I have had a few of these already this week (O’HANLON’S RED ALE and COTLEIGH LONG-EARED OWL) as they have put them…

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Oct 13 2009

No wonder Owain Glyndŵr never got anywhere

Today me and MrsUW went into the Owain Glyndŵr pub in Cardiff, for a quick pint (for me) and something soft for her, I have not been in that pub for about four years.

I ordered a pint of VOG Wheats occurring (a nice surprise to have that in this sort of pub.)

Vog wheats occuring

Vog wheats occuring

But was told that the Coke machine was playing up and a manger had to change it, and they would deliver the…

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