This post should have been about great beer in Bath – but cider in Cardiff will have to do
I spent a great weekend in bath with some old school friends (Welsh friends, I did not go to school in Bath ) – just to say that the Salamander and Raven pub where the most frequentest stops and had great ale even if – but the Pulteney Arms was a right gem after the...
Great British Beer Festival 2011 – Perry & Cider List
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)...
Wetherspoon Cider Festival 21–31 July – Black dragon best of the bunch
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...
Great Welsh Beer & Cider festival 2010 – in colour sort of
Had a great time today – here are some photos. view the rest over at this linky the reason I say in colour sort of is due to the harsh light in the CIA, of course a bad workman always blames his tools:)
Judging Cider at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider festival – someones got to do it
I was kindly asked by arfurD to help judge the best cider at this years festival. There was some wonderful ones and sometimes wish we had more time.. but the overall champion was …you will have to wait as we were just regional monkeys. If you are around (festival info here) Then worth sampling the...
My family coat of arms should be an apple plus Cheddar its not all about a big hole and cheese
We visited Cheddar in Somerset, to look at the gorge as today the weather was so nice. I have not been there for about 18 years, that was with my mate Will (who was brought up in nearby Axbridge) and I could remember Cheddar was great village with some great pubs and too much cider....
Potential pub of my year 2010 Square and Compass, Dorset
My work colleague Kate is leaving today, she is off to Bournemouth to work for an Internet company (what ever that is) anyway I must not have offended her much in the last 18 months, as she as invited me and Mrs Uncle Wilco down to visit. I mentioned a great pub in Bournemouth recently...
Beer of the Week : Jaipur ipa again + some cider
I had a quiet pint (is that possible in the Otley? when they were filming a Zombie movie) last night with all round beer bloke ArfurD Also has a lovely pint of White Bear, from a brewery we both have not tried, Kempsey then went on the Otley 01 well it would be rude not...
A date for your diary – Cider open day
Arthur Daley sent me an invite to my local cider mill’s open day, I went the last few years, and as its about a 15 minute walk from my house will be going again but with sprout in tow, as he likes the walk and we love the cider. Cider based shenanigans at Llest Farm…...
