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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 […]

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Brains Black Welsh Stout – Guinness beware in the Welsh valleys

Today St David’s Day Brains the Cardiff based brewery launched a new beer at their wonderful Crawshay Arms pub, which is in the grounds of the Brewery, the best pub in Cardiff has it does not have a till! What is different about it from the other Brains keg ales, well It’s a Stout, and […]

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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 […]

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Great Video Review of Brains Dark from BeerSwap

As you know I am taking part in the beerswap thing and I sent Four Welsh Beers to a chap Called Sean who works for Adnams Brewery in Southwold, Suffolk. Read their blog review of the beer My beer reviews will be up very soon! but don’t think I can compare with Sean and Sarahs […]

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My top Five Welsh Beers

The nice people (former colleagues) over at Walesonline asked me to come up with a list of great Welsh beers – they were in no particular order so Here are my Top Five from the list I have had this year – there seems to be a lot of variants on stouts/porters – and no […]

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Pub News: Landlord of the City Arms Cardiff is now looking after the Park in Barry

Cardiff Camra Pub of the year City Arms Landord Chris Partridge has headed to the wilds of Barry to look after the Park (http://www.sabrain.com/park) , which Brains is hoping to turn into a Real Ale mecca in the home of Gavin & Stacy. I have only been to the park twice – and only once […]

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First day at GWBCF 2012 it’s not about Otley odessa at all – shut up what a beer but not for normal beer drinkers

Ok it was the battle of the ABV I thought it was. But Otley brewery have brought their milkshake to the yard as Kelis once said no not about milk stout – their silly Odessa – which has waited in quiet in the  Penderyn Whisky casks for the last 18months has stormed the Great Welsh beer and cider festival- Iam not saving […]

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Will you be drinking the strong ABV beers at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival

As tomorrow is the start to one of the highlights on the Welsh brewing and drinking calender Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival– I thought I would look at the ales that always seem to end my afternoon on the Friday at the festival – the ones over 6% ABV – but after my recent trip to […]

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What are you doing in Cardiff on the 7 till the 9th June? hint may involve beer

Well you will mostly find me at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Hope to see you there – I will be the bloke with the I love sheds tshirt on – I have a few so not wearing the same one each day 😉 anyway here is Provisional List of […]

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Cardiff Pub the Vulcan to move to National History Museum St Fagans

from Brains- shame it’s going to be few years – maybe they will fix the outside loos by then 😉 Wonder if they will serve old Brains recipes ales in there (hint Strong Ale, 6.5%) – hope they keep it going as a pub and not a shell just as an exhibition.   Welsh Bloggers […]