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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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Great British Beer Festival 2011 : Beer List

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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J D Wetherspoon Real Ale and Cider Festival March 2011 – all the beers listed for you beertickers

Blimey it’s that time of the year again and Spoons are having their Real Ale and Cider Festival it starts on 23rd March 2011 and ends on the 10th April 2011. Some great beers this time fifty of them! what ever you say about spoons – they do let you taste a great variety in […]

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

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 Arms, but became the City […]

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Next time you walk past that old pub call in, it may be gem

Camra have launched a great book about Real Heritage Pubs in Wales. I went along to one of my favourite Cardiff City pub (after the Goat Major), The Old arcade on monday, thanks to Brains for the lovely half of dark and the snacks on the house 😉 Anyway the book is a great celebration […]

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The great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival 2010 Cardiff June 10th to June 12th – you going?

After last years festival I hope to fit in some time this week to go, probably from Thursday Lunchtime (half day off work anyone?) and a half on the Saturday as Iam doing the photomarathon with my Son, and hope to get some more purple moose as it was great last year. Some great Beers […]