Island life

One of the reasons that there hasn’t been much happening on this web site for a while is that we’ve just been on holiday to Cyprus.  It was the first time we have been there,and overall,it is a very pleasant place –sunny and warm,very friendly people,most of whom speak English,[...]

Gone to the dogs?

I’ve had a go before about brewers who claim association with “respectable”places,even though they are based in a place that is maybe a bit less grand –see Dreaming Spires? and I’m going to have another go.  Ascot Ales is not based in Ascot,but in Camberley,several miles away.  Okay,Camberley isn’t [...]

Dum-di-dum-di-oops!

Well,nobody spotted my Archers aberration the other day (Think global,drink local). I said that Pip Archer lived at Bridge Farm in Ambridge,when of course she actually lives at Brookfield Farm. I’ve now corrected the post.

What a fool! I must have had too many pints of Shires at The Bull!

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Director’s cut

Ohe dear,what a disappointment.  I tried a bottle of Courage Directors (4.8%),now brewed by Wells &Young’s.  My first disappointment was when I read the bottle label and found that the ingredients included “Colour E150C”.  Obviously somebody has got an idea about what colour a beer should be,and when the product doesn’t [...]