The Joy Of Beer

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, [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]