Last week I had the opportunity to visit Wetherspoons Beer Festival in Brighouse and sample a couple of the American Craft Brews I mentioned earlier in the month, and I am glad to report that they were both nice beers. The Mordue Red Rye Riwaka and Odell Ninety Schilling had a nice amount of hops [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Pubpaper 629 – Animee, CAMRA loves Kegs, New Beers and Brewdog
Posted: 27th October 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Animee, brew dog, CAMRA, Cider, Craft Ale, Hops, keg, Molson Coors, real ale, Stroud Brewery, Thatchers, wetherspoons
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Pubpaper 628 – Cask Report Revisited
Posted: 20th October 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: ageing paradox, cask report, moorhouses, osset, perceptions, theakstons
The Cask Report (http://www.caskreport.co.uk) from CAMRA has been out for a few weeks now, and I have previously commented on a couple of the points raised. Going deeper into the report and looking past the sections which have been widely reported in the media, there is some interesting analysis of the current cask ale market. [...]
Fosters Fine Art Online Store
Posted: 16th October 2011 by admin in WebsitesTags: ecommerce, online shop, photography
Recently I completed an online shop for a Jason Foster, a local photographer from Halifax. You can find the site here at http://www.fostersfineart.co.uk/shop/ Pictures are available from 7in x 5in upto 28in x 20in.
Pubpaper 627 – Brewdog News and Industry Takeovers
Posted: 13th October 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Alice Porter, brew dog, fosters, Ghost Deer, McEwans, SAB Miller, skol
As you know I am normally a pale ale drinker, but recently have been getting into stouts to a greater degree. You will know I have recommended the hoppier ales from Brewdog many times in this column, and I had the luck to spot a new stout from them in a local supermarket last weekend. [...]
Pubpaper 626 – Bud-Spat, Cask Report and Good New for British Beer
Posted: 6th October 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: brew dog, budvar, budweiser, copper dragon, harvestoun, wetherspoons, wild hop ipa
After 2 weeks in Majorca, Its good to back in the UK, at least in one sense, some variation in beer taste. Although Mahou, Cruzcampo, Estrelle Damn and San Miguel are decent beers, after a week of exclusively drinking them, their taste does seem to merge into a generic “lager” flavour which stays with you [...]