CAMRA are bringing out a mixed bag of feelings this month in me. Pushing me away from them is the rejection of the majority of the craft beer motions submitted by the working group which was set up to investigate the matter to its National Executive, although my annoyance is that one in particular was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hardknott’
Pubpaper 652 – My dichotomy on CAMRA and theirs on Craft Beer
Posted: 9th April 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: camden, CAMRA, cask beer, craft beer, craft keg, hardknott, lager, magic rock, pubs of the year, thornbridge
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Could Beer and Cider justify its own TV show?
Posted: 13th March 2012 by admin in WritingTags: beer, beer writers, Brewdog, CAMRA, food and drink, hardknott, real ale, TV show
It is not an overestimation that there are too many cooking shows on TV now, it wouldn’t even be an exaggeration that there are too many food channels. When I was at university and into the mid nineties two shows ruled the roost, Ready Steady Cook and Food and Drink, with the second being the [...]
Pubpaper 643 – Silly Rules and Personal Opinions
Posted: 4th February 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Brewdog, hardknott, ship inn, SIBA
I wrote last week regarding craft beer, and who qualifies as making such beers as being an impossible task. It is easy enough to say which brewery (in our own opinion) makes really good beer most of the time, as there will almost always be a beer from a brewer that you don’t rate or [...]
Pubpaper 640 – CAMRA consults over Keg Beer and reaching a balance
Posted: 16th January 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, Uncategorized, WritingTags: Brewdog, camden, CAMRA, craft beer, hardknott, keg beer, kernel, magic rock, marble, real ale, stout, summer wine, thornbridge, todmorden
There has been much written both in the blogosphere among beer writers and in this paper by myself and the editor regarding CAMRA’s attitude to keg beer. Their view on the subject is generally considered to be both unhealthy to the beer trade generally and being too inclusive given the craft keg beer revolution which [...]