I start this week with a story. A couple of weeks ago I was stood outside The Brewery Tap on the station approach in Leeds. Having spotted they had Magic Rock Dark Arts on tap, I checked they allowed families in without eating, and was minutes away from trying one of the Magic Rock beers, something I’ve not been [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SIBA’
Pubpaper 662 – “Doh” moments, local redemption and unprofessionalism
Posted: 15th June 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: brighouse, CAMRA, empire brewery, magic rock, mallinsons, red rooster, SIBA
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Pubpaper 644 – CAMRA needs a backbone and more misguided Alcohol policies
Posted: 11th February 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer duty, CAMRA, craft beer, government policy, real ale, SIBA
The attack dogs have been put on a leash temporarily in the dog fight that was the craft / keg / cask / real ale war. The troops are playing football in no mans land and managing not to put in two footed tackles. This means we can get down to the important element in [...]
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 [...]
Caldercask – Winter 2011 – State of Play at CAMRA
Posted: 20th December 2011 by admin in Caldercask, WritingTags: Abbeydale, Acorn, Black Sheep, Brass Monkey, CAMRA, Cask Marque, copper dragon, Craft Ale, elland, greene king, Halifax Steam, Molson Coors, real ale, Salamander, sharps, SIBA, thwaites
This article is a re-edit of two previous articles I wrote for Pubpaper, but targeted at CAMRA members. You can find the original articles here and here. The PDF of the published magazine can be found here The world of real ale is reaching the crossroads. We have travelled far enough up the road that [...]
Pubpaper 632 – Real ale going forward and an alternative future for CAMRA?
Posted: 17th November 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Abbeydale, Acorn, Black Sheep, Brass Monkey, Brewdog, CAMRA, Cask Ale, Castle Rock, copper dragon, Craft Ale, elland, future, Halifax Steam, real ale, Salamander, SIBA, thwaites
Following on from last weeks discussion of CAMRA, with all the benefits it confers to the industry as a whole, and it recent shortcomings. We now need to discuss how we take real and craft ales into the next 40 years. What is for certain is that we will need our big “brand name” real [...]
Pubpaper 631 – The future of CAMRA
Posted: 10th November 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Brewdog, CAMRA, Cask Marque, GBBF, Great British Beer Festival, SIBA
The world of real ale is reaching the crossroads. We have travelled far enough up the road that we are no longer a niche product for old men with beards and is accepted as a regular drink of choice across all sectors of the population, young, old, male, female. We are gaining market share and [...]