Category Archives: beer

Sign of the Times

(The Belle Stars) I know that of late this site has tended to becoming a foodie blog, reviewing restaurants and so on. And while I will probably continue to post food and restaurant reviews, if something amuses or annoys me then I might post it here. Recently I’ve become aware of conversations in my local […]

The perfect pub?

I’ve deliberately held back from posting for a while, being out of work and job-hunting makes it all too too easy to write a blog saying “there’s not much out there” or “the recruitment agencies don’t return calls“. So rather than clutter the blogosphere with such bleak ramblings I thought Id hold back until I […]

New Kid in Town

Ive been writing beer reviews for some time now for The Brewclub, under the name BobtheBrit and in all modesty my reviews are quite well received. Ive enjoyed beer since I was old enough to drink it (legally of course) and The Brewclub gives me an example to seek out unusual brews. Earlier this […]

The Poacher

A few months ago I posted an entry commenting that my musings have made it to wikipedia, which I found quite flattering (the articles here if you missed it). Well this weekend I came across something that should be equally flattering but isnt. For the last couple of months Ive been writing beer reviews for […]

Ca Plane Pour Moi

In October 2008 I was asked to attend a conference in Brussels, my guvnor was going to be on holiday and the conference looked as though it would be useful. The middle day of the trip was gong to be our wedding anniversary so we agreed that Val would come with me (at me expense […]

Hunting Beer (again)

London hosted a different Beer event last week “Beer Exposed” (http://www.beerexposed.com) – this was a premium event featuring tutored tastings from some of the industrys best known names, representatives from some of Europes finest breweries and, perhaps most importantly, opportunities to sample the brews. It cost around £14 to get into the event, but all the drinks […]

Hunting Beer

On Friday, while much of the world was watching the opening of the Beijing Olympics, I attended the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Earls Court in London. This was the 31st GBBF and (I think) the 19th or 20th Ive attended. This was a fairly poignant afternoon, as my good mate Jon Cheese had […]

Olympics – One

Today marks the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. We were in Beijing in September 2004, and saw the Olympic Countdown clock in Tianemen Square. Beijing was, while we were there, mercifully free of fog, although a a couple of the pictures look a bit hazy. Check the China link on the Been There, Done […]

Pick Up The Pieces

Last weekend I was enjoying a quiet pint and a chat with the landlord of one of my local pubs. I say a quiet chat because the pub was pretty much deserted, symptomatic of the credit crunch and general decline in pub-going in the UK. Some 1400 pubs closed in the UK last year, which […]

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