Temple Brew House is just a short couple minutes walking from the Thames, with lots of local tube stations to pick from including my short 9-minute walk back to Chancery Lane for the central line (there is even a handy wall poster in the pub with all the last tube times). Take a turn onto [...]
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the of Nicholson’s Pub chain permanent flagship beer Nicholson's Pale Ale, brewed by St Austell Brewery, To celebrate the occasion St Austell have brewed a new Celebration Pale Ale, which as head brewer Roger Ryman describes “it’s like Nicholson’s Pale Ale on steroids, we multiplied everything we liked [...]
I had just poured my very first pint of Guinness, it was in the Guinness Factory in Dublin and instead of trying to pour the clover leaf they had shown us I thought it would be hilarious to do a cock and balls, I think the 5 pints of Guinness may have helped the immaturity. [...]
I don’t usually do posts like this, I leave the ranting and beer politics to people who do it much better than I do. But the more time I spend in The Alehouse Chelmsford the more it puzzles me to how it has never been awarded for its beer by our local CAMRA branch. Before [...]
The Jam Factory is a restaurant / art gallery / bar situated in a former marmalade factory, and is much more than just a place to come and drink. Just across the street from the train station and on route to the main part of Oxford, The Jam Factory is perfectly located for your [...]
England vs Wales is the stand out game for England fans in the Euros this summer, as half of Englands work force no doubt book their afternoon off work so they can watch the early afternoon kick off I have been busy ordering beers for LOSC all day beer and football event. Not only will [...]
I have a strange relationship with CAMRA, I have grown up in an CAMRA environment, I have vague memories of my Dad getting a lifetime membership from his mates at his 40th birthday party, I have been taken to CAMRA beer festivals since a baby, I have been socialising alongside many ELAC members while working [...]
