Beer
Barrel versus Bottle
Now I ask you plain which is the poor relation? Barrel beer or bottle? And before you say I know the answer stop awhile and hear me bcos it’s not untrue for any of my favourite British ales including Hook Nortons of Banbury and Mauldons of Suffolk! Let’s investigate the claim 🍺🍺 I’d…
Read MoreSussex Shopkeeper Historic Pubs
Hello & welcome to my historic epic trip set around olde shops and pubs in the area of East Hoathly in East Sussex where the diarist Thomas Turner kept shop in the mid 1700s Turner wrote of village affairs and drunken bouts 1754 – 65 before marrying his second wife Molly Hicks who put paid…
Read MoreProper Big Job Cornish IPAs
Hello! 🍻 how do my lover? Two topping chart busting Cornish IPA bottled beers today from St Austell Brewery 🍺 Proper Job 5.5% and Big Job 7.2% you know it makes sense! Now today I’m very relaxed and discussing not only these two beers in great depth but other similar beers you may well enjoy…
Read MoreMy Week in Kent Beer
Welcome to my week in Kent beers and ciders, March! 11 beers and 2 local ciders in 10 very local Romney Marsh area pubs using the power of artesian well water which I call artisan water Ferry inn, Isle of Oxney Ewe & Lamb, Rolvenden Flying Horse, Boughton Aluph White Horse, Chilham King’s…
Read MoreBottled Beer To Pump
Good evening! Tonight I explore two British blonde beers, one from Cornwall and one from Wales, similar in style but achieving different results So first up or thirst up is St Austell Brewery’s Proper Job IPA at 5.5% And next up is Welsh SA Gold 4.7% from Brains of Cardiff, a well structured…
Read MoreBest Brit Cheap Bottle Beer
Yes, that’s right, it’s lurvely!! 😇🥰🤗 🐔🍺🐔🍺🐔🍺🐔🍺 So, let’s cut to the nub!! You can’t fault this im-peck-able ale 🐔🍺 for £1.40 a bottle, it has clean hoppy bite, lingering finish, good looks, tight crisp integrity, in fact it is just like me 🤣🤣 Buy & enjoy with confidence! Morland “Old Session Hen”…
Read MorePiltdown Man – A Genuine Hoax
Today I want to explore the mysterious affair of Charles Dawson’s Piltdown Man, a missing link of “evolution” discovered near Haywards Heath in East Sussex and take you on a 9 pub beers spectacular and discuss the future of Britain’s cask ales and pub industry – hopefully you’ll gain some new insights and feel invigorated!!…
Read MoreMerry Christmas Kent & Sussex
I have enoyed 3 candlelit carol services in Kent, first at St Dunstans on Romney Marsh at Snargate and next Winchelsea parish church, an ancient Cinque Port On Monday 23rd I went to Canterbury for the evening full carol service and sang in the nave The full service can be watched here God Rest Ye…
Read MoreA Handful Of Stouts
Good evening! 5 bottle stouts review and a bonus! Try a stout on draught next time you are out – not the obvious choice, go for a cask beer Here I discuss the purpose and reflection on my choice and below you can enjoy each beer review as a video but obviously pour yourself a…
Read MoreAutumn Ales Revisited
Time for darker beers with more depth! I enjoyed the first open fire of winter on Friday with North Downs Gold by Titsey and the week before I sat out with Sussex Ruby Porter, see what you can discover this autumn across your county! 🍺🍺 Get out more!! This October I have…
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