Down with Craft Beer!

Some of what I’ve been reading in the beer blogosphere reminds me of conversations I’ve had with coffee-lovers. I’m thinking in particular of some American coffee enthusiasts who I used to share a mailing list with, one of whom was a good friend of mine; we could talk about most things, but I rapidly learned [...]

Time travel in four easy lessons

This is my entry for Zak’s “beer and time” competition. Lesson 1 We’ll start with the basics. As you probably know, this type of travel relies on “anchor points”: the vivid moments in past experience which call us back through time. Experiments have shown that beer is peculiarly effective in enabling us to access anchor [...]

Never mind the weather

Yes, I’m still here. I’ve been working on one very long post for the last few nights – it’ll be great when it’s finished. I’m also planning to enter Zak’s competition – but you can’t see that one till it’s finished either. In the mean time, here’s another compy you might want to have a [...]

Kelly, Ryan

So, farewell then Ryan Kelly. Lots of people probably get your name The wrong way round And confuse you with Kelly Brooks Or the one out of Misfits. That must be annoying. You brewed beer at Thornbridge Some of which was OK And some really nice (I have to say that I personally couldn’t see [...]

Wikio, O Wikio…

The new Wikio rankings are out, I read here and here and indeed here – nice one, Sid. Wa-hey! I thought (which isn’t easy), Oh Good Ale’s first month as a Wikio-ranked beer blog! What’ll it be – 203rd? 142nd? possibly even something in two figures? I checked the site immediately, then felt like an [...]

Review – Croglin Vampire, Hardknott Dark Energy

Free beer! What a beautiful phrase that is. Like several other beer bloggers, when I heard that Cumberland Legendary Ales were offering review bottles of their ‘doppelbock’ Croglin Vampire I put my name down sharpish. The goods arrived a week or so ago, and after allowing a decent interval for the beer to recover from [...]