Strange town

I’m travelling a lot over the next few days. I won’t have the chance to do much exploring of any of the places I’m visiting, but I will be taking the opportunity to fit in a swift half or two on the way back to my train. So, where’s a good place to drink – [...]

By Guinness and strong ale

Following on from my last post: I’m still in search of a workable definition of ‘keg’. Let’s say you’ve kept your beer conditioning at the brewery until it’s more or less ready to go; the yeast is dropping out of the liquid and sticking to the bottom of its own accord. What happens next? You [...]

Specify type of goat

Dave makes an interesting point: I noticed in The Cask Report the following definition; “Keg beer: Beer that has been pasteurized and/or filtered to remove any yeast, before being sealed in a pressurized container. It is then dispensed with the aide of CO2, nitrogen or a mix of the two to give fizz or ‘smoothflow’ [...]

The Session #52: Beer collectibles

Here, slightly late, is my contribution to this month’s Session: beer collectibles. But what do we mean by ‘collectibles’? It’s a bit of an ambiguous word – does it mean “stuff that can be collected” or “stuff that is worth collecting”? I’ve got little or no interest in the latter – boasting about your rare [...]

The Session #52: Beer collectibles

Note: “The Session, a.k.a. Beer Blogging Friday, is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic”. Read more here. And I’ve missed it, as it’s Friday morning and I’m just off out (to Edgeley Park). But I’ve [...]

Some folks like radishes

Since I work part-time, I’m heading to the lunchtime session at Stockport Beer (And Cider) Festival tomorrow (Friday). Much beer will be sampled, including at least four milds (Mild Magic having left me with four bona fide beer tokens, redeemable only against mild (and only up to 5% a.b.v. at that, so no Well Cut [...]