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Recent reviews
| Review type | Review | Website | Rating | Date created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pub | The Victory, Hamble, Hampshire | 21/06/08 | ||
| pub | Lass O'Gowrie | http://www.thelass.co.uk/ | 13/06/08 | |
| pub | The Seven Stars, Aberedw | http://www.7-stars.co.uk/ | 13/06/08 | |
| The 22nd Stockport Beer Festival | http://www.stockportfestival.org.uk/ | 13/06/08 | ||
| beer | Schiehallion | http://www.harviestoun.com/schiehallion.htm | 25/05/08 |
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How beer is made in one paragraph
Tue, 11/03/2008 - 22:38 — DMBarley is encouraged to begin germination to convert its starchy energy store into sugars ready for use. The barley is then ground up and steeped in hot water to extract the sugars.&nbs
Philadelphia is the best US city for beer
Sun, 22/06/2008 - 11:19 — DMFor those who still think American beer equals generic fizz, here is more news of the US beer scene being one of the best in the world. With hundreds of microbreweries brewing in the st
Lass O'Gowrie
Fri, 13/06/2008 - 22:29 — DMThis is the antithesis of the city centre knock-through, barn-of-a-pub, circuit drinkers favourite. Four real ales and plenty of places to sit & enjoy your drink without having to h
Schiehallion
Sun, 25/05/2008 - 15:08 — DMHarviestoun
This is a very pale ale-style beer. A good cross-over beer for lager drinkers to get into real ale. It is light and refreshing with floral grapefruity hops, but not sweet at
Guardian Food Blog
Tue, 20/05/2008 - 21:56 — DMTony Naylor has written a good article on promoting premium, traditionally brewed lagers in the above link but managed to alienate a large part of his audience I think.
Space Beer!
Sun, 22/06/2008 - 12:00 — DMScience & technology is really Japan's kind of thing. Okayama University sent barley grains to the International Space Station to be stored to see how they survived in space. &
The Victory, Hamble, Hampshire
Sat, 21/06/2008 - 21:37 — DMNice enough traditional style pub and due to the area popular with yachties. Also due to the area: pricey. Four ales on the bar with Sharp's Doom Bar being the most exotic.&
The Seven Stars, Aberedw
Fri, 13/06/2008 - 22:20 — DMFound after a 6 mile walk across hills to Aberedw from Fforest Fieldsi. A welcome sight. Nice enough pub in a traditional style, nice enough food - traditional pub grub kind,
Preview to the Stocky beer festival 2008
Fri, 23/05/2008 - 12:59 — DMStockporti Footy Ground, Edgley Park, Stockport, SK3 9DD
29th - 31st May 2008
My favourite beer festival of the social calendar is only a short while off!
A beer for every occasion
Sun, 22/06/2008 - 11:32 — DMI feel that I'm pointing out the obvious here but there is a beer for every occasion; Cycling, lawnmowing, whatever. Whilst we know that a 6% alcohol dark bitter can be drun
Good Day at Work?
Sat, 21/06/2008 - 09:56 — DMThe office has a bar and every employee gathers at 16.30 on a Friday to drink beer - sounds like the perfect job (or the Civil Service!). Every capital city has campaign groups and lobb
The 22nd Stockport Beer Festival
Fri, 13/06/2008 - 17:47 — DMThe Stocky Beer Fest is my favourite of the festival calendar
Eurodoublevision
Thu, 22/05/2008 - 21:47 — DMThis weekend saw the Eurovision Song Contest on the telly. So what's that got to do with beer? Well, I got a beer each from loads of different European countries and had a t
