April, 2008

The Nag's Head, Shrewsbury

Type of review: 
pub

Now here is a sign that we were spoiled by having a pub crawl around Shroo; The only beers that weren't ordinary run-of-the-mill stuff were Black Sheep's Black Sheep and Tim Taylor's Land

rating: 
3

The Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury

Type of review: 
pub

Another pub with character.   6 ales and 3 ciders on the bar.   Many new beers to me.   Ciders all strong 'uns.

rating: 
4

The Coach & Horses

Type of review: 
pub

An historic pub with a cosy interior.   Decent food and a good selection of beer.   Three Tuns XXX is a great pale bitter.   Friendly staff.

rating: 
4

The Armoury, Shrewsbury

Type of review: 
pub

A large smart eating pub with lots of bare brick, proper wood & books.   A good selection of beers including the ever popular Salopian Shropshirei Gold.   Good beer in

rating: 
4

The Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury

Type of review: 
pub

Wetherspoons has been criticised for poor service in the past but this took the biscuit.   We waited ages to get served amongst a huge crowd of punters at 11.30 in the morning. &nbsp

rating: 
3

The Salopian Bar, Shrewsbury

Type of review: 
pub

Surely the best pub in Shrewsbury!   Modern with film posters on the walls and flowers on the tables.   A good selection of beers.   Dark Star's Hophead was the

rating: 
5

Where beer gets its flavour part 1: Yeast

The flavour of beer comes not just from the ingredients, but also the processes involved in brewing.   Yeast's main task for the brewer is converting glucose into alcohol and carbon dioxi

Light Absorption by Various Beer Bottle Glass

Type of review: 
podcast

James Spencer interviewed Brad Sturgeon of Monmouth College, Illinois on Basic Brewing Radio about research he had carried out about different colours of glass bottle letting different wavelengths

rating: 
5

Taste Test: German Style Wheat Beers

I've bought seven different German style cloudy wheat beers to taste test - not all were German however.   Rhian poured four of them in the kitchen and brought them through so I couldn't

Gravity and alcohol measurement at home

The alcohol content of beer needs to be measured for two prime reasons;   The amount of tax paid on a beer is proportional to the alcohol content and so people can see how the beer they'r