Ale

Not going to the Great British Beer Festival

I have the opportunity to go to the GBBFi this year again but I've decided not to.   For the last two years I've organised a works corporate entertainment day on the Thursday of the festiv

Can anyone find a more pathetic branding of a beer as "IPA"?

Harveys India Pale Alei is 3.2% alcohol and has very, very little hop character.   There is a caramel - malt flavour but not much else.   An IPAi is supposed to have a pronounced

Sainsbury's to sell more premium beers

Talking Retail have a story on their website that Sainsbury's have looked at 100 different premium beers and will choose 15 to go into their stores in August 2008.   This can only be good

The 22nd Stockport Beer Festival

The Stocky Beer Fest is my favourite of the festival calendar

Eurodoublevision

This 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

India Pale Ale

East India Company Formed

Scottish Ales

Scotlandi can grow barley but not hops, whilst England can grow both1.   This combined with the English historically putting a large tax on exported hops meant that the Scottish

Southern Ales

The following beers are typical examples of beers from the Southi of England;

 

Badger Original Alei - a brown, malty ale.

 

Northern Ales

The following beers are typical examples of beers from the Northi of England;

 

Timothy Taylor Landlord - a pale ale with much hoppiness and bitterness.