It’s Be Nice to Nettles Week – 14 – 25 May 2008 Highlighting that the stinging nettle plays a very important role for both rural and urban wildlife supporting over 40 species of insect including some of our most colourful butterflies. The stinging nettle is one of the most important native plants for wildlife in… Continue reading Beer of the Week & Be Nice to Nettles Week
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Beer of the future Green Brew & Bass
Adnams has launched what it claims is the UK’s first carbon-neutral beer. Adnams says the bitter, East Green, has less than 1p worth of carbon emissions per bottle, which it has pledged to offset. The beer is produced at a new “eco-friendly” brewery in Southwold, Suffolk, which recycles steam created during the brewing process and… Continue reading Beer of the future Green Brew & Bass
Beer of the week
There is no beer of the week, there are lots of beers The Wetherspoons Real Ale festival is still on but alas i am off to foreign wossnames, so will miss the last week 🙁 I have added the past few weeks worth of Beer from the festival that I have drunk, to the Flickr… Continue reading Beer of the week
Beer of the Week : The black stuff
Well as it’s St paddy’s had to have a pint of Guinness, but shocking how much it costs in a Local Orish Pub…£2.85 a pint (you would have thought Brains would have made enough money on the weekend!) when you could go across the road to a wetherspoons and get it for £1.99 a pint… Continue reading Beer of the Week : The black stuff
Beer of the Week : Wood’s Shropshire Lass
A lovely brew from the people that brought you Shropshire Lad. It’s a blonde beer and a nice session strength of 4.1% She’s blonde, well flavoured and very tasty! Combining fine English pale malts together with Fuggles and Cascade hops to create a tasty “bitter stuff!” very nice I may have another pint today. conversationally… Continue reading Beer of the Week : Wood’s Shropshire Lass
Beer of the Week
Blimey two posts in a week about Beer, either the Beer is too good or I’m drinking too much. This was a wonderful porter (a theme I think) was well received 4/5 … Old Growler Porter 5.0 % abv Our famous porter has won at the CAMRA winter festival twice, the only brewery to do… Continue reading Beer of the Week
Beer of the Week : Herold Black Chalice
I have been eying this up for a few days, but only took the plunge when a “collude” was having it with his group of reprobates. Herold Black Chalice 4.8% abv This dark, almost black, stout-like beer is characterised by a dense creamy head and rich flavours reminiscent of plain chocolate. I would easily drink… Continue reading Beer of the Week : Herold Black Chalice
CAMRA pub of year named – its a pig
A pub named after a breed of pig was today named the best in Britain. The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) praised the Old Spot Inn, calling it a well-run community pub. 100-year-old free house in Dursley on the Cotswold Way is named after the Gloucestershire Old Spot pig. It beat other contenders in the… Continue reading CAMRA pub of year named – its a pig