Advent Calendar 2014: Day Six
I hope if you’re Christmas shopping today you find a place of refuge amid the noise and hustle and bustle and stress. Read the rest of this entry »
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Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: booze
October 30, 2014
The Just In Time For Last Orders Pint
Following on from the Missed Train Pint and The Pint With Your Fish and Chips On A Friday, I thought I’d return to the subject of my favourite drinking scenarios, which brings me to the joy of the Just In Time For Last Orders Pint. Read the rest of this entry »
October 17, 2014
Peter, Pale and Mary
There is something a little intimidating about beers from the Mikkeller brewery. They feel like serious beers, as they are what all the proper, seasoned beer geeks rave about. There is intimidation and excitement. It is not unlike listening to free jazz or reading Infinite Jest for the first time. It might not be a comfortable experience. You might not like it. You might not get it. And that might make you question your own taste, in the widest sense of the word. Read the rest of this entry »
October 8, 2014
Floating Gin Palace
Well, this looks like a proper day out. Even if you have no interest in watching people getting drunk on a boat in the 1960s there are some nice Thames-side shots of London and Greenwich to admire. British Pathé really is the gift that keeps on giving. I could lose hours and hours watching all their old films.
September 29, 2014
A brief anecdote on how not everyone is ready for the craft beer revolution
I was out on Friday with some friends, some reasonably new acquaintances. Towards the end of the evening I ordered a bottle of Brewdog’s Punk IPA. Hardly the most exotic beer in the world, but I’d had enough generic lager / bog-standard bitter for one night.
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