I have to admit, I was not previously a big fan of Sharp’s Brewery. Their Doom Bar seems to be everywhere and while it’s a perfectly decent beer, I’ve always found it frustrating to be stood in a London pub – surrounded by an exciting and growing collection of local breweries – only to find… Read more »
Last weekend saw the European Beer Bloggers Conference in Leeds; unless you’ve been carefully avoiding both twitter and large portions of the beer blogging scene in the last week, you’ll know this already. It’s tough to pick out a highlight, but certainly one of the more chaotically entertaining sessions was the Live Beer Blogging; ten… Read more »
This year, in case you hadn’t heard, heralds Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Whether in celebration or opportunism, companies the length and breadth of the UK are marking the event – whether it’s with something specially prepared for the occasion, or just slapping a Union Flag on their regular stuff and hoping nobody notices. St Austell,… Read more »
The RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton on the 10th of April 1912. On the 15th of April 1012, she hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Of the 2,224 passengers and crew, only 710 survived. It remains one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. During… Read more »
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