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Why don't more British breweries make a Cream Ale? 24 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
Cream Ales are an intriguing style. An American invention, they are usually lower in bitterness and use less hops than a pale ale, aiming more for the drinkable and bittersweet end of the scale. It's...
A song through different speakers 31 Jul 2013 | 09:50 pm
You can smell it being poured from across the room. The aroma floats across the bar and up my nostrils - while I fumble about with a fiver - and before I know it the memory comes flooding back, like ...
Discovering sake at Hyper Japan 30 Jul 2013 | 12:40 pm
Sake is one of those drinks that I've never really got along with, particularly when served warm alongside a bento box or the like (I'm looking at you Little Tokyo, Leeds). But as any serious drinkie...
Hopping on the bandwagon: Troubadour Westkust Imperial Beligan Black IPA 27 Jul 2013 | 02:43 pm
This is a beer that on the face of it comes with a lot of crafty baggage. Imperial? Check. Belgian Yeast? Check. Hopped to the tilt? Check. Oxymoronically named and bandwagon jumpingly styled a black ...
Belgian Beer and Lobster matching - Belgo, Covent Garden 9 Jul 2013 | 12:29 pm
Belgo, on paper, sounds like a good idea - an extensive and well chosen Belgian beer list and traditional dishes such as Moules Frites (which make up 45% of their sales) and beer and beef stews of the...
Craft Beer Co second Birthday - some very special beers on offer this weekend 28 Jun 2013 | 12:29 pm
Tomorrow is the first day of celebrations over at Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell, a pub that I find myself in quite often thanks to its proximity to the Farringdon overground (direct fast trains through...
Is cider the next 'big thing' in beer? 27 Jun 2013 | 12:31 pm
There have been a number of trends over the last few years in the beer world, some making more of an impact than others. Some trends could be put down to a preference shift within the mini-cosm of bee...
The Old Coffee House, Soho 22 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
I pretty much chanced upon this pub when meeting a friend in Soho, as the pub we had elected to meet at was rammed so we popped round the corner to The Old Coffee House. It was all very impromptu, so...
Pork cheek ragu with Parmesan and rigatoni 17 Jun 2013 | 11:24 pm
As any regular readers will know, I cook with pork cheeks a lot. They taste fantastic when slow braised, and are very forgiving in terms of cooking times thanks to the abundant connective sinew which ...
The dexterity, diversity and range of beer 12 Jun 2013 | 10:27 pm
One of the things I love about beer is its diversity. Whether it's in matching to a particular food or just your mood, there is always a beer to suit and a flavour to match. The range, and I suppose ...