While bars and restaurants are constantly popping up in the busy city of Manchester, sometimes you just want to sit …
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Beer Knowledge – Brown Ale
As the name suggests, these are dark brown beers, usually bottled. The name doesn’t describe a particular beer style, there …
Read More »Big Beer Buying in to Craft Beer
The explosion in craft brewing has undoubtedly given big brewers something of a bloody nose. By giving beers more character …
Read More »Beer Cocktails
Beer drinkers of a certain age will be familiar with some rather unusual concoctions or beer cocktails. Before laughing at …
Read More »Drinking in Pubs is Unaffordable
According to an article in The Guardian newspaper based on data provided by CAMRA, due to rising beer prices, drinking …
Read More »All about Barrels
For over 2000 years, wooden barrels have been used for transporting liquid and solid goods. Today, wooden barrels still have …
Read More »Beer Knowledge – Stout and Porter
Guinness in Dublin is synonymous with Stout today, but the roots of the beer style are traceable to Porter, a …
Read More »Belgium Beer
Belgium is the home of the world’s largest beer producer AB InBev, producers of US Budweiser, Stella Artois and other …
Read More »Time for Wine, the Beer is Off
World Cup fever has taken over the country, hard pressed publicans are looking forward to a good few weeks, then …
Read More »Bass – Once the world’s largest brewer
The Bass brewery was founded in 1777 by William Bass in Britain’s brewing capital, Burton on Trent. It grew to …
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