Posts in: 'The Pint & Pitcher'
Taste along with us: Young’s Special London Ale
Posted: 02 August '11 by Adrian
In this installment, Adrian reviews a bottle of Young’s Special London Ale from the Wells & Young’s brewery. This strong bitter has a whopping 6.4% ABV. – but is it still enjoyable?
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It’s all go on the Ale front!
Posted: 05 July '11 by Adrian
Between The Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Brecon Brewing coming on the scene, a Craft Brewing Course at Loughry College in Cookstown and our own taste-along, it’s all go at the minute!
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Taste along with us: Wells Bombardier English Beer
Posted: 09 June '11 by Adrian
In the first of his Taste-along series for The Pint & Pitcher, Adrian reviews a bottle of Wells Bombardier from the Wells & Young’s brewery. So, get your bottle and opener ready..
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Real Ale 101
Posted: 13 May '11 by Adrian
What is Real Ale? How’s it different from the pint I usually get in a bar? Is it worth trying? These are the things we wanted to know when we came across Real Ale for the first time. Luckily, we have Adrian on hand to explain – and it turns out that it’s all in the taste.
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Adventures in home-brewing – Part 2
Posted: 10 May '11 by Niall
One week has gone by, and it’s starting to look more like a drinkable tipple all the time! In part two of our Adventures in Home-brewing, Eamann and I syphon the fermenting ale into our cask and add the magic ingredients to turn the sinister brown liquid into 40 glorious pints of Woodforde’s Wherry Ale.
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Adventures in home-brewing – Part 1
Posted: 27 April '11 by Niall
Eamann and I have become quite the connoisseurs of ale recently, finding small English breweries online and getting some weird and wonderfully named bottles delivered. Needless to say, it isn’t cheap – we thought that there must be a better way to get our favourite tipple. After a bit of investigation online we discovered a whole new, wonderful world. Follow us on our Adventures in Home-brewing!
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Wetherspoon’s Real Ale & Cider Festival
Posted: 31 March '11 by Adrian
There’s still time for you to enjoy the Wetherspoons Real Ale & Cider Festival, running from 23 March to 10 April, 2011. In this issue of The Pint & Pitcher, Adrian gives you to inside track on some new flavours you might try, including Golden Ale and Porter.
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Welcome to The Pint & Pitcher
Posted: 18 March '11 by Adrian
Welcome to The Pint & Pitcher, a brand new section about Real Ale and Real Beer. If those terms mean nothing to you, don’t worry – we’re going to find out all about them, together.
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