Regular brewing meeting tonight at the Old Cottage with commercial beers sampled including (from the bar) Grafters Wobble Gob and Old Cottage Oak Ale.
Later a talk I gave on Scottish beers included Innis and Gunn's Rum finish and Williams Brothers Brewing Faroch Heather Ale.
Friday, 11 October 2013
Friday 4th October 2013 - Stoke-on-Trent
Various people leaving work today find me in Stoke.
First outing is at lunchtime to the Glebe after partaking of fish, chips and mushy peas at a chippie on Hill Street (the peas were excellent.)
I sampled the various Joules beers available including Double Hop, Pale Ale and lastly Slumbering Monk.
The second get together was in the White Star and there I had a guest beer to start with in the shape of Lytham Epic, and thence two of the Titanic beers namely Plum Porter and Iceberg.
To Ian, Sean, Ray and Ben, cheers chaps.
First outing is at lunchtime to the Glebe after partaking of fish, chips and mushy peas at a chippie on Hill Street (the peas were excellent.)
I sampled the various Joules beers available including Double Hop, Pale Ale and lastly Slumbering Monk.
The second get together was in the White Star and there I had a guest beer to start with in the shape of Lytham Epic, and thence two of the Titanic beers namely Plum Porter and Iceberg.
To Ian, Sean, Ray and Ben, cheers chaps.
Thursday, 3 October 2013
27th September 2013 - Sedgley
Our meeting point for this outing is in fact in central Birmingham where I chose the Brier Rose for the first drink. TH, BJ and DP were already there so I joinerd them after obtaining a pint of Adnams Broadside. Soon after we were wondering where JF was so DP sent him a txt and soon after got a "Behind you" type reply. To be fair, we had just seen him but he was so focused he had gone straight past us and was heading for the bar.
We thence got the train to Wolverhampton after overcoming the recently introduced queueing system at the ticket office (come in number 281 your turn is soon.)
At Wolverhampton we went straight to the bus stop for the number 1 and soon after found ourselves in Sedgley. Although there was a beer festival in the town we opted for the pubs instead on the basis they'd be quiet (not the case.) To be fair if we hadn't learned about the beer festival beforehand we would heave been none the wiser. Anyway a short stroll takes us to the next pub, the Beacon. This time I went for Sarah Hughes Amber. We asked what the pub over the road was like and informed it was nice "but rammed."
Not to be put off we went over to the White Lion anyway and found it was actually farily quiet except for the dining area which was full. A good choice of beers and I went for Dark Star American Pale Ale and thence Buntingford Twitchell.
Retracing our stes brings us to the Bulls Head, which has holdens beers available. I went for the Mild.
Back to the bus and to Wolverhampton and the Moon Under Water for the last drink of the evening in the shape of a pint of Blackwater Brewery's Hair of the Dog.
We thence got the train to Wolverhampton after overcoming the recently introduced queueing system at the ticket office (come in number 281 your turn is soon.)
At Wolverhampton we went straight to the bus stop for the number 1 and soon after found ourselves in Sedgley. Although there was a beer festival in the town we opted for the pubs instead on the basis they'd be quiet (not the case.) To be fair if we hadn't learned about the beer festival beforehand we would heave been none the wiser. Anyway a short stroll takes us to the next pub, the Beacon. This time I went for Sarah Hughes Amber. We asked what the pub over the road was like and informed it was nice "but rammed."
Not to be put off we went over to the White Lion anyway and found it was actually farily quiet except for the dining area which was full. A good choice of beers and I went for Dark Star American Pale Ale and thence Buntingford Twitchell.
Retracing our stes brings us to the Bulls Head, which has holdens beers available. I went for the Mild.
Back to the bus and to Wolverhampton and the Moon Under Water for the last drink of the evening in the shape of a pint of Blackwater Brewery's Hair of the Dog.
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