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West Coast Raid – day 2: Anchor Brewery Tour, photos/intro
So, day two and I managed get a couple of places on a tour of Anchor Brewering Co. My buddy Joe who is a retired naval officer was happy to join me. Trust me this was an awesome tour, its free, the leder was very good and the beer tasting room amazing! They are best [...]
Continue reading...West Coast Raid – day 1: Rogue Ale Embassy, SF
8. December 2009
Right, so I am here alone in on a boring old biz trip and suffering from some serious jet lag. Oh but lucky for me my old buddy Pat shows up to show me a great meal of Japanese noodles and then its time to raid the Rogue Ale Public House in SF, CA… And what [...]
Continue reading...My Notes on Tasty #beerswap Northern Brew
7. December 2009
Some of the BeerViking’s had the pleasure in being part of the first social media British Beer community Beer Swap (#beerswap on Twitter). Doc D has already filed his report on his beers and this is mine. I was matched to receive beers from Sam Lanes from Real Ale Reviews. Being Leeds-based, he chose to [...]
Continue reading...75% Done with Drinking my #BeerSwap Brews – the story so far
30. November 2009
The 1st great British Beer Swap has been a lot of fun despite some issues with Collect+ (the shipping service we used). A bog thanks must be said to the brains behind this event – Andy & Mark from http://www.beerreviews.co.uk/ and http://real-ale-reviews.com/ . My SWEEEET set of beers came to me from The Beer Bear [...]
Continue reading...Altes Tramdepot brewpub, Bern Switzerland – this place rocks!
28. November 2009
We had 45 mins free before leaving Bern (unfortunately it was a biz trip not a beer raid). Just enough time to sample a couple of great beers at the local Altes Tramdepot brewpub. As brewpub goes this place rated a @pubrank 18!Located next to the bear pits with a great view across to the [...]
Continue reading...Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Fest – report of sorts
17. November 2009
Well its been almost 3 weeks since the BeerViking crew raided the La Gothique pub for the Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival. Better late than never – here’s our report… Over 2000 people attended this excellent beer fest – which ran for 3 days. We ran into Steve from Beer Justice and some of the [...]
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9. December 2009
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