Beer Viking

Corporate Craziness Gets the Ice Cold Beer Guy Fired

Attending sporting events and drinking beer is one of the things that make it all worthwhile.  Probably would be more exciting if stadiums actually served good beer. Different from the UK, is that in North America you can even get beer delivered to your seat. Fans who have seen the Toronto Blue Jays play at home [...]

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In Search of a Perfect Pint – The Science

Great article in the Independent about the importance and science of good beer making.  Which was published the day that Rob Bell was giving a talk at the RI about the Science of Beer. From reading about the great work Rob is doing at O’Hanlon Brewing Company including the resurrection of hte Thomas Hardy Ale, he’s [...]

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Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast

Was on the bus this morning re-reading the Independent from yesterday and read an excellent article about the Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast. Apparently, this pub from the early 1800’s has stood tall through thick and thin with even IRA bombs blasting around it. Kudos’s to regulars there! If I ever make it to Belfast [...]

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It was the beer!!!

Have just been reading about Samoset and Squanto. Apparently, 16th March 1621, Samoset walks up to the pilgrims and in English asks for some beer! There’s different accounts, but apparently they eventually sorted Samoset out and a couple of days later he returned with Squanto. It ends up the Squanto teaches the Pilgrims how to live from the [...]

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