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...Wednesday, October 14, 2009
One event that is looming large in the Beer Viking diary is the upcoming Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival (and not because it’s the first event that we are sponsoring). It will be from Thursday, 29th – Saturday, 31st October 2009. The first event from Mark and the team at Le Gothique was in March [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 20, 2009
Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House, Berkeley Note: draft post… Beer List Pinnacle Pale Ale – english style pale ale, very light, pretty average. 12 Kolsch .45 – sharp, true to style. 14 Millstone Wheat – fresh, citrus, also true to style. Very drinkable. 14 Bug Juice West Coast Pale Ale – hoppy, long finish. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 15, 2009
The plan It was simple enough – take two interesting beers to the beach, taste them, compare them, BrewRank the beers and video it. Oh yeah, we also needed to pick a winner. The setting We had post card perfect day and beach side location. Brighton beach (in Sussex, UK) on a sunny, clear and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Beer No 23 is Hepworth Prospect pale ale – in Around My Garden in 80 Beers summer 2009. Citrus, hoppy, tasty, 16/20. Sussex sweetie!
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
I stumbled upon this FriendFeed of UK Beer Blogs which is a nice resource – need to find who set it up (thanks!). Got me thinking we should do the occasional post with round-up of good post in the beer-blogosphere – maybe call it the beer bong?. Here’s one on a rainy April night in [...]
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Monday, December 7, 2009
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