Beer Compurgation

The end of year usually signals an influx of "Golden Pints" posts and indeed I have joined in for the last four or five years. However, whilst giving it some thought as we moved into December I realised that little had changed in the names that fell under each category. Best cask beer, keg beer, small pack beer, brewery etc... would all be the same repetitive answers given for the last two or three. It is a little bit of a shame as few people have joined in this year and I didn't want to stop as well. That doesn't mean that I haven't got mental lists of beers, breweries and events that I enjoyed in 2019; au contraire I have more thoughts than ever. With that in mind, I've opted for two (perhaps three, depending how long I go on for) lists of those attributes that made Beer in 2019 for me. The first are my eleven favourite beers of the year, for whatever reason that may be. Enjoy. Beers Jarl - Fyne Ales - Cask - Various In a regular...

Amongst the green fields of the Peak District, there is no division of beer dispense methods or limitations to your measure. I have to confess that I’ve never properly been camping. As the sort that needs to have a hot shower before I’ll even leave the house for a pint of milk, my need for home comforts makes it difficult. As such, I’ve never been to a music festival or slept in a tent anywhere beyond my back garden. With this in mind, Peakender – the Thornbridge Brewery summer festival - has never been on my radar. Whilst this was the fourth year I saw promotional material for it from Thornbridge across social media, there was still no intention to attend. It wasn’t until a Meet the Brewer in April that my partner and I decided to give this unknown event a go. And so we attended Peakender ‘17 It was when we started to plan that I realised that I didn’t have a clue what Peakender actually entailed; I’d just instantly dismissed it as something I wasn’t g...