Beer review: Brewdog Prototype Session IPL
Between pouring this beer and scribbling the notes on the awesome, made-for-the-beer-nerd labels (there’s space for notes on appearance, aroma, flavour and mouthfeel!) I seem to have forgotten what I was drinking. When I look back at those scribblings, in the ‘appearance’ space I wrote “almost fluorescent yellow; looks a lot like a lager”. This, […]
Recipe: Beer Pancakes
Today is Shrove Tuesday. As a practicing Pastafarian, I’m not entirely sure what that means, but as a Brit it means pancakes! (Is that also the case for South Africans??) And what better way to make a pancake than by getting rid of the milk and replacing it with beer! It’s a perfect way for […]
Should beer writers publish reviews of bad beer?
A couple of weeks ago, when I published a post featuring a few beer-related ramblings and irks, a fellow beer blogger commented that one of the things that bothers him is the lack of honest reviews on blogs when it comes to bad beer. It was something he covered in greater depth on his blog, Beginner […]
Beer Review: Drifter Brewing Stranded Coconut
Breweries are popping up so quickly and bringing out new beers at such a pace that it’s becoming difficult to feature everything on the blog. I never wrote anything about Drifter Brewing Co opening (they launched somewhat under the radar with a great IPA at CTFoB 2015) and haven’t listed their tap room, so instead […]
