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Posted at 4:39pm Monday 27th June 2011
Organisers are the unsung heroes of beer festivals
I mentioned in my last blog that I was going to volunteer to help out at the Southampton Beer Festival. The festival was held at the Guildhall in Southampton and it being my personal local festival. I did three of the sessions. Friday Evening and both sessions on the Saturday.
Posted at 4:22pm Tuesday 31st May 2011
Beer and Trains – The Perfect Combination?
In my blogs I have mentioned beer festivals quite a lot. I love them. In a room with a large selection of beers and surrounded by people with the same fascination for the pint as I have. But what if you yearn for wide open scenery?
Posted at 11:12am Monday 16th May 2011
Reviewed: The Second Bournemouth Beer Festival
The Second Bournemouth Beer Festival was held at the BIC from 22-24 April 2010. I managed to get to the Saturday night session, I was even first in the queue.
Posted at 1:30pm Tuesday 25th January 2011
The Beer Blog: Festivities over, on with the festivals
A Happy New Year to all my readers. Do you get beer related Christmas presents? I know I did. A book from fellow beer blogger, Pete Brown, which I’ll review once I’d had a chance to sit down and read it.
Posted at 4:52pm Monday 1st November 2010
Poole Beer Festival was a great success
Our beer blogger, Peter Olding, on the Poole Beer Festival - and why they should serve thirds of pints...
Posted at 11:10am Friday 1st October 2010
Beer blog: Goat and Tricycle and Red Shoot Festival
Have you ever been to the Goat and Tricycle? .
Posted at 10:10am Tuesday 7th September 2010
OctoberFests - the beer blog is back!
First of all many apologies for the lack of a beer blog of late. Personal circumstances meant I had no time to put a blog together.
Posted at 3:00pm Tuesday 1st June 2010
Bringing you the world premiere of Ridgeway Brewery's latest beer
Never let it be said that I don’t give you the very latest from the world of beer. Just yesterday I popped in to my favourite shop in Southampton, Bitter Virtue (www.bittervirtue.com) where they had on sale a beer which they had the world premiere of.
Posted at 12:30pm Tuesday 18th May 2010
Beer Swap and Recipe Book from Badger Ales
When our beer blogger was asked to take part in a beer swap he had to come up with four ales that represent our area. What would he choose?
Posted at 10:30am Monday 26th April 2010
It's festival season - BEER festival!
Beer festivals are coming thick and fast now. But before I talk about others just one last word on the Bournemouth Beer Festival.
Posted at 11:03am Wednesday 14th April 2010
The Bournemouth Beer Festival 2010 : the verdict
So did you go to the Bournemouth Beer Festival? I was there for the Saturday evening session. First let’s get the negatives out of the way.
Posted at 12:47pm Thursday 1st April 2010
What you'll be drinking at this weekend's Bournemouth Beer Festival: Part 4
The last part of our epic rundown of the beers on offer at the BIC this weekend. Cheers!
Posted at 11:00am Wednesday 24th March 2010
What we'll be drinking at the Bournemouth Beer Festival part three
It's time for part three of the run down of the beers that will feature at Bournemouth's Beer Festival...
Posted at 10:51am Friday 12th March 2010
What you'll be drinking at Bournemouth's Beer Festival: Part 2
Peter Olding runs down the rest of the ales on offer at the forthcoming Bournemouth Beer Festival...
Posted at 11:40am Tuesday 2nd March 2010
The Bournemouth Beer Festival: wrap your tastebuds round this lot
With the Bournemouth Beer Festival fast approaching I thought I’d do a series of articles on the beers that appear on the provisional beer list for the event.
Posted at 11:00am Sunday 14th February 2010
Bournemouth Beer Festival & the Voucher System
Bournemouth's getting its very own beer festival....
Posted at 10:10am Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Salisbury's Winterfest and a chocolate orange beer
Salisbury is famed for its wonderful Cathedral. Its main buildings only took 38 years to complete, making it the fastest cathedral build in the United Kingdom and the only one to be built in one architectural style. It’s also home to the best preserved of the only four original copies of the Magna Carta.
Posted at 11:10am Saturday 30th January 2010
Preview of the Dorchester Beerex 2010
The Dorchester Beerex is next Friday and Saturday at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester, and if you plan to attend then you must rush to get your tickets. At the time of writing there were only tickets left for Friday with both Saturday sessions being sold out.
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