Comments for The Joy Of Beer

Comment on Take a Bath by Bob Cox

Bob Cox — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:06:49 +0000

Having been in Warmley only last week, I can confirm the delicious malty aroma from the brewery was almost overwhelming (in a very nice way!)

Comment on Man walks into a pub by Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:25:30 +0000

Thanks – it’s nice to know somebody is reading my words!

Brian

Comment on Man walks into a pub by Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:28:14 +0000

Thanks Pete, I’m looking forward to reading your other books (they’re on the Christmas list).

I guess that with any history that covers a period that ends at “the present day”, you have to regularly review and update it. I’ll keep an eye out for the new edition next June.

Brian

Comment on Man walks into a pub by Pete Brown

Pete Brown — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:57:45 +0000

Thanks for the great review! You’ll be pleased – hopefully – to know that a revised and updated edition will be out in June 2010. And as well as bringing the story up to date I’m getting rid of a few of the footnotes!

Cheers

Pete

Comment on Public (house) holiday by Brian

Brian — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:14:54 +0000

Thanks Bob. I’m sure I’ve had the Parkin Bitter before – and I’m sure that since it is from Leeds it will remind Sarah of her University days at Leeds Uni (but I think she was a Guinness drinker in those days).
I’ll definitely bear your recommendations in mind.

Comment on Public (house) holiday by Bob Cox

Bob Cox — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:10:55 +0000

Nice site Brian. Makes me thirsty to read it. Your article about “interesting” beers from Sainsburys struck a chord, as a selection of such beers (or sometimes ciders) tend to be my birthday and Christmas presents from my daughters. For the rest of the year I’m afraid it’s just cans of the 4% ABV Sainsbury’s Parkin Bitter, which it says is brewed in Leeds and is a good compromise between cost and quality (to me, anyway).

Of beers local-ish to here, I can recommend both BOB and Cotswold Way from Wickwar Brewery and Old Spot from Uley Brewery.

Finally, please pass on my best wishes to Sarah!

Comment on Baa baa by Beer Drinker

Beer Drinker — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:09:39 +0000

Thanks for thinking of me in a contrasting opinion. I am guessing that the British and European tastes are really different when it comes to those bitter beers. Yes, I really didn’t like the Black Sheep Ale, but two or three told me they did. Talk to you soon

Comment on Think global, drink local by Brian

Brian — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:38:07 +0000

Mike, you’re right of course – it is praiseworthy to use local ingredients, both from the point of view of reducing your carbon footprint and also from the point of view of supporting local suppliers – it is then somewhat contradictory to ship your product outside your local area, effectively encouraging other people to consume “imported” goods. Does that count towards your carbon footprint or theirs? It’s the nature of commerce that you try to market your products to as wide an audience as possible, and I haven’t really got my head around where the balance is to be drawn. Instinctively I want to have access to as wide a selection of products (e.g. beer) as possible, but I also want to support local industry, save the planet, etc.

I don’t know whether Shep is guilty of “importing” a brewer! I think we should be glad that his expertise is being spread around the globe – it sounds as though you appreciate him teaching you!

I have to admit that I had never heard of your brewery, but I do live a couple of hundred miles from the Wirrall. I’ll certainly look out for your beers in future – I’ve signed up for your newsletter, and I’ll put a link to your web site on my Breweries page.

Comment on Think global, drink local by MikeMcG

MikeMcG — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:40:54 +0000

Just a silly small comment – it’s interesting to read the link to Shep’s site you gave, really nice to hear about their local provenance (though I’m less sure of the eco-friendliness of then shipping the product – 95% water, around the country/globe!?)

. . . anyway, my silly point was that of all of their past & present brewers they chose to show on this page about their local origins, it’s none other than a German braumeister that Shep’s ‘imported’ in the 1990s to show them how to brew Bavarian Weissbier!

The chap’s name is Michael Hoek, formerly of Kaltenberg, last I heard he was craft-brewing in the US – he was the first person to teach me how to brew.

Comment on CAMRA shy? by Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:48:48 +0000

Don’t be too surprised if your worst fears are recognised. I ‘speak’ as a CAMRA member.