Podcasts about Real ale

It's fair to say I've developed something of an obsession with Theakston's Old Peculier. Ever since deputy ed. Katie Mather and I sat down and had a couple of pints in Manchester's The Salisbury a year or so ago, it's become a cornerstone of my drinking habits. Katie went on to write a very fine profile of this majestic beer, and following that the brewery reached out and invited me to the brewery for a tour. Politely, I asked if, while there, I'd be able to record an interview with its former managing director, now chair, Simon Theakston. His wing of the family acquired the brewery from previous owners Heineken in 2003, bringing it back under family control for the first time since 1987. Simon and his brothers share the same grandfather as would-be heir, Paul Theakston, who in 1993, seemingly in defiance at his family brewery's loss of independence, founded Black Sheep Brewery (which has now entered its own tumultuous phase.)To my delight, they agreed, but getting to the brewery itself was an issue. I don't drive, and the market town of Masham, North Yorkshire, where the brewery is located, is a fair way from the nearest train station. Thankfully the brewery found a solution. Current MD Richard Bradbury offered to pick me up from Sheffield station, as he commuted to work from his home in Derbyshire. This gave me a great opportunity to chat to Richard about his own background—how his career started at Bank's in his home of Wolverhampton, and how he worked on various Heineken brands before landing the role at Theakstons—during the drive over. Richard also kindly agreed to sit in on the podcast, and he shares some useful perspective within.What was most interesting about meeting and chatting to Simon himself, was explaining to him my aims and intent, and what Pellicle is all about. He seemed genuinely thrilled that our young magazine is so dedicated towards the coverage of cask beer, and afterwards kindly allowed me to ask questions at will—including, yes, about beer duty and the Small Brewers Duty Reform Coalition (SBDRC). Simon also gave me an in depth tour of the brewery, including a look at its vintage (and that's an understatement) grain mill, and the famous Steel's masher that helps contribute towards the unique character of Theakston's ales. My favourite part of the tour—other than when Simon poured me a pint of Old Peculier from the wood—was the fermentation room. Here in this corridor lined with open Yorkshire squares, the unmistakable aroma of Old Peculier was at its most potent. I also got to have a peek inside the cooperage, where in house journeyman cooper Euan Findlay builds the very casks that dispense this hallowed beer. During the interview we get into all the good stuff, including the history of the brewery, and its current objectives as an old brewery in a very different market. We also dig into a bit of beer politics. It's a very satisfying conversation, and one I hope you enjoy as much as I have done cutting it together. If you do enjoy this episode, do consider leaving the podcast a rating or review in the app you use to stream it, and sharing it with any friends who you think might find it interesting. We're able to produce The Pellicle Podcast directly thanks to our Patreon subscribers, and our sponsors Loughran Brewers Select. If you're enjoying this podcast, or the weekly articles we publish, please consider taking out a monthly subscription for less than the price of a pint a month.

With the Commons in recess the pod heads down the pub for another episode looking at the UK's hospitality industry and the struggles it continues to face - with a host of global headwinds and domestic policy contributing to a bleak outlook for the sector in 2025. Joining host Alain Tolhurst for a pint in The Westminster Arms, a stones throw from Parliament, is Conservative MP Richard Holden, vice chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Pubs and the Shadow Paymaster General, Morgan Schondelmeier, policy manager on tax and trade at the British Beer and Pub Association, Ellie Hudspith, campaigns manager for CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, Steve Alton, CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping, and Jonny Garrett, chair of the British Guild of Beer Writers and co-host of the Craft Beer Channel. They discuss what the government can do to help this crucial part of the economy, that not only contributes £54 billion in tax receipts, £20 billion in exports, and is the third largest employer in the UK - but also plays a vital role in the country's social fabric - after it was hit by the triple of whammy of rising business rates, a National Insurance hike, and increased staff costs, this month.To sign up for our newsletters click herePresented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot

It is just a few short weeks before one of our favorite Beer Festivals of the year kicks off. The New England Real Ale Exhibition, or NERAX, is a celebration of Real Ale or Cask Ale. With 110+ casks and half of those sourced directly from the UK, this is the largest Cask Ale festival in the USA. We sit down with Mark and Gary from NERAX to ask a few questions and talk about Cask Ale. Cheers!For information and tickets : https://www.nerax.org/

Scientists at Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities have won more than a million pounds worth of funding for a trial which they hope will create a real-time test for bovine TB. The project will use hand-held microwave technology to remove DNA from cattle and badger pooh samples, which will then be tested for bovine TB on the spot. If it works, it'll be a massive boost for farmers across the country, where the disease costs the government alone £150m a year.All week we're looking at rural pubs, it's not been an easy few years for the sector. CAMRA, The Campaign for Real Ale, estimates that 2024 will have seen the closure of around 1,200 continuing a longstanding trend within the hospitality sector. We discuss the challenges facing them, and hear from a community in mid Wales which has clubbed together to buy the village pub and keep it alive.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

12 Brilliant beers to order before Christmas, paired to their perfect moment on Christmas Day. We've put this out as a standalone so you can share it without the recipient having to sift through the rest of the episode just to get to the beer bit.These should all drink brilliantly over Christmas. Please feel free to share the link.Cheers! Mike & Rob xAdditional music by SergeQuadrado, AlexiAction, Muzaproduction, Ashot-Danielyan, Julius H, RomanSenykMusic, AudioCoffee, SoundGalleryBy, Grand_Project, geoffharvey, Guitar_Obsession, Lexin_Music, AhmadMousavipour, melodyayresgriffiths, DayNigthMorning, litesaturation, 1978DARK, lemonmusicstudio, Onoychenkomusic, soundly, Darockart, Nesrality, ShidenBeatsMusic, PaoloArgento, Music_For_Videos, Boadrius, ScottishPerson, Good_B_Music, Music_Unlimited, lorenzobuczek, The_Mountain, SoundMakeIT, Onetent, Stavgag, leberchmus, Alban_Gogh - All can be found on Pixabay.Main Reclining Pair theme by Robert John Music. Contact me for details.

Hello there. Hope you're having a good week. Thanks for checking us out. This week we mention things like: Friendly buyouts. Real Ale. Best temperature for a bar. Stone Greg enjoying his retirement. 8zero5 is released by Firestone Walker. Freshly Strata hopped. GABF 2014 is almost here. Rangerfest. You're over carb-ing it. And more! Downloadable: PerfectPour580.mp3 Thank you for listening!! HOSTED BY: Nick, Rad Stacey, Mikey MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax. BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS: SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD! Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players. Perfect Pour's YouTube Channel. VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542 Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour. Join our free Lager Line Discord channel! Mikey's newsletter: Drinking & Thinking. Browse Mikey's Amazon Storefront. Check out Mikey's beer blog Mikey Top Pour. Send Postcards or Samples to us: The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay 2037 W. Bullard Ave #153 Fresno, CA 93711

Got a good one for yall today. We got Davin Topel from Real Spirits, and we have a great conversation about life, whiskey, real estate. Hope you enjoy Badmotivatorbarrels.com/shop/?aff=3 https://www.instagram.com/zsmithwhiskeyandmixology?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Patreon.com/the_whiskeyshaman From Grain to Glass:The Real Spirits Way Real Spirits emerged from deep roots of craft brewing in the Texas Hill Country. After 21 years of building a solid foundation of beer, we launched the Real Spirits Distilling program in 2017. Our owner, Brad Farbstein, is as passionate about unique handmade spirits as he has always been about craft beer. In October 2014 he filed for a distillery permit and began tinkering away to create what would become Real Spirits. In April 2017, after years of experimentation and fine-tuning, we launched Real Spirits to the public out of our tap room with Texas Hill Country Signature Whiskey, Grain to Glass Gin, and the highly limited first batch of Single Barrel Whiskey. See Our Spirits It starts with beer All Real Spirits starts with – of course – a foundation of Real Ale beer. Currently, Real Ale's Devil's Backbone Belgian-style Tripel and the award-winning Real Heavy Scotch Ale are used to make our signature and single barrel whiskey, and White, a Belgian-style wheat ale, is the base beer for our gin. This means we make all Real Spirits liquors grain-to-glass. They are brewed, fermented, aged, bottled, and served on-site at the brewery and distillery in Blanco. Distilling the good stuff Real Spirit's whiskey process begins as any other day at the brewery. Our brewers brew beer for distilling the way they normally would. The only difference is that they forgo the addition of hops during the brewing stage. This is then fermented to about an 8% ABV beer. Our distiller fills the 1100 liter hand-hammered copper pot still with the beer and brings it to the boiling point of ethanol (around 170F degrees). The steam that is generated is then pushed through the lyne arm into the condenser where it is introduced to a cold environment, turning the steam back into a liquid. This liquid is cut into three portions, heads, hearts and tails (beginning, middle, and end of the distillation). Only the hearts are collected and barreled for a determined period of time. As the whiskey ages, we taste each barrel and determine when the spirit has matured.  Finally, the spirit is harvested from each barrel and mingled together for bottling. Whiskey Sour A whiskey sour is yours for the making year-round. It's refreshing enough to keep up with a spritz during the warm summer months, but appropriate during the colder seasons of the year as well.   Ingredients 2 oz. Real Spirits Texas Hill Country Whiskey Juice from 1 lemon 1 1/2 tsp agave nectar Cherry Lemon wedge cocktail glass ice Directions Pour Signature whiskey into a shaker of ice. Add lemon juice and agave necatar Shake lightly Strain into a cocktail glass full of ice. Garnish with a cherry and lemon wedge Enjoy! Ginger'd Ass Finish with the ginger beer of your choice. We like Maine Root Ginger Brew. Ingredients 2 oz. Real Spirits Texas Hill Country Whiskey 1 sprig of rosemary 1 lime wedge ginger beer cocktail glass ice Directions Pour Signature whiskey into a shaker of ice. Add rosemary and lime wedge Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass full of ice. Top with ginger beer. Enjoy.

Oilers legend Kevin Lowe on the Edmonton Oilers' glory days and the present-day team's success (1:03) Guest: Kevin Lowe, former NHL defenseman, head coach, and general manager, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020 Kids in the Hall's Bruce McCulloch is back on tour with his Tales of Bravery and Stupidity (15:45) Guest: Bruce McCulloch, writer, comedian, actor, author, now on tour with his Tales of Bravery and Stupidity Pat Sajak's last spin of the wheel: After four decades, legendary game show host signs off (32:54) Guest: Adam Nedeff, author of "Game Show FAQ." Britain's pubs struggle as the UK marks the 200th anniversary of the Pint (48:59)  Guest: Tom Stainer, CEO, Campaign for Real Ale

Mike and Chris are joined by Jude of Hop Butcher and one of America's leading Real Ale experts, Steve Hamburg to talk about The Beer Hunter series and the massive impact of Michael Jackson. Later, Steve and Chris discuss the disappearance of lacing.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!

How important is the role of sustainability in brewing? How does beer actually get made sustainably when it's an incredibly energy-intensive process to actually get your beer from the farm to your glass? And how does the industry avoid greenwashing as it attempts to be more responsible about its impact on our climate and the environment?All these questions and more are answered in our latest podcast episode: An Open Discussion About Sustainability in Beer. Recorded live at IndyManBeerCon in October 2023, this episode features Ben Stubbs of Rivington Brew Co, Chris Drummond of Allkin Brewing, IMBC founder Jonny Heyes, and is hosted by our very own Jonny Hamilton. At the start of the episode there's also some reflection from our regular host Matthew Curtis about IMBC's decision not to hold an event in 2024, and what the festival means to him.We're able to produce The Pellicle Podcast directly thanks to our Patreon subscribers, and our sponsors Loughran Brewers Select. If you're enjoying this podcast, or the weekly articles we publish, please consider taking out a monthly subscription for less than the price of a pint a month.

In hindsight, it's easy to say that when writer David Jesudason pitched me a story on the history and significance of Desi Pubs, I bit his hand off. But reality is never that simple. While it's true that I was desperate to commission stories by writers from non-white backgrounds, and publish stories that explored previously uncovered elements of British beer culture, I am always wary before I commit to an idea. The question I ask myself before I commission a story, whether I like it or not, is “would our readers enjoy this.” Although I get the final say over what we eventually publish on Pellicle it's not really about what I like, it's about meeting the expectations of the people who come to the site every week to read about beer, pubs, or whatever we happen to be talking about at the time. Thankfully, I loved David's pitch, and we eventually published his first story on Desi Pubs on the 2nd of June, 2021. It was a hit, and in addition to opening up our readers to this vastly undercovered area of British pub culture, it sent David down a rabbit hole, as he delved ever deeper into researching and covering this topic. The eventual result of this would lead to the publication of his first book Desi Pubs, in 2023. On the book's surface it's a guidebook to British-Asian pub culture and some of the amazing Desi Pubs that can be found in certain parts of the UK. It's fantastic, and if you haven't already I urge you to buy a copy for yourself.  A few months after the publication of his book, I had the chance to invite David up to Manchester, to join me in conversation for a live podcast, recorded at IndyManBeerCon (or, if you prefer, the Independent Manchester Beer Convention.) We chatted about Desi Pubs, the book itself, about bigger subjects such as the colour bar, and on David's thoughts and approach to writing about beer and pubs in general.We're able to produce The Pellicle Podcast directly thanks to our Patreon subscribers, and our sponsors Loughran Brewers Select. If you're enjoying this podcast, or the weekly articles we publish, please consider taking out a monthly subscription for less than the price of a pint a month.

DEYA. It's spelled in capital letters, a reminder so you can shout its name joyfully from the rooftops. Joy is certainly one thing the Cheltenham based brewery provides in abundance. This is through their carefully put together beers—such as its flagship pale ale Steady Rolling Man—or its vibrantly colourful, energetic, and yet at the same time peaceful taproom. DEYA is a brewery of multiple dispositions.In November 2022 I finally visited the brewery itself for the first time, doing the 3-and-a-bit hour journey from Manchester (via Birmingham) and back again inside a day to take some photos for another project I was working on. As I was packing my gear, I made a last minute decision to throw my mics and Zoom recorder into my bag, and asked the brewery's founder, Theo Freyne, if he had a spare hour to be interviewed for an episode of The Pellicle Podcast.Thankfully, he agreed, and we recorded a really fascinating conversation. Together we covered the origins of the brewery, how it has grown and changed so much since it was established in 2015, and how they make their oh-so-delicious beers that have captivated so many drinkers throughout the UK.And then, well, I had a book to finish. A book that is now finished. Unfortunately it meant that the recording was left to languish on my hard drive for several months—almost a year to the day, in fact—waiting for me to find the time to edit it. At the start of the year I had every intention of making sure I was producing regular podcast episodes, but time is not something I have in abundance.Thankfully, however, now the book is out it's something I have a little bit more of, and on listening back to the episode I was pleased to hear it hadn't really aged. While it might not include what the brewery has been up to over the past year, it serves as an excellent primer, whether you're completely new to the brewery, or you're an experienced Steady drinker, eager to hear more about how this beer is made.Please enjoy this wonderful interview with Theo, and about his brewery, DEYA. I'll be back with more podcast episodes very soon, (and I really mean it this time.) Special thanks to our pals at Loughran Brewers Select, who in addition to sponsoring our website are now also sponsoring our podcast. A double whammy of support that means more good stuff for you folks!***Purchase your copy of Manchester's Best Beer Pubs and Bars (the podcast-not-happening-er) right here. And don't forget to support us on Patreon if you enjoy these podcasts.

In this episode, Jim, Tuck and special guest Herr Shade taste a traditional German Oktoberfest from Paulaner.  Then they have a blind taste test of four Texas Oktoberfests - Manhattan Project, Real Ale, Saint Arnold's, and Tupps.

This week we had Libby Watson (twitch.tv/libtron) to teach us about some British Guys that seem to like gross beer. It has something to do with temperature or something. Libby tried the beer and you'll have to listen to hear what she thinks.  Chris is at https://www.patreon.com/notevenashow/ and twitter.com/thecjs The Greaseman makes an appearance too For More Guys Content subscribe to patreon.com/murderxbryan for more guys content. Guys+ is a bi-weekly look into Guys news. We cover guys we have already covered so that we can keep up with all of the Guys.

We go full-on Swayze (how did we not drink a hazy?) this week on BaaM. Our Discord crew (get in there if you're not already!) picked Point Break for us to watch, and we decided to double down, or "double deuce" if you will, by pairing it with Road House. Anthony Z joins us for this discussion of two late 20th century action classics(?), and we enjoy some new-to-us beers from Martin House and Real Ale, two breweries that are BaaM staples. Be ready to get wet and wild on this week's episode!

It's a special edition this episode and while out in Denver CO., The Brit took an opportunity to visit with a unique brewery known for their outstanding real ales. Hogshead 54 Brewery has 7 engines and produces a range of British ales, second to none. Robert Bell is the brewer out there, and he sat down with us to talk about how he brews, what he brews, and who is drinking these beers. It's a fascinating insight into a side of craft beer that we are VERY fond of, so take a listen and then make it a destination brewery next time you visit Denver. Cheers to real ale!

Asa Hanrahan, General Manager of the Houston Flying Saucer, joins the podcast to share his experiences spanning 16 years at the cornerstone beer bar and landmark of Downtown Houston!  We discuss the craft beer evolution in Texas, Houston new downtown patio space along Main Street, the staying power of the franchise, and the resurgence of Euro beers.  You'll even find out the most famous people to step foot in the Houston Saucer!  And if that's not enough, Drew finally joins the Ring of Honor after 18 years! Beers We Mentioned:     New Belgium Sunshine WheatGreen Flash West Coast IPAArrogant Bastard AleSierra Nevada Pale Ale and CelebrationLive Oak PilzShiner BlondeEuro Beers:  Duvel, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, Guiness Other Shout-Outs:The First Five Texas Breweries:  Shiner, Saint Arnold, Rahr, Real Ale, and Live OakRodeo GoatParadigm BrewingBad Astronaut BrewingGreat Heights BrewingAltstadt BrewingPetrol Station & Hay MerchantTreehouseDoug FlutieAdrian PetersonKen GrossmanDallas KeuchelPaul ValChristina HendricksFrank the Tank HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we're doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

Sure, I'd love to take a trip to Britain, find a pub and settle into an old wooden chair with a pint of real ale in my hand. But if you end up on the American West coast, specifically in Central Oregon, that same UK experience is waiting for you. My next guests are keeping up with traditional ale, and are here to remind us why it matters. I understand consumers don't want what's old. We want the new and we want it now. Cask ale might seem a thing of the past, but it ought to be a thing of the future. It may be something our grandmothers and grandfathers drank, but frankly, I think granny and gramps were on to something. A memorable experience is found where craft and culture collide. These are the stories of us, of great food and the beer that brings it all together. For the Craft and Culture of Beer, this is episode 123 of Good Beer Matters with Deven and Avara Roberts of Porter Brewing. Show Links Porter Brewing GBM 26 - CAMRA GBM 12 Mecca Grade Malt Visit Bend, Oregon Visit Central Oregon Subscribe to the Good Beer Matters Monthly Newsletter for practical beer education. The Good Beer Matters Podcast comes to you with support from BreweryDB.com, your digital destination for brewery experiences! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeremy-storton/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeremy-storton/support

Hotel, Motel, Is That Your Foreskin? This week's pod recalls Tom's unfortunate and minor (very minor) costume malfunction on stage at the Alnwick Playhouse before raising a Rob Roy in memory of the Waldorf Astoria and exploring the ale-loving entrepreneur who invented Cat's Eyes.  Get your Worthington White Shield here: £3.59 from Beers of EuropeRob Roy50 ml Scotch Whisky, 20 ml Sweet Red Vermouth, dash Angostura Bitters. How To make a Rob Roy. Stir ingredients over ice in a mixing glass  Discerning Drinks Deals Of The WeekWaitrose, Kyro Gin, £25, £4.95 off, Sainsburys, Cardhu Gold Reserve Single Malt Scotch £26 down from £401000 Stories Bourbon-Aged Zinfandel £12 down from £15Master of Malt: Silent Pool Gift Pack for Mother's Day. £55 down from £65.Other StuffBuy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for every audience member, here:  Oldham AUSTRIAN ALPS: ALTITUDE COMEDY FESTIVAL Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby  

Spring is almost here which means that plans will start to come back to live in the colder parts of the country. Foraging has always been a part of beer and on this episode we'll hear from a Texas brewer who is making the most of what is growing around the brewery. Trevor Nearburg is the founder of Beerburg Brewing in the Texas Hill Country After his brother started homebrewing, Nearburg got roped in and together they decided to quit their jobs and become brewers. Both took jobs stacking cases and scrubbing floors at Real Ale Brewing, one of the 50 largest breweries in the US at the time and the second largest in Texas. They both quickly moved up, and after a year of working various jobs in the packaging hall Nearburg made a significant jump to become the Head Brewer of Uncle Billy's, a local brewpub and his brother got into management at Real Ale.   Trevor grew Uncle Billy's from a 600 bbl/yr taproom into producing 3,000 bbl/yr and distributing all over Texas. He also helped open the latest iteration of the Celis Brewery.  Eventually he became fascinated with brewing with local ingredients and wanted to create a brewery devoted to this and the idea for Beerburg slowly started forming. The plans came together and he opened Beerburg in late January of 2020. After a rough few years he is back to devoting time into wildcrafting beers with native ingredients and local yeast strains. For more Drink Beer, Think Beer check out All About Beer. Host: John Holl Guest: Trevor Nearburg Sponsors: All About Beer Tags: Beer, Texas, Foraging, Ingredients, Small Batch, The Land

This week, we hark back to the halcyon days when strangers blew smoke up the bottoms of wet people  and, in the whining words of Liam Gallagher, things get supersonic with a gin and tonic as we celebrate the birth of Concorde.  Oaxaca Old Fashioned (created by Phil Ward in New York)40ml Fortaleza Reposado Tequila 12.5ml Lost Explorer Mezcal 1 barspoon agave nectar2 dashes Angostura bittersGarnish: orange twistMethod: Set the orange peel to one side before bringing all the ingredients in a glass (Old Fashioned) containing a large ice cube. Stir until chilled. Flame an orange twist over the surface of the drink. Discerning Drinks Deals Of The WeekMajesticChanoine Frères 'Réserve Privée' Brut Champagne - £20 OFFBeronia Rioja Gran Reserva 2013/15 - 8 quid off.Definition English Sparkling Brut, Hampshire - 11 quid off. Lanson Le Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne - £20 offWhiskey ExchangeFortaleza Blanco Tequila with a case of London Essence Pomelo and Pink Pepper Tonic - £62.75ASDA GIN OF THE WEEK Asda, Plymouth Gin, £20, save a fiver, Waitrose Wine: Terre di Vita Organic Pinot Grigio Terre Siciliane £6.49 - down from £8.99, Mimo Moutinho Dão Red Wine, Aldi, £5.79  Become a reviewer for the Aldi Wine Club - click hereAre you a wine enthusiast? Do you have a nose for aromas and impeccable tastebuds? Or simply want the opportunity to try some FREE wines?  We are looking for thirty vino-loving superstars to make up our latest Aldi Wine Club panel – an exclusive group of Aldi shoppers with a passion for wine.  As an Aldi Wine Club member, you will have the opportunity to trial delicious and award-winning wines, including new launches from Aldi's Spring Summer range, without spending a penny.  All you'll be tasked with is reviewing each wine via a 140-character tweet or Instagram post using the dedicated #AldiWineClub hashtag– it's as simple as that!    Applications now open until 13th March!To apply to the Aldi wine tasting opportunity, shoppers simply need to send an email to Aldiwineclub@clarioncomms.co.uk with the below details: • Full name • Proof of age • The name of your social media handles and the number of followers for each account • 150 words explaining why you think you should be selected as an Aldi Wine Club member • What your favourite wine is and why  Other StuffBuy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for every audience member, here:  Northallerton Alnwick Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

After a week off, the hardest working beefcakes in the drinks business slide back into the Pod saddle, digging their heels into some hard-nosed aural journalism and whipping up some searing investigative insight - namely the return of bananas to the UK in 1945 and. of course, National Pig Day (only America).Like beer? Like bananas? Well you'll flipping love Mongozo Banana Beer - available here or via Amazon hereAnd how about A Pigs In Blanket Old Fashioned?Pigs in Blanket Old FashionedIngredients12 pigs in blanket70cl of Pork fat-washed whisky 5ml Maple syrup2 dashes of Angostura BittersTo make the fat-wash whisky ·       Grill the pigs in blanket over a baking tray and collect 30ml of the fat. ·       Strain it into a container filled with 70cl of blended Scotch whisky. Leave it to steep in the whisky for 6-8 hours or overnight at room temperature before placing the bottle in the freezer.·       Once the fat has congealed in the bottle, strain the bourbon into a new bottle.Method:·       Take 40 ml pigs-in-blanket fat-infused whisky and stir in a mixing glass with the maple syrup and ice.·       Add bitters and stir. ·       Strain into a child ‘Old Fashioned' glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice.. Or a pig-in-blanketWhile you're waiting for the pig fat to steep in the whisky, here's a video about pigs that play video games.Drinks Deals Of The WeekMirabeau La Folie Sparkling Rose - down £3 to £11 at SainsburysJohnnie Walker Black Label - Sainsbury, £22, save £10, Martini Rosso, only £2.50 off, but down to £8 at Waitrose,Jameson Orange, £15, save £9.50, great in an alternative to the Irish Espresso Martini Waitrose For gin fans, Hayman's London Dry Gin, fiver off, £21 WaitroseKeep your eye out for the new Luxardo Espresso Liqueur_____________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

If drink-soaked discussion of aphrodisiacal accompaniments to oysters, 'titanic plums', guinea pigs with dodgy fivers, hangover cures and some seriously decent discounted drinks are your thing then listen to this Valentine's Special featuring a boffin.VALENTINE DRINKSThe Properly Dangerous Liason Ingredients45ml Brockmans Gin75ml Taittinger Champagne or Sparkling Wine15ml Fresh Lemon Juice10ml Creme de Cassis5ml Sugar SyrupMethod– Combine all ingredients apart from the sparkling wine and creme de cassis in a shaker over ice– Shake to combine, double strain into a champagne flute and– Top with Champagne, then drizzle over the creme de cassis.– Garnish with a lemon twist. Chilean Red Wine: Errazuriz Max Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon – £12.99, Waitrose Chargrilled asparagus with Westmalle Tripel – £4.20 from Beer MerchantsOysters with Titanic Plum Porter – £1.80, Sainsbury'sDiscerning Drinks DealsAperol, Morrisons, reduced from £20 to £15.99,  Morrisons, Courvoisier VSOP, £29.99, down from £37, Gin deal of the week, Sainsbury, 1l of Tanqueray, £20,  Asda Beer Deals You can get two packs for a tenner on certain beers. So 4xJaipur and 6x Pilsner Urquell for £10. That's a tenner for 10 quality beers, so that makes them £1 each. Some maths for you. _____________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  London Leicester Square (THURSDAY 9th Feb) Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

We tell the WWII story behind Whisky Galore before linking a classic gin cocktail to a tale of someone knocking a vase over.You should listen. The Ola Dubh range is available from The Whiskey ExchangeSainsbury has its Villa Maria on at £8.75, down from a tenner,  Jameson is £19 down from £22.50,   Gin deal of the week, Asda and Waitrose are going at it in their bid to bring you the best price on Tanqueray TenWaitrose, £27, Aviation Cocktail60ml gin15ml Maraschino Liqueur 10ml Créme De Violette 25ml Lemon Juice Lemon zest, to garnish Shake gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur and crème de violette over ice,  Taste, then add a splash of chilled water to dilute, if you like. Strain into four chilled cocktail glasses and garnish with blueberries and lemon zest.Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham - 241 tickets use the word DRINKER London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby   

If you've been on Beer Twitter at all recently you'll have likely noticed our podcast host Matthew Curtis harping on about bitter and mild. Cask beer is something we love at Pellicle and so we were always going to dedicate one of our panel discussions at Fynefest 2022 to this much debated category.Joined by an expert panel including Mark Welsby of Stockport's Runaway Brewery, Laura Rangeley of Sheffield's Abbeydale Brewery, and Malcolm Downie of our hosts Fyne Ales, we attempt to get serious about the discussion around cask. We start by asking whether or not the resurgence in traditional styles such as bitter and mild is here to stay, or if it's merely a flash in the pan. (Or, indeed, consider if it never went away in the first place.)We also dig into some more serious topics. With statistics indicating that the cask ale category is ailing, we ask if premiumisation is the answer to sparking a true resurgence, and debate the much talked over discussion point that is the price of a pint.It's been a thrill, as always, to host these discussions, and we hope you've enjoyed them as much as we have. We'll be back for more at FyneFest 2023, so make sure you grab your tickets now so you can join us there. And don't forget to subscribe to Pellicle via Patreon if you're able to support our website and podcast with a monthly, or yearly donation.

In this episode, Jim and Tuck review Fireman's 4 and Devil's Backbone from real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, TX.

Hail Henry VIII's death with Tynt Meadow - the only Trappist Beer in Britain.  Read Mark Dredge's great article about the monastery in Good Beer Hunting here: Watch the documentary "Outside City"  - all about the realities of the modern-day Monky business here. AA Milne & The Bee's Knees CocktailGet Hiver Blonde Beer from Waitrose hereBee's Knees CocktailIngredients 2 teaspoons of honey 50ml Portobello Gin 25ml Lemon Juice Ice Method: Loosen up the honey in a jug by stirring it with a little bit of freshly boiled water. When it's smooth, add the mixture to a shaker filled with plenty of ice, the lemon juice and the gin. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with some lemon zest. This week's "Les Bargains"Benriach The Original Ten Speyside Single Malt Scotch, £29 Waitrose (save £9)Sweet and easy-drinking intro into whisky. Balblair 15 Year Old, Whisky exchange, £64.95 (£13 off)A bit more punchy, 46%, full-bodied, matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished in first-fill Spanish oak butts.Vestal Kaszebe 2011 Vintage Vodka, Whisky Exchange at £21.95 (£8 off)The potatoes used as the based for this vodka are the Vineta varietal and are all grown in the Kaszebe region of central northern Poland.Absolute, £16, AsdaGreat vodka for mixed drinks and recreating the scene in Wolf of Wall StreetHeineken 0,0, 6xcans for £4.50, Sainsburys doing Bacardi Carta Blanca for £14, £2 off.Makes a wicked daiquiri, 700ml bottle, 50ml per daiquiri, how many can you make? You do the math. ________________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham - 241 tickets use the word DRINKER London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby   

This week, following our inaugural appearance on "This Morning", our pod adopts an alternative approach to Burns Night and solves a mystery for those looking to drink something in honour of Hercule Poirot.Burns Night is coming. Let's face it, if it wasn't in January, no-one would take any notice. But after 25 moribund days of ‘meh', celebrating the birthday of an 18th century tax collector with some root vegetables and stomach stuffed with bits of sheep sounds like a brilliant night out. It's not. A clichéd caricature of Scottish-ness, it's tediously quaint, painfully kitsch and all those endless Immortal Memories, those cheesy Addresses to the Lassies; the dreary drone of the bagpipes would have bored the life out of the real Robert Burns.So we suggest some alcoholic alternatives to breathe life back into Burns Night including:Harviestoun Ola Dubh - you can get it the three different expressions, here.Braemble gin Liqueur - Scottish blackberry with English London Dry Gin. £24.89 Master of Malt  The Long Bramble 25ml liqueur 100ml ginger ale or tonic Pour the bramble over ice, in a highball, top with ginger ale, garnish with a wedge of lime, squeeze it in first Cross Brew coffee liqueur, £25.74 Master of Malt Cross Brew Negroni 20ml Cross Brew 30ml Campari 30ml Punt e Mes Stir over ice and strain into rocks glass with ice Whisky Deals Mortlach 15 YO for £87.95 Whisky Exchange – saving £32.05  Aberlour 14-Year-Old Single Malt Whisky, £46 Waitrose - save £10  Cardhu, £26, Sainsburys - was £40 Woven Whisky, Experience N.11, Peachy, £55  POIROTAnd then we celebrate a lesser-known milestone - the 103rd anniversary of the first ever Hercule Poirot novel - and honour the  "detestable, bombastic, tiresome,egocentric little creep" with a superb Belgian stout.Get Hercule Stout here ________________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham - 241 tickets use the word DRINKER London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby   

Amid all this talk of Harry and Meghan, we explore Edward VII, aka "Dirty Bertie"  - the original Playboy Prince with some cracking King's Ginger liqueur. Then, having once again proven that #winewritingiswelleasy, we make ourselves a Bicicletta for birthday boy and Pirate peddler Marco Pantani.If you'd like to see Edward VII's 's3x chair' (and why wouldn't you?) then click here.Amazon is offering a great deal on King's Ginger, complete with swanky gift tin, for just £23 here. You're welcome.King's Mulled Cider50ml The King's Ginger150ml Cider150ml Apple juiceServe in a handled glass, hot or over ice.Garnish with lemon, cinnamon stick and fresh blackberries.Marco PantaniHere's the picture of Marco shaking an Italian policeman's hand after some rather ripe parking manouevres and here's a picture of his statue in Northern Italy. For Campari, the best price is at Morrisons, £15.50 - click here   The Bicicletta  50ml Campari  75ml White wine  Soda Water  Built over ice, use a wine glass or a highball glass  Other Royal Drinks:King Charles's Royal Lochnagar 12 year old, Whisky Exchange, £40.95  Megan Markle's Tignanello 2018 can be found at Fine Wine Direct for £180  Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham  London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby  

Get yourself some Veuve Clicquot here  The Monkey Gland, created by Harry MacElhoneIngredients60ml London Dry Gin 45ml orange juice 1 teaspoon absinthe 1 teaspoon grenadine 1 teaspoon sugar syrup (optional) Shake all ingredient with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with orange peel or a lychee. Serve with monkey nuts.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham  London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

Bonjour tout le monde, In this week's podcast, discover how Alfred Nobel inspired peace after accidentally reading his own obituary, marvel at probly the best Danish design in the world and strap yourself in for some fascinating yeast chat.  Ahead of France v England, we commemorate the Battle of Agincourt, and Ben's tortured football analogy, with a Biere de Garde/Saison style beer. Buy hereWatch Dennis Bergkamp, the non-Flying Dutchman, book the Argentinians on the plane home with this 'worldy' from the 1998 World Cup.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham  London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

In this week's podcast, we chat to radio and TV presenter Adrian Chiles about his new book "The Good Drinker - How I Learned to Love Drinking Less" which is very much in tune with the Thinking Drinkers' mantra "Drink Less Drink Better" .Amusing, insightful and compelling yet never preachy, Adrian's book explores both the benefits and difficulties of drinking in moderation after years of seriously committed consumption. Adrian didn't think he had a drinking problem, until he realised he was regularly putting away 100 units of alcohol a week.When specialists told him something had to change, he had a choice to make - stop drinking completely or cut right down.He chose the latter and embarked on a fascinating quest to find the good drinker within...Adrian Chiles is a writer, television and radio presenter and world-weary West Bromwich Albion fan. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live since the day it started in 1994 and his TV presenter work includes Working Lunch, Match of the Day 2 and The Apprentice: You're Fired.He recently released a documentary called "Drinkers Like Me", in which he explored his relationship with alcohol and decided to cut down. You can buy the book here:Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham  London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

Manhattan60ml (2 fl oz) Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon25ml (¾ fl oz) sweet vermouth | 3 dashes of Angostura bittersIce | Cherry, to garnish• Pour the bourbon, vermouth and bitters into a mixing glass. Addice, stir gently for 10–15 seconds, then strain into a cocktail glass.Garnish with a cherry.Get yourself a can of Carlsberg Special Brew hereBuy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here 3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:  Nottingham  London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

This week's podcast features phallic-shaped outcrops and death-defying, rum guzzling, swashbuckling salty seamen. Marvel as we expertly tip-toe around some sensitive issues of the past whilst simultaneously decanting drinks knowledge into you generous ears. As promised, here's the picture of Cock Rock (now known as Rooster Rock) and here's where you can buy some Jagermeister - a much misunderstood digestif made with 56 different herbs, roots, fruits and spices.Given Blackbeard became a pirate at the tender age of 12, we're going for some El Dorado 12 year-old in a Rum Old Fashioned. Rum Old Fashioned - 12YO60ml El Dorado 12YO - buy it here3x Dashes Aromatic BittersBarspoon of Demerara SugarOrange TwistMethod: Put the sugar, bitters and water in a tumbler/old fashioned glass. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add a couple of ice cubes and stir in the rum. Add a couple more and stir some more.Garnish with the orange twist

Get some Pilsner Urquell hereDrink some neat Gin whilst gawping at Gin Lane & Beer Street here  Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:  Wycombe Farnham Worcester Bristol Wolverhampton London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby

This week, the Thinking Drinkers hail Harry Houdini's almost fatal attempt to escape from an urn full of fermenting Tetley's Beer, light a firework under several myths surrounding Guy Fawkes and big-up the famous Northampton massif with Three Hills brewery. And as promised, here's our super duper mulled cider recipe. How do you like them apples?Mulled cider  Ingredients  1½ litres of dry cider  100ml Calvados  400ml apple juice  80g dark brown sugar  2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half 4 whole cloves zest 1 orange, pared into strips 1 tbsp allspice berries  Add cider, Calvados, apple juice and sugar to a saucepan, gently heat, then add the orange zest and spices, simmer on a low heat for 20 mins.  Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:  Wycombe Farnham Worcester Bristol Isle of Wight Wolverhampton London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby  

Coffee. Beer. Food. Good Measure Pub & Brewery makes it easy to know what you're getting when you visit.  Coffee.  Beer. Food. emblazoned across the front of the building.  The Brewery recently added food to their offerings and they share ownership, and a building, with Carrier Roasting Company.  Sounds like my kind of place. Andrew Leichthammer is the owner and head brewer at Good Measure.  He digs a table beer and offers several at his pub and we talk about what exactly a table beer is. We also talk cask ales.  We're seeing more mentions of these lately so we discuss if this old style is the next big thing in American craft beer.  Andrew's on board with it and has a beer engine on the way. Pastry peanut butter, coffee beers, and vintage ales round things out.  It's a good one.  Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Date: October 30thEvent: 1974 Rumble In The Jungle - George Foreman v Muhammed AliDrink:  The Uppercut50ml Triple Sec 25ml Cachaça 15ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) 15ml Pink Grapefruit Juice (freshly squeezed) Dash of Angostura Aromatic BittersMethod: Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe glassOr, given Ali was born in Louisville, reach of some quality Kentucky Straight Bourbon in the shape of Elijah Craig Small Batch. Enjoy while watching....Highlights of the Rumble In The Jungle fight in 1974 hereTrailer for When We Were Kings here and the trailer for Soul Power hereDate: 2nd NovemberEvent: Marie Antoinette's BirthdayDrink: Bollinger ChampagneAnd here's a picture of a Greek nipple bowl. You're welcome.Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:  Wycombe Farnham Worcester Bristol Isle of Wight Wolverhampton London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby  

In this episode of the Worth Repeating podcast, four San Antonians tell stories about ghosts, hauntings, and other kinds of remnants live at Texas Public Radio in October. The theme for the next Worth Repeating event is Weeds, stories about pulling up the weeds in your life, smoking weed, or maybe feeling like a weed yourself. Consider submitting a story to tell or join us for the show on November 15. Tickets will be available at tpr.org/wr. Support for Worth Repeating comes from Real Ale brewing company, the 80/20 Foundation, do210.com, and Texas A&M San Antonio.

This week, we shall ostly be drinking rum and red wine mixed with coca-cola. Here's why.Event: Death of Lord Admiral NelsonAgggghhh landlubbers. On October 21st, 1805, Lord Nelson was shot by a Frenchman during the Battle of Trafalgar during a battle which the Brits won 22-0 (in terms of ships).Drink: Nelson's BloodTo commemorate the one-eyed, partially-deaf, philandering, publicity-seeking, sea-sick seaman, we're drinking Nelson's Blood II using Pusser's Navy Rum. Nelson's Blood No.245ml Pusser's Navy Rum 45ml Cranberry Juice 22.5ml Lime Juice22.5 ml Orange juice12.5 ml Sugar syrup Two dashes of Angostura BittersStrain into ice-filled glass after shaking all the ingredients in a shaker packed with ice. Garnish with a lime wedge to prevent scurvy.Event: Thomas Edison invents a commercially practical incandescent light at his industrial research lab in New Jersey.Drink: A “Calimocho”, a blend of equal parts cola and cheap red wine.America's finest inventor gave us the gramophone, the movie camera and the first commercially practical long-lasting light bulb. He drank something called Vin Mariani, a ‘medicinal' mix of cheap red wine and coca leaves, believed be the pre-cursor to Coca-Cola. We're mixing the two in equal parts. But you can buy a version of Vin Mariani (without the nose candy) here.To find out more about our Spirits Subscription Club and tour dates - click here 

Evel Knievel & Wild TurkeyEnjoy a Wild Turkey 101 whilst watching Evel Knievel (mostly) fail to land death-defying jumps.Wembley 1975:  And the report from The Guardian hereCNN Obituary footage hereMatthew McConaughey's Eulogy at Knievel's funeral here And here's the.....Kung Fu and the GrasshopperHow to make: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. 25ml Crème de menthe 25ml Crème de Cacao 25 ml Single creamPour ingredients into shaker full of ice, shake and strain into a coupeAlso, here's a link for Mortlach 25 year-old and RinQuinQuin 

The first episode of our new podcast series recommends drinks to enjoy from October 7th to October 13th.Listen to Lenny Bruce At Carnegie Hall Here's Ursula Andres and her shells in Dr.NoC*cks**king Cowboy15ml Butterscotch Schnapps 30ml Baileys Irish CreamLayer the two ingredients in a shot glass by pouring Baileys off the back of a bar spoon so it floats on top of the schnapps Vodka Martini60ml Vodka 3tsp Dry Vermouth Ice cubes.Olive or lemon zestMethod: Stir the ingredients in a glass with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an olive or a lemon twist.For more on The Thinking Drinkers and dates for their "Pub Quiz" shows - click hereFor the C**kSuck*ng Cowboy you can buy Baileys Irish Cream here and Bols Butterscotch hereFor the Vodka Martini - go for Belvedere Smogory Forest Single Estate Rye here and Cocchi Extra Dry vermouth here

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Sebastian Symolka zog aus, um das Bier kennenzulernen. Nach dem Start in seinem Heimatland Luxemburg ging es erstmal nach England, wo in den traditionellen Pubs das Real Ale auf dem Programm stand. Der nächste Schritt war Deutschland zu der Zeit, als hier der "Craft-Bier-Hype" auf seinem Höhepunkt angelangt war, bevor es ihn dann wieder zurück an die Mosel zog, wo Frankreich und die Niederlande gerade mit ihrem Bier-Boom begannen. Dazu kamen Inspirationen aus dem Bier-Dauerbrennerland Belgien und von Reisen in die USA. Kurzum: Die Idee zu einem eigenen Bierladen war geboren. Sebastian setzte sie mit seinem Geschäft "Humulus et Fermentum" entschlossen in die Tat um und ist somit einer der Bier-Pioniere im Kleinstaat Luxemburg. Neben seinem täglich Brot und Bier betätigt er sich auch als Beer Judge bei internationalen Wettbewerben und ist auf allerlei Bierfestivals vertreten, nicht zuletzt beim heimischen "Kirchbeier", wie wir im Podcast erfahren...

Our apologies for being a day late this week. Lots of fun this week. Chris gets an unwelcomed mortgage payment increase email. Nick has a blast with family at the Texas coast. John wonders why the MLB owners hate fans. We talk about great beers we had from Resting Pulse, Galveston Island, and Beerburg Brewing. Then Chris takes over. He pays tribute to his late father-in-law near the 1 year anniversary of his passing. Then talks about how we keep our kids positive in situations that might not yield immediate positive outcomes when discussing his daughter's recent attempt at a career change. We move on to the style of the week which, for this week, is a Scotch Ale or Wee Heavy. We pour and taste the Real Ale Real Heavy for the second Real Ale beer in a row that we've featured.Thank you as always for listening.

What's going on with Hops? What's going on with Cask Beer and What does Wine have to do with either? Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental - CODE "CLEAN" HomebrewCon : June 23-25 - Pittsburgh - https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Oeno-bier: https://breweriesinpa.com/what-is-an-oenobeer-are-they-the-next-beer-trend/ Annual Hop Growers Report: https://www.usahops.org/img/blog_pdf/406.pdf CAMRA Redefines Real Ale: https://www1-camra.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12... Piranesi by Susanna Clark (read by Chiwtel Ejiofor) : https://www.audible.com/pd/Piranesi-Audiobook/1526622416?action_code=ASS... How to Be Perfect - The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur : https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Be-Perfect-Audiobook/1797135252?action... Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Experimental Brew Store: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:04:02 Announcements & Feedback 00:15:45 The Pub 00:33:29 The Brewery 00:44:18 Q&A 00:50:08 Quick Tip & Something Other This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Country Malt Group Jaded Brewing Mecca Grade Estate Malt Wyeast Labs YCH Hops Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) - contact them at igor@experimentalbrew.com. We want more Citizen Science! In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it - talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you'd like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to questions@experimntalbrew.com! Don't forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d... Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss

I couldn't imagine Burning Sky Brewery and Blendery being located anywhere else. Situated in the village of Firle, nestled amid the rolling South Downs National Park, here is a brewery that's very much of time and a place. The beers it produces—from traditional cask ales, to US-inspired IPAs, and the sublime beverages that come from its barrel ageing program—are a reflection of this, and of the people who brew and blend them. In the latest episode of the podcast, I sat down for a chat with the brewery's founder, Mark Tranter. With over two decades experience in the beer industry, it was wonderful to get the opportunity to pick his brains, reminisce about some of these experiences, and to find out what the future has in store for Burning Sky.Visiting Firle, and the neighbouring town of Lewes, has become something of an annual pilgrimage for me. The first time I travelled there in 2017, Mark kindly arranged for me to visit the magical Harvey's Brewery, as well as some of the amazing pubs the town has to offer. On subsequent visits I've discovered new treasures, including Beak and Abyss brewery, as well as deciding on my definitive Lewes beer destinations. (The Brewers Arms, The Gardners, and Patch Beer Café, for those interested.) On this trip I was also lucky enough to brew a beer with Burning Sky which we called The Broad Spectrum of Joy, after the first chapter of my recent book, Modern British Beer. The beer was subsequently released a few months later to celebrate its launch. It was during this arduous day of brewing, on a scorching hot July day, that I found the chance to catch up with Mark, and record this conversation, which I hope you enjoy. During the intro of this podcast I also mention another podcast by Kate Bailey, called Super Cool Toxic Workplace. As I alluded to during the episode, this is an essential listen, and more context can be found on episode 25 of The Pellicle Podcast. Find Super Cool Toxic Workplace here.

In this month's feature length episode we are joined by one of our heroes – the incredible, enthusiastic and utterly lovely Olly Smith. Olly is, in our opinion, the great wine communicator of our time but he is also a huge beer geek. We talk to him about our campaign, #keepcaskalive, and get his perspective on what needs to be done to protect real ale. Along the way we takes diversions into the best Bond films, the English wine revolution, Pingu, and his NEW BOOK The Home Cocktail Bible.Watch the documentary series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyDTS7ZG3zcO7XACFuZOR-nPxMDhCwYddSign up to our Keep Cask Live newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/4111b702a39f/keep-cask-alive-sign-upBuy Olly's book here: https://tinyurl.com/ujk4n8zkBuy Jonny's book here: https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/a-year-in-beer-a-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons/* This episode was part of our sponsorship deal with Fuller's Brewery *Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective on the world we're all obsessed with. You're listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out.SUPPORT US!Pledge on Patreon and get some cool merch & videos: https://www.patreon.com/craftbeerchannelCheck out our sponsor Beer Merchants and support the show via Patreon!Twitter – @beerchannelFacebook – http://www.facebook.com/thecraftbeerchannelInstagram – @craftbeerchannelRemember to drink responsibly(ish) and not be that guy...Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/craftbeerchannel)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/craftbeerchannel)

The start of 2020 was an especially weird time for me—not just for the obvious reasons with the pandemic swirling around us in those early stages—but because right at the cusp of it I signed a book deal. I'd come up with the rough idea and concept for Modern British Beer in 2018, having thought at length about how the emergence of well over 1000 new breweries in the UK had changed our beer culture forever. But what I didn't realise then was the idea needed time. Some of that was to allow the idea to properly gestate and to become fully formed, but the rest of it was waiting to find the right home for it. That home turned out to be the capable hands of CAMRA Books; the publishing arm of the Campaign for Real Ale, and the gracious editing of Alan Murphy and Katie Button, to whom I am incredibly thankful. In this episode I work through the ideas at the book's core. I explore how I created my own personal beer philosophy, which I call “the broad spectrum of joy” as well as explaining why my definition of what constitutes beer as being “modern”, at least, in context of the book and how I think about beer these days. I then try to explain (or make excuses for) how I selected the 86 beers to use as case studies which, together, I hope form a solid case for how I feel beer in the UK has changed so dramatically over the past 20 years—but also, in many ways, has stayed exactly the same as it has always been.I've also used this episode as a chance to pick up on some current affairs—namely, the controversy presently surrounding Denmark's Mikkeller Brewing company in the wake of numerous accusations of sexual harassment and toxic workplace culture from several former employees. This situation escalated on the eve of the brewery's annual Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen (MBCC) event in late October, which saw over 40 breweries pull out at the 11th hour so as not to associate their brand with the accused. Kate Bernot at Good Beer Hunting has been covering this in some detail for several months, and I recommend catching up on what's happening by reading her excellent reporting here:https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2021/7/1/former-mikkeller-employees-allege-culture-of-bullying-harassment-and-indifferencehttps://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2021/10/29/mikkeller-meetings-a-chaotic-situation-as-brewery-focuses-on-hr-issues-not-survivors-voicesModern British Beer is available now from all good retailers, including several brewery tap rooms and bottle shops. You can get yours direct from the publisher here:https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product-category/modern-british-beer/

This week Jeff and Bill talk about meth headed trout, Ghostbusters, and their upcoming live event! 00:01 Intro 00:35 A wardrobe intern debacle 02:13 Upcoming Season details 03:16 Thank you to Duck Camp, Real Ale, Imbrifex Books 03:50 Why Jeff has such enmity towards the pro-hair crowd 05:17 Bill's Pics and his Ford Ranger days! 6:45 Shearing Pins in the intercostal canal 07:25 Shout out to Duck Camp 07:29 Shout out to Imbrifex books 07:56 Shout out to Real Ale Brewing 08:30 The middle finger to the head shavers 11:00 September 9th music and fly tying event with the Parachute Adams Band and fly tying instruction from Drew Rosema. https://www.remotenopressure.com/collections/rnp-live-event-tickets 14:45 Will the Ghost of Frozen Patty be attending our event? 17:49 The original Ghost Busters 19:30 We're on a list… 20:30 Why we're here and why we're doing events 21:00 Jeff acts like he knows Yoga and Diamond Dallas Page 22:30 The Attitude year of WCW and WWF 24:00 Jeff get's burned by a cigarette at the local Dairy Queen 25:55 Jeff sets up the bill with the V word 15:45 Free fly fishing nippers on our website  25:45 Free nippers, not nipples.  https://www.remotenopressure.com/collections/free-offer-knot-tying-tool/products/new-multifunctional-fast-hook-nail-knotter-stainless-steel-fly-fishing-clippers-line-cutter-nippers-quick-knot-tying-tool 28:10 In Other News: Methamphetamine in waterways may be turning trout into addicts https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/europe/trout-drug-addiction-scli-intl-scn/index.html 29:55 Crystal Meth laden floatant and cigarette fly patterns 31:00 Making people aware of “awareness.” 33:07 Fully aware and why the 90's were the best.  34:30 Myspace Blues 36:00 Recap on the event 36:45 Weiners knocked out by Bobbett's 37:38 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices