The wonderful beer writer Phil Cook is hosting the May 2025 edition of The Session all the way from Australia so the least we can do is write something. Before I get started, here is the copy-paste of this month’s theme from his website: “I’d like to take us out of the ‘real world’ for a moment to share the beers […]
Welcome to the third and final part of the Craft Beer of Covid Conversation. At the end of part Two, Joey finally stopped taking Simon on tangents and was about to reveal a nostalgia-heavy brewery that is no longer with us… Read Part One here.Read Part Two here. Joey: Alright, I’ve got a good one for you. A brewery that […]
Hello, and welcome back to The Covid Conversation. Part One ended with Joey admitting his receptacle-related pun game was not at its best, and Simon introducing a brewery that some will be surprised is on this list… Read Part 1 here. Simon: I’m going to cheat a bit for my next one but it’s a ridiculous story, and you might […]
Today is The Session from @totalcurtis and the prompt is: critique not criticism. My response – the UK beer scene has a lager problem. I’ve recently had the privilege of spending many weeks in Central Europe for work, and thus indulging in the finest lager beer from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechia. It’s as good as any beer I’ve ever tasted. In […]
Welcome to The Craft Beers of Covid Conversation, a time capsule for the ages between Joey from Beer in the City and Simon from Simon’s Pub Tour. And by the ages, we mean the past half-decade, because it is exactly five years since the first Covid lockdown started. Trauma? Yes. But we are determined to dredge up the good times […]
Today is The Session from @boakandbailey – read on!The prompt: the best beer you can drink at home right now.Obvi I’m gonna be a little clever about it 😇 My answer: a beer from a place far flung. Beers that you’ve carefully selected on the last day of a trip, placed in bubble wrap, smothered in cotton wool, suffocated in socks, then […]