After reading Wes Janisen’s amazing article, Let Vodka Be Your Valentine, on Thought Catalog, I was inspired to write my own alcoholic homage. So, a very Happy Valentine’s Day to a love I celebrate as much as I can: beer. Beer and I go way back. It’s been a subject of photographs I’ve taken since … Continue reading »
I love beer. If you’ve been following this blog, you should know I love beer. But when I mean beer, I mean good beer. Delicious beer. Beer that’s so great it’ll make your eyes widen with the epiphany of how magnificent it is. Beer that makes your tongue want to bathe in it for its … Continue reading »
So earlier this week I was lucky enough to be on a tour of Camden Town Brewery, a small brewery located right here in London and, due to the wonders of the Overground, is only about fifteen or twenty minutes away from where I live. Located in a handful of railway archways, Camden Town Brewery … Continue reading »
I don’t often drink pilsner beers. Normally I opt for a pale ale or a wheat beer if I want something lighter, but in the name of beer sampling, I thought I’d try something that’s a little different from what I normally go for. The Lagunitas Brewing Company is out of Petaluma, California, making this … Continue reading »
My second beer for the 50 American Beers Project comes from the neighbouring state of Georgia. Ah, Georgia. It brought us the B-52s and was the setting for Designing Women, and the subject of a Ray Charles song. It also brings us the Red Brick Brewing Company, a brewery located in Atlanta (aka Hotlanta) that, … Continue reading »
I begin the 50 American Beers Project with a beer that came all the way from the other end of the East Coast. Peak Organic is a brewery that gives us beer from Portland, Maine. And not just any beer, but organic beer. So you can drink beer and feel somewhat green about doing so. … Continue reading »
Ta-da! ….dah. Since my 100 Pubs Project is on hold indefinitely until I return back to London, I am launching another project to keep me occupied while I am in the New World: The 50 American Beers Project. It’s simple enough: I’m going to try 50 different American beers, with preference towards offerings from regional … Continue reading »
So, my arrival into the bosom of America was not only greeted by American portions and sizes, but by American television. Shortly after taking over my parents’ guest room, a new show premiered on the Discovery Channel: Brew Masters. “I’ve got the greatest job in the world: I make beer.” Awesome. If you’ve been keeping … Continue reading »
The Yorkshire Grey was a pub I often passed on the bus, and I thought it looked quite cool from the outside. A grey pub front that looked quite modern, it looked like a gastropub that probably was quite nice. My visit back in August to the Yorkshire Grey was due to an aborted attempt … Continue reading »
So, as you can see, I’m finally catching up with some of the pub backlog I’ve got. My visit to Cittie of York took place back in JULY, so this is a bit of an oldie. Anyway, I went in on my own to the Cittie of York in Holborn, mostly because it looked quite … Continue reading »
I consider the Mucky Pup as one of a handful of locals I have. It might be cheating to have more than one, but I don’t care. I’ve been to the Mucky Pup quite a few times, especially recently. I even had my birthday party there. Not only is the landlord of the pub a … Continue reading »
My visit to pub #32 was a quick one. I had a half hour to wander around Southwark near Union Street on a Saturday, and I was actually looking for a restaurant I had been to once. I didn’t find the restaurant, but I did find a pub: The Gladstone Arms. I wandered in and … Continue reading »
The Princess of Wales was part of a modest three-pub pub crawl my friend Tom and I embarked upon one Thursday evening in June. Come to think of it, what is the minimum amount of pubs that quantifies a “crawl”? It wouldn’t be two. I’m thinking three. Three seems like a fair enough number, especially … Continue reading »
I’m up to writing about The Camden Head, which will be number thirty on this 100 Pubs Project, but technically isn’t the 30th pub I’ve visited for the project. I’ve got a bit of a backlog I’m forced to deal with at the moment, so some of these pubs are going to be out of … Continue reading »
Pub #29 was visited along with friends Matt and Jasmine, and new friend Jess (whom I haven’t seen since, but she was very nice, and if she’s reading this, hello!). We had just done a volunteer stint as the SOAS FoodCycle group in Kentish Town, and after a morning of cooking and baking, it was … Continue reading »
