Having been a bit grumpy at work this week I was glad to see the back of it. So getting home nice and early and popping the cap on an ale was definitely what the doctor ordered. And the ale left in the fridge was ‘ASDA’s Whitechapel Porter’.
I have to say I wasn’t optimistic about [...]
Archive for July, 2006
I was beginning to think I was going off bottled ale. I’ve had a good 10 bottles and not enjoyed any of them. Until I found ‘Rolling Hitch’ by Darwin Brwery Ltd.
I picked this one up in ASDA. I bought one of everything they had – and so far this has been the best. I [...]
I spent a long afternoon in Cambridge and for some reason ended up consuming only Greene King Ales. Cambridge has loads of great pubs, but I hadn’t realised that so many were GK’s!
Striker – A special ale for the World Cup period and not special at all, pretty boring in fact.
XX Mild – Probably the [...]
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