St Austell Admiral Ale won Supreme Champion in the International Beer Challenge 2008. This ale celebrates Nelson’s 200th anniversary at Trafalgar in 1805. Apparently ‘… it was St Austell’s Blue Anchor Inn that the King’s messenger carrying news of the bottle, first stopped for refreshment on his long journey from Cornwall to London’. Anyway, this [...]

Hook Norton Haymaker is a 5.0% Pale Ale. Headlining as a ‘… distinctive pale ale’, this ale is brewed with Goldings Hops is one of those that sits in the ‘take it or leave it’ category for me. This isn’t dissimilar to having a Cobra or another of those beers you get in an Indian [...]

One drawback of being modern father to a young child is you don’t get to go out much. Gone are the days of going to the pub after work while the wife makes the dinner – something my dad used to do daily. So bottles of ale are the solution. Ideally polypins from someone like [...]