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This latest episode features Monaghan's Brehon Brewhouse, and their latest beer, Ulster Black, an Oatmeal Stout.  We've a cheeky look forward to their upcoming tap takeover. In this episode we also catch up with the latest news and beery updates in the Irish Beer Scene. We also talk about the upcoming www.craftydarts.co ...

Darts, the ultimate pub game. Far away from the bright lights and glamour of the huge events we see on Sky Sports every week. Fancy dress, Strobe Lights, pumping music.  We're proud to be involved with www.craftydarts.com where we aim to bring together good beer with good darts.  Our first event is Thursday 2 ...

This is slightly convoluted, but bear with me. James Fallows is a writer for The Atlantic--and one of America's best journalists, with a history that goes back to speech writing for Jimmy Carter. Over the past three years, Fallows and his wife Deborah worked on a project for The Atlantic called “ American Futures ” that took them ...

Telegraph.co.uk Campaign for Real Ale begins consultation over its future Portsmouth News A SERIES of consultation events around the UK are planned to determine the future of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). The beer organisation – which has a Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire branch – has decided to carry out a review ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Modern Times Beer Black House - Chocolatey Coconut Stout - Beer With Coffee, Toasted Coconut & Cocoa Nibs Added.Let’s get started!Appearance: Pours a dark coffee brown, nearly black with a tan head leaving lots of ...

Exodus making its, um, exodus from Canteen in can format! (Photo courtesy of Canteen Brewhouse) We are still alive, still chasing down beer news. Due to various factors in life, none of it was ready for publication today, but next week is gonna be busy. Catching up on the canning lines In case anyone missed their Facebook post, the gang over at ...

The 2016 Honolulu Brewers Festival is less than 3 weeks away and we’ve got the beer list. Now you have no excuse on waiting to get your tickets. The festival sold out last year and NO TICKETS will be sold at the door, so make sure you don’t get left behind. As usual, the beer list is outstanding with a ton of great hard to fin ...

It’s amazing how fast two years can go by and how much a little local brewery can grow in that amount of time. It seems like yesterday we were all eagerly awaiting Honolulu Beerworks to open their doors and fill the very big void of local brewpubs here on Oahu. Now, they are coming up on their second anniversary and hosting a huge pa ...

Today, Patrick and I are delighted to introduce what will probably be an unknown beer to the world--Mughal cistern beer (Mugal Talaab Sharaab), forgotten potable from the court of the Mughal rulers of India. It’s one of those oddities that might have stayed buried, if not for a revival that’s taking place again in India. It's a very ...

This very special A Whale A Week is one I've been saving up for just such a day as today! Bud Light This amazing crowd-pleaser has been around since 1982 and its about time someone gave it the whale treatment!  AB-INBEV--formerly Anheuser-Busch Brewery--is known for its incredible market clout, Superbowl ads, horses, and of cours ...