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I've always had a soft spot for Mate's, a polotmavé pivo from Hostinský pivovar U Bizona, Čižice brewed with Yerba mate, not only because of my country of birth, but also because it's a good example of how a beer with an unusual or novelty ingredient should be made—it still tastes like beer. The rest of their pro ...

Blackmore Vale Magazine The Saxon Inn wins East Dorset CAMRA Pub of the Year award for a second time Blackmore Vale Magazine The Turners have run The Saxon for 12 years and won the East Dorset CAMRA Pub of the Year in 2007. East Dorset CAMRA members visit pubs in the area throughout the year, judging pubs on how the beers are kept, the ...

Manchester Evening News CAMRA awards for ale and cider clubs and bars in Flixton, Chorlton and ... Manchester Evening News Flixton Conservative Club has been named 'club of the year' by the Campaign for Real Ale. The club picked up the accolade in the Trafford and Hulme branch of CAMRA's Pub and Club awards. The private members club on ...

Sydney’s Ultimate Beer and Brew Festival Announces DatesMedia ReleaseTurn down that Steve Smyth record, and hold off on the pin-up girl tattoo: it’s time for action. Sydney’s largest craft beer festival, Sydney Craft Beer Week has announced their 2015 dates. Let your boss know now: you’ll be needing Saturday 17 Octobe ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Founders Brewing Dirty Bastard Scotch Style Ale. From the Founders Brewing website: “So good it’s almost wrong. Dark ruby in color and brewed with seven varieties of imported malts. Complex in finish, with hints ...

Now in it's third year, we saw Alltech's Craft Brews & Food Fair take place in Dublin's magnificent convention centre. An evolving festival that has come on leaps and bounds since their first event. This has to be one of the best put together festivals in Europe. Alongside the consumer and beer fan event, Irish Pubs Global he ...

Today we have the latest entry in our ongoing Dive Bar Challenge: Montavilla Station.  Recap: this series is a barometer to determine just how far good beer has seeped into the crevices of supposedly good beer cities.  I'm testing the waters here in Portland, but if enterprising bloggers elsewhere felt their cities stacked up agai ...

The good folks at Marble finished their taproom renovation on time and the old joint looks wonderful. It has a nice new bar smell and everything. Rather than try to explain what it looks like, here are a bunch of photos. It’s all nice and swanky inside Marble now. It just feels bigger and more spacious than before. Finally, two television ...

BBC News Wolfe Witham 'pioneer of Norfolk real ale' dies BBC News Wolfe Witham, 65, born and educated in Portsmouth, Hampshire, set up one of the first real ale brew house pubs in Norfolk in 1985. He died suddenly on 1 March while walking his dogs in Norwich. Warren Wordsworth, from the Campaign for Real Ale ...

Hull Daily Mail Hull Real Ale Festival 2015: Beer and cider disciples to congregate for annual ... Hull Daily Mail HOLY Trinity Church will once again play host to a different kind of worship when the annual Hull Real Ale and Cider Festival arrives in the city. Thousands of real ale disciples are expected to head to the event, with org ...