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Mild event in Huddersfield
Lifted this from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner :- MILD OUTLOOK There's a mild outlook for a Huddersfield pub in May. The Rat and Ratchet at Chapel Hill is holding a Mild Ale Festival on May 5th. And...
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Madrid
Any of you globetrotting types have any beer- related ideas as to where a good time might be had in Madrid? All suggestions gratefully received. Cheers Chris
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Harveys back on
In Lewes Arms. E.
 
Radio Beer today.
On R4 now - Sir Protz of Stalbania, Karin Bilmoria (Cobra beer) & Peter Haydon (Meantime, ex-SIBA, etc) - should be on Lisnaggen later too. So far seems like a free ad for Cobra - like they need it?...
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Beer Today website
Hello all, I'm a newbie to this group, indeed to newsgroups in general, but I thought I'd indulge in some shameless self-publicity in a bid to direct you to my beer news website, Comments and...
 
Holmfirth/Huddersfield Pubs??
Gonna be there in less than a week, for a 2 week stay. Gonna hit the Sair, all the pubs in Holmfirth, and the pubs and brewpub in Marsden. Else, I am open to suggestions to any and all pubs, esp those...
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Bottled Leffe
I posted a while back about the taste difference between the French 25cl bottles and the 75cl bottles available in the UK. Could anyone check that I'm not imagining this: there is a definite taste...
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JDW Tasting Notes
Perusing the tasting notes for JDW's upcoming festival, I see that they've got Robinsons Unicorn down as a "pale, golden-coloured beer." Well, its had me fooled for years!
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Brewery boss slams BNP
A BREWERY boss has labelled the BNP "racist" after it emerged the party had used one of his pubs to hold a meeting. William Lees-Jones, managing director of JW Lees, said he was "shocked" after a...
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Belfast dark stuff n steaks
As mentioned some time ago, went to Belfast for a conference. Bass was flat, Guinness seemed thin and the Magners was cider. Music in Robinsons was excellent and the Crow, when t eventually opened,...
 
Bold Forester beerfest
The 8th 's beerfest at the GBG-listed Bold Forester,Mansfield starts on Thuras.19th April,going tough to Mon.23rd,featuring40-odd beers (all available at one time until drunk),based around this year's...
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More GK woe
The current Private Eye has an item on GK closing down the Botany Bay in Tottenham, and includes a quote from 'disgusted of Tottenham', aka K Flett. E.
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The-Bird-in-Hand at Kent Green
Followup to: I wonder if anyone can satisfy my curiosity. I have just been reading a book entitled, 'Back Door Britain' by Anthony Burton. It is about a journey around the canals of England by narrow...
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Young's Dirty Dick's
Well, the last bottle of Dirty Dick's I possess, with a 'consume by' date of April 6, 2007, is just making beer history here as I sip at it! RIP :-( Wayne
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Real-ale in Wales.
Hi, The Jolly-Boys went to Wales - to Aberystwyth and narrow gauge steam to Devils Bridge; look-you, because they could. They found two pubs opposite the sation in Aberystwyth., separated by a lane....