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Beer & Food on TV last night.

Saw a Beeb2 show last night - 'Full On Food', it had quite a bit on beer with food; in a pub & gourmet high-class restaurant setting (Fqalkland's Arms, Chipping Norton; Aubergine restaurant, London).

Some high points - the Greene King brewer getting really p***ed-off when the slightly bluff Irish presenter said his 'BeerToDineFor' tasted like a lager (erm, I think it's brewed with lager malt & tettnang hops, so why wouldn't it taste a bit lagery?).

Some low points - a "product test of high street ales, beers & lager" revealed that StPeter's Organic was the best; but the website seems to reveal that they only tried Lowenbrau, Kronenbourg1664 & Budvar.

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Not perfect, and a real lack of an independent, intelligent voice, but interesting & generally positive. cheers MikeMcG

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MikeMcG
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Saw the programme and noted that the chef/presenter also commented that it tasted better when it had warmed up a few degrees. I conclude from that comment that the brewer/brewery staff had been dim enough to chill the beer to the point where it was hard to taste anything specific. But then GK seem to have a talent for presenting the beers they produce in an inappropriate state - like squirting beers that are supposed to have a decent hop character through tight pinhole devices...

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Steven Pampling
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Steven Pampling

Since when was St Peters taken over?

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Christine

Straying slightly, I discovered from friends that there'd been an interview with North London CAMRA on TV last night, and I somehow featured. I think the footage was filmed at London Drinker in March 2001, doesn't sound like the kind of re-run that should be shown...

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Simon Cooper

GK have been pursuing this marketing angle for some time especially for their bottled beers. I imagine the programme researcher had received a GK press release about beer with food and just phoned up their press office.

When was the last time you saw a foodie TV programme (or radio for that matter) where the production team had the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, beer? :-(

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

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Paul Sherwin

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