Derby City Bimble picturebook: what you missed3

Bimble. verb walk or travel at a leisurely pace noun a leisurely walk or journey, a simple amble but with a little more discipline Well... .. we...

Harrumph0

So, like, there was this bloke who had like a pint of whatever and we were like, dude, whatever! Seriously? Dude! Get an app!...

Bimble Update0

The Derby City Bimble is getting so close you can almost feel its breath on the back of your neck. Which is quite creepy....

Money for old rope5

You know it. We know it. Craft rope is AWESOME! You want to know more? You want to know about its history and how it's...

Sheffield suburbs for a Thornbridge trio1

A Saturday to explore the suburbs of Sheffield. Well, to get out to three Thornbridge-owned pubs and bars. If I can leave the railway station....

A beer for Alex Ferguson1

And lo, it came to pass. Sir Alex Ferguson, despite eleventy-dozen years of success with Manchester United, finally retires. Twenty-six years, from the golden age...

Think of a colour5

Word association time. I'm going to give you a beer description; I want you to think of a colour. Ready? Here we go... Traditional. Thought...

Sh!t beer geeks say3

There's an \m/ awesome \m/ video doing the rounds in promotion of Good Beer Week in Melbourne, Australia. Like all the best satire, it's...

Derby City Bimble, Saturday 18th May2

It's bimble time. Saturday 18th of May. Meet at the Alexandra, Derby from 11am. Wander upriver via several pubs (Smithfield, Exeter Arms, maybe the Peacock,...

Boris drinks Bass in Burton0

"Evening, Boris!" It had been a long, long afternoon. Taking a hangover to the cricket seemed the decent thing to do. Derbyshire v Notts...

Pubs & me & Gin & It0

Quarterly journals are growing in popularity. Strong on content and low on adverts, they provide a platform upon which feature writing can shine. Some of...

I wish to make a complaint8

My old mate Hugh has sent me a letter. He can't quite remember which establishment provoked his splenetic outburst, so he's asked me to post...

Drinking About Life1

Get my hair cut, go meet an old mate in the town where we grew up, go to Nottingham for a gig, drink beer. It's...

Meat Raffle and the Albert Tatlock Negotiators2

"Would you like a ticket for Meat Raffle?" Good Friday of the Easter Bank Holiday festival at one of my almost-locals, the Holly Bush Inn...

In Sainsburys8

I shop at Sainsburys. Mainly because it's on my way home. And I'm quite partial to their beer range. Very partial, actually. It's where I...

Stella Artois to be cask conditioned0

In a bold move to subvert the nascent craft beer market in the UK, Stella Artois is to be relaunched as a cask beer. Brewed...

Fancy a pint?0

It's Easter Sunday. For the first time in what feels like weeks, there's enough blue up above to make a sailor a natty pair...

It's back! And it's LIVE!3

Reluctant Scooper is back in full effect. And to celebrate, we're blogging live and loud. Hopefully. We have the technology. Just as long as the...

We've had the decorators in6

Apologies if things get skewed around here. I'm updating the design and have to carry some of the work out whilst the blog is live....

Watch umbrellas fly0

There are schools of thought attached to beer blogging. Apparently. Some say you should blog in brief, often. Others say you should blog infrequently, with...

The Session #71: Brewers and Drinkers1

This month's Session Beer Blog on the topic of Brewers and Drinkers is hosted by John at Home Brew Manual. And he hands over a...

Beer and sensory science: the Aroxa flavour standards3

Let's start with an apology; this post should have been published in December 2011. Something went wrong. I blame the organic lump at the...

Of hobgoblins and baked beans1

It started with Guinness; available everywhere from pub to bar to club, lovely with chips, even better with Pernod. Newcastle Brown was next at polytechnic;...

You've Come a Long Way, Baby1

2008. A railway arch in South London. A corner of a rockshop warehouse in Huddersfield. Industrial units on the edge of the Peak District. Shoebox-sized...

The Scoopies 20120

It's that time of year again. And what a year it's been. The best of times, the worst of times. But always the beeriest...

Golden Pints 2012. Probably2

I struggle with the concept of 'best'. Ever since I drank a pint of 'best' bitter that was 'best' only if the definition of 'best'...

Pints D'Or 20124

Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer None. I only like Orval Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer Which part of the above answer did...

Beery book review roundup3

It's Boxing Day*. You've got a platter full of cold turkey sandwiches, a hangover that would scare a pig and a stack of vouchers to...

Have a merry, messy Christmas0

If auto-update works and you're reading this on December 25th, congratulations. I am either drinking Cantillon for brunch or I'm trapped in the nuclear heat...

Oh, I don't know. Something about beer, Nottingham and Derby0

I've forgotten what I wanted to write about. It may have been about the baked-lemon, slightly-cereal Navigation Pale in the Cross Keys, a place...