Published on 9 May 2023 in Beer
Robinsons Brewery have an excellent beer called Old Tom. But it's not the only Old Tom beer in history. Why did this name become synonymous with strong ale? (tl:dr - I don't know.)
Published on 28 April 2023 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews
Pitting Titantic Brewery's Plum Porter against my own concoction. But how does it compare?
Published on 15 March 2023 in Life, covid-19
Covid restrictions are long gone. But how long it will take for their one time existence to still be felt, is a whole other question.
Published on 13 March 2023 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Cheshire, swimming
A 20m hotel swimming pool on a hill outside of Frodsham in Cheshire? But is it any good?
Published on 19 December 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming
Since I last reviewed it, Life Leisure Romiley's had a revamp. So long cubicles separated by shower curtains then?
Published on 12 December 2022 in Radio
Voicetracking allows one presenter to do an incredibly large amount of content all from their own home.
Published on 5 December 2022 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews
I've never been a fan of Boddingtons Bitter. But if I went back to a recipe from 1945, would it be any good? And how would it compare to the Boddingtons you can buy today?
Published on 28 November 2022 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews
There was a time where, if I was in a pub and there was no real ale, or if there was and it was absolutely terrible (gone off, poorly looked after, or whatever), I'd go for a pint of stout. And that usually meant Guinness. Recently I tried to brew my own version of the black stuff, because why not?
Published on 4 August 2022 in Transport, bus franchising, buses, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Marple, Stockport, Transport for Greater Manchester
Recently I found out that Stagecoach Manchester is to axe the 358 Stockport to Hayfield bus. It's a bus I know well and is always busy. But it's now due to get the axe. Why? Well we don't know for sure, but it's likely to be a quirk of Greater Manchester's move to bus franchising.
Published on 13 June 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Better, Camden, greater london, swimming
An outdoor swimming pool in the heart of central London.