Posts about "beer"

Switzerland Day 6 – go to Bern? What a capital idea!

Published on 12 October 2008 in Travel and Holidays, beer, Bern, holidays, pubs, Switzerland, Switzerland 2008

It's the last day in the saddle and the destination is Switzerland's capital, Bern.

Alistair Darling – the man who will kill the British pub

Published on 12 March 2008 in Politics and Government, Pubs, beer, pubs

I'm not one for political posts normally, but sometimes you just have to ask what the hell our politicians are playing at? I'm talking about you, Alistair "Pub Killer" Darling and your insane 4p rise in excise duty on beer. That is, ladies and gentlemen, a rise of 13% in tax. At a time when the cost of a pint is increasing anyway due to higher prices in materials.

Britain still imperial

Published on 11 September 2007 in Life, beer, metric

Is a hundred years after it was first mooted, enough time to wait for us to finally go totally metric?

Keeping your staff, the post work drinks way

Published on 2 December 2006 in Work, BBC, beer, work

Last night after work we had one of those rare moments - and end of year review, followed, of course, by some celebratory drinks.

Great British Beer Festival 2006

Published on 5 August 2006 in Beer, beer, Great British Beer Festival

Another day, another year, another trip to the Great British Beer Festival - the UK's biggest pub!

Beep beep beep

Published on 14 July 2006 in Shopping, beer, Merton, shopping

Only a complete simpleton would put the stuff they're trying to steel right in front of the cashier in the first place.

Licensing Reform

Published on 17 November 2005 in Pubs, beer, licensing laws, politics, pubs

Nine times out of ten, the pubs that are currently causing the problems have late licenses already. Stopping the licensing reforms won't cause a single change to the hassles that the police have to contend with because the problem is there now and won't change.