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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 05.16.2013 | 0 Comments
In the last week of May, the St Ives Beer Festival takes place in Cornwall, organised by the county’s CAMRA branch. It’s not the biggest beer festival in the country, but’s it’s still a good size — more than 60 beers fill one wall of the town’s Guildhall, and there’ll be some cider, perry, bottled ales
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 05.03.2013 | 1 Comment
Sometimes you find the right beer in the right place at the right time. Last night the first ever craft beer festival in St Ives kicked off at the Hub bar, on The Wharf. On the best day of the year, overlooking blue sea and expansive beach, Richard Boon launched new beer taps — in the wall
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 04.30.2013 | 0 Comments
Harbour Brewing Co taps takeover at the HAND Bar, Falmouth When I attended the Cornwall selection meeting for CAMRA’s 2014 edition of the Good Beer Guide back in February (yes, there’s that long a lead in before the book is published in September) the most contentious part of the evening centred around Falmouth: who to
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 03.11.2013 | 0 Comments
A crisp, sunny winter afternoon, a chill in the air despite the approach of spring, so what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than in the company of bloggers of this parish (okay, the neighbouring one) Boak and Bailey and a few pub regulars at The Star, Crowlas, putting some strong dark brews to
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 02.25.2013 | 3 Comments
Left to right on the Rebel Brewing Co stand are Guillermo Alvarez, Claire Pumfrey and Mark Bishop Friday morning in Shoreditch, east London. Gentle snow is falling and there’s a chill breeze. I walk past some pubs bearing the Truman’s name and, peering through windows, spot the beers of the same name on bars. Truman’s Runner
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 12.19.2012 | 0 Comments
Every now and again you witness something that reminds you of the value of community pubs. The Blue Anchor Mummers, from Helston, filled the Star Inn, Crowlas, with festive fun last night. The stage was the centre of the main bar area, and the script, of rhyming couplets, was enthusiastically delivered. The asides, indeed, were just
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 12.11.2012 | 0 Comments
Writers, brewers and venue owners get together round the table today to chew over their choices of ‘Beers for a Merry Christmas’ on The Guardian’s Word of Mouth blog. On the panel are scribes Pete Brown (newly crowned British Guild of Beer Writers’ beer writer of the year) and Fiona Beckett, brewers Stuart Ross (Magic
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 11.03.2012 | 0 Comments
To Altarnun, near Launceston, this evening for Penpont Brewery’s fourth anniversary bash in the Rising Sun pub. Alas, I was driving, so only a couple of halves, albeit those generous Cornish halves. Penpont Brewery was established when farmers Stephen and Dee Medlicott teamed up with brewer Joe Thomson in 2008 and the business has proved
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 10.13.2012 | 0 Comments
It’s been ‘one of those weeks’. Lots on, lots of challenges (yes, I know it says on my CV, and everybody else’s, that I enjoy a challenge) and I’m still working, Saturday afternoon. Head down so much I’ve clean forgotten about Jazz Record Requests on Radio 3. Thank goodness for iPlayer. Sod it, I’ve taken
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Posted in THE BEER TODAY BLOG, THE CORNWALL BLOG | Posted by darren | 09.29.2012 | 0 Comments
Sophie Atherton at St Austell Brewery with (left) managing director James Statughton and brewing director Roger Ryman • Picture: Toby Weller To St Austell Brewery for an event to mark the start of this year’s Cask Ale Week. Up and down the country similar sessions were being held, tutored tastings to convert new faces to the
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