Pardon my new terminology for the Alcohol By Volume acronym but I could have titled this blog post ‘Ulster Volunteer Force’ and who knows what can of worms would have been opened then! This post is about volunteering. More specifically, volunteering at local beer festivals. Last autumn I had the pleasure of volunteering at three…… Continue reading A Beer Volunteer
What kind of first birthday party have you been to where there’s been over thirty beers from local breweries on offer? A damned good one, that’s for sure. That was the case last weekend with Galway Bay Brewery’s only Northern Irish pub, Northern Lights on the Ormeau Road in Belfast, reaching the one year milestone…… Continue reading A One Year Old’s Party, Norn Iron Pub Style
The annual Belfast Beer and Cider festival rolled around again (as annual things tend to do) bringing with it an increased, and some may say better than usual, selection of beer for a few days in the superb setting of the Ulster Hall. For the first time ever there were more beers available from the…… Continue reading Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2017
The 2nd Portrush Beer and Food Festival has just ended and if you missed it, you fool! A three day smorgasbord of some of the top Irish brews in a small County Antrim seaside town, out of season, should not be sniffed at. The venue was once again the town hall, an issue I’ll come…… Continue reading The Port Took a Whiplashing
This month I visited my new favourite beer festival. A week after the superb ABV in Belfast, it was the turn of London to do its inimitable thing. For various reasons, I don’t usually get the chance to attend beer festivals outside of Northern Ireland but when acclaimed London brewery Beavertown announced in January they were…… Continue reading Beavertown Extravaganza 2017
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