https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G82wMZmwnmoYmBwKgb77M You should never arrive at a party too early which is why I’ve waited until edition #148 to begin taking part in a monthly online beer chat called The Session. This month Laura Hadland wants us to tell her about The Ultimate Pub Quiz Round. For anyone who knows me, you’d expect me to…… Continue reading The Ultimate Pub Quiz Round
A round up of some new local beers hitting the Northern Ireland beer scene over the past few weeks. William and Mick from Bullhouse recently completed a promotional road trip of Ireland, holding meet the brewer talks and selling their beer on tap in Dublin, Cork, Galway (among others) and ending at Northern Lights bar in…… Continue reading Bulls, Badgers, Boars and Bunnies
The second outing of the Irish Craft Beer Festival in Belfast took place recently in Custom House Square and what was instantly noticeable as you walked into the tent is there were fewer stalls than the 2016 event – is that concerning? I think so. Beer, cider, gin and whiskies were available and I’ll give a quick rundown…… Continue reading It’s a Belfast Custom
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s that time of year again. Apart from continuing the strange ritual of putting trees in our living rooms and seeing plenty of overweight men in ill-fitting red polyester/velvet outfits, mid December means a review of our favourite Northern Irish beer of the past twelve months. Of course I didn’t have every…… Continue reading My NI Faves of 2016
First of all, I just wanna point out the change of name to this blog. Quare Swally seemed like a more appropriate title for a beer blog from Northern Ireland plus it’s a wee play on the well known book title Where’s Wally? So Quare Swally it is then. —– Just like the Rocky or…… Continue reading Beer Place Names Part 5
Quare Swally 