Its Thursday evening, it’s chucking it down with rain and thunder echoes through the streets of London. It’s an end to a pretty shitty week at work and to be honest I’m feeling a bit down. Then a tweet pops up on my phone and reminds me that in one more sleep all my problems will be forgotten. That tweet is from @LCBFestival and it was informing people on what beers could be found at the festival. Instantly I’m feeling better. I was gutted I didn’t go last year and seeing all

One sound rule in pub rep is, ‘if they offer you a sample before you try then you’re in a good place’…  So going by that rule Mother Kelly’s is a truely awesome place. Last night (Friday 16th May) I made a quick visit to Mother Kelly’s for the second time in a month! As soon as we walked in we were greeted by the incredibly friendly bar staff who talked us through the impressive beer menu and made sure we sampled at least 6 before choosing! So going back to my opening line, g

Now I know there seems to be a bit of a food invasion on here recently but let’s face it… Food and beer are the tag team champions of pairings on a night out! Along with a few work friends, who go by the collective group name of ‘Burger Club’, I spent some time in Bethnal Green this last Friday night in search of a new burger place to battle against the previously visited and tested MEATLiquor. So after researching and putting together a small list of well regarded burger ven

In the build up to my birthday my girlfriend asked if there was anything I wanted as a present. For some time now I have wanted to experience the highly rated ribs from Dukes Brew & Que, so it seemed a perfect moment to be treated to some serious BBQ meaty goodness! All it takes is a quick Google image search to discover the huge beautiful sights of the ribs you can eat at Dukes! Monstrous beef ribs the size of your forearm, wonderful pork ribs and all variations of the BBQ m

**warning this post features extreme stereotypes** Real ale, craft beer, new beer, old beer, cask, keg etc etc etc it can all get a bit confusing and people can really get picky about one or the other! Me, like many things I life I like to have two categories ‘good’ and ‘bad’! I love real ale, I love craft beer, I have had terrible ‘real ale’ and I have had terrible ‘craft beer’… Good beer and bad beer! I feel I am slightly stuck in limbo land sometimes when trying to place m

I have to admit the Olympics passed me by, I didn’t catch the bug like most the nation did and I didn’t go to any of the events. I watched a few things on the telly but nothing I wouldn’t watch any ways like the football, boxing and basketball. To be honest while everyone was loving the stadium I couldn’t help but feel a bit of worry and anger towards the stadium with it’s on going battles of what it will be used for after the games. But one thing that I can say I am happy ab