New Grove Mauritius Island Oak Aged Rum

Thursday, December 20, 2012
Mauritius has a long history of rum production thanks to the abundance of sugar cane that the island produces - all over the world wherever sugar cane is grown, there's rum, and Mauritius is no different.As such the supermarkets are full to the brim with local varities ranging from the insanely cheap...

Golden Pints 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Setup by Andy Mogg and Mark Dredge, the Golden Pints is a chance to give a shout out to the beers and breweries that have impressed this year.These are my personal choices. What are yours?Best UK Draught Beer This is a tough, tough category. But the beer I enjoyed the most on draught this year was...

A beer matched Christmas Day Dinner

Saturday, December 08, 2012
Leigh from The Good Stuff got in touch a few weeks ago to say he thought we should pool our efforts and post today on the subject of beer with Christmas dinner. I totally agree that beer is being largely ignored by the mainstream food press and that something should be done about it. So here we are,...

Hoppy Christmas!

Thursday, December 06, 2012
If that title seems a little bit cliche then don't blame me. It's courtesy of those troublesome Scottish craft beer punks.With tongue firmly in cheek, Hoppy Christmas is the name BrewDog have given to their 'Christmas Beer'. It tastes about as Christmassy as pad Thai, which is exactly what they were...