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Winter Warmer, to me, is synonymous with England and a pastoral pub, so let’s get a little British and say Happy Christmas with Wye Valley Brewery.
“An army of five malts bring forth this brew’s rich, smooth and nutty character. Local hops add balance and help make it a real Christmas cracker!”
First, go HERE to read the furor caused by a questionnaire.
Do not TL:DR.
Now that you are back, I want to say that all the people who commented about CAMRA “caving in” to “wokeness” must be living in a whole ‘nother world.
Part of me wishes that these sexist, racist idiots would just return to the caves from which they crawled out of but then I would be insulting cave people who were more than likely way smarter.
I would like to say that my better angel wishes compassion but I think we are past that. No more carrot for this lot, they need a stick to the ass.
Pete Brown, as usual is more eloquent than I but even he seems fed up and I wish more people were.
Are you ready to be scanned when you enter a taproom? Is speedee ordering worth it? I have read articles where license plates can be scanned to speed drive-thru ordering and now there is a new company that will take camera technology and add it to a bar to film customers as they enter so that the bartenders know who was in line first.
The company is DataSparQ and they began bar testing in London in June with more tests trials to come. More than facial data will be compiled as the company is selling how to track busy and slack times amidst other data points.
Seems just a skosh intrusive to me. Enough of my personal data is being stored in server farms enough as it is. I would rather come back to a bar at a less busy time rather than having my face be my ticket like I am at a busy deli. Serving # 90 now, the gentlemen with greying hair is next.
Have you ever been at a party and wished you were in the pub instead? In England, you can do both with Pubs on Wheels.
PoW “can deliver a seamless bar operation, whatever the weather, whatever the terrain and wherever the location. We are all about the Great British Outdoors.”
How great would this be in SoCal. It might even make me re-think camping if one of these big trucks pulled up. The only question is what beers are on tap?
“Rural communities, and this country’s rural way of life, face unprecedented challenges. The country pub, which has been at the heart of village life for centuries, is disappearing in many areas. Providing services from the pub, such as a post office or a shop, keeps an essential service in the village.”
If you have a royal highness in your corner, that carries a bit of weight and the Prince of Wales seems intent on carving out a niche as a supporter of small business and keeping the flame lit in rural pubs. And what better place then where people gather to celebrate either a sporting event victory or a wedding.
Why is that important to us in Los Angeles? Well, firstly craft beer is being pushed forward here by the places that sell the beer and secondly, due to the economic downturn there are many storefronts that are empty and filled with dust. Why not have a bakery/pub/bookstore mix? Or a pop-up pub? Take a page from this organization and revitalize areas.
(If you do find yourself in the English countryside, check out one of the inns or pubs on the list on their website and pop in for a pint and support a good cause.
Hall-Woodhouse home of the Badger brand is a beer line that I wish I could get over here (as I have mentioned before in previous posts) Now they have a summer seasonal that would be great..
“It is a refreshing ale which abounds a certain zing. Lemon grass is used in the brewing process, this compliments the citrus aroma from the hopping level. The malt character that supports the refreshing undertones makes this beer suitable for both warm summer days or cool spring evenings. Lemony Cricket is 4.4% ABV and is described as ‘a classic beer with a twist’.”
Mobile canning is starting to catch on but this is one tricked out rig. Here is what the press release has to offer.
“For small brewers around the world, bottling a beer is something that must typically be done manually on a very small scale or—with commercial help—on a very large one. Enter Tom Wood’s, a British brewer that recently launched a mobile bottling operation in the form of a well-equipped truck that can drive to virtually any UK location.
Tom Wood’s has been brewing beer since 1995 under the Highwood Brewery name. More recently, the company’s versatile operation-in-a-truck has begun offering full bottling service for other brewers as well, including everything from pre-production bottle washing through a range of bottle capping options, labelling and finally shrink-wrapping. With trained staff on-board, the bottling truck was recently showcased on British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s “The F-Word,” where it was used in London to bottle Ramsay’s own home brew.
Whether for local craft brewers, individual enthusiasts or sellsumers with a side brewing business, a mobile bottling alternative that requires no capital investment or travel will be a compelling option indeed. Other large or medium-sized brewers around the world: time to equip a truck of your own for some new mobile services…?”