RealAleBlog
Blog URL http://www.realaleblog.co.uk
Located Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom
A beer blog dedicated solely to real ale in the UK. It's a blog written by real ale fans, for real ale fans. If you like your ale, hopefully there is something of interest for you here.
Latest Blog Posts
- Fat Cat on Nov 21, 2009
We've only really been perching in Norwich for the last 18 months, but this week we finally sold our house in Bury St Edmunds. Norwich is now the only place that we live and in a week’s time we get the keys to our brand new permanent abode. Liv...
- What if the beer tie was no more? on Nov 15, 2009
There has been a lot of ‘discussion’ in beer blogdom about the pros and cons of the beer tie, and I don’t really want to revisit them today. Whilst there is a definite need for some reform I’m broadly in favour of the tie. But...
- The Lazarus pub on Nov 12, 2009
Has anyone else noticed that some pubs that were boarded up a year or so ago are now opening up again? It’s not many, and whilst it certainly won’t have a great effect on the overall pub stock it gives one hope that at least the decline h...
- "Not 'alf!" on Nov 12, 2009
I wouldn’t give Rupert Murdoch the pickings of my nose, so it somewhat grieves me to mention his rag for the Neanderthals the super soar away Scum, but how could I ignore a headline like” Ale is making a comeback as lager sales dip”...
- A fuck-awful name for a beer! on Nov 4, 2009
I love Batemans ales, but there is no way I was going to drink the one on offer in The Glasshouse tonight. ‘Iron lady’ was the fuck-awful name of the brew; dedicated to the evil cow that we once had the misfortune to be oppressed governed...
- Beer festival phobia or fatigue? on Oct 30, 2009
The Norwich beer festival is on this week and St Andrew’s hall where it is held is less than 10 minutes walk from where I currently reside yet so far I have avoided the temptation to attend. Quite frankly I just can’t be arsed to go. I ha...
- A sensible decision on Oct 22, 2009
Thank goodness that the government has seen fit to reject the CAMRA ‘super complaint’ over the beer tie. Whilst I would accept that the tie is hardly perfect I suspect that meddling or scrapping it would end up with a regime that would no...
