This is the last update in my NHS tracker series it’s also the last one before the Christmas and new years eve drinking log. Personally I don’t think I did too bad during week 3 although it would seem I was on or over the limit most days that I drank. Again I’ve not drank [...]
View Post binge drinking, drinking habits, nhsI’ve just had an email from the guys over at Durham Brewery wishing their drinkers a Merry Christmas, it also contained this useful bit of beer care info so I thought I would share the email with you. Hello Drinkers, Just a quick note to say that normal places for keeping beer in this weather [...]
View Post Beer care, Durham BreweryI’ve just had the beer list through for the winter warmers, pale ales, pork pies and porters festival, I’ve already persuaded our lass to drive so I will most certainly be popping in for a bit, if only to try Adnams old ale and the Kelham Island beers along with a few pies. Anyway here [...]
View Post beer and food, Beer Festival, Captain Cook Inn, portersA return to York has been on the cards for me for some time, so when I got chatting to Mark from Real Ale Reviews about taking a day off work and going for a few beers we decided that York would be a great place to go as it was easy for us both [...]
View Post english ales, pub crawl, pubs, sierra nevada, yorkThe year is almost over and there becomes an inevitable point in which we take a look over our shoulders and evaluate how the past 12 months has been, before looking forward to the next. As Beer Swap rolls on (there’s no hurry, just drink and be happy), Mark’s Dredge (from pencil and spoon) and [...]
View Post Beer Awards, best beer, Golden PintsOver the last few weeks I have made a couple of posts about my drinking habits (one here and one here), well yesterday was the end of my first week of tracking my alcohol intake using the NHS Iphone app. As you can see below I didn’t do too badly. As you can see Friday’s [...]
View Post binge drinking, drinking habits, nhsIn a kind of follow up to my drinking habits post last week, as I noticed in the news this morning that the NHS have brought out a phone app that helps you keep track of your alcohol intake. The following was taken from here : The Department of Health has announced that people can [...]
View Post Beer drinking, beer habits, christmas cheer, nhsThe guys over at Brewdog have done it again, just when you think they might be starting to get things a bit wrong they go and confuse you. I can’t make my mind up on the latest news about their new beer Tactical Nuclear Penguin, it is the worlds strongest beer at a whopping 32% [...]
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