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Tags: Beer, Festival

To celebrate the start of the bank holiday weekend we
decided that we'd head off down the canal to Long Itchington
for their beer festival. The festival itself was held in six
pubs all over the village and participants could walk
between pubs to sample their ales. We set off in high
spirits at around 12:15 and had a most pleasant walk and
arrived at the Two Boats on the canalside at around 13:40.
We scampered straight to the bar and started the day with a
pint of Nettle Thrasher which was around 4% if I recall. The
Two Boats was conducting canal boat rides during the day,
but we were just happy to sit in the sun and sup some ale.
Next up on the menu was a pint of Monkmans Slaughter, an
incredibly fruity ale at 6%, and it was absolutely
delicious.

Tags: Beer

I travelled to scotland for easter and visited the lovely
city of Glasgow. Whilst I was there I managed to purchase 26
lovely beers that I'd not tried before. Getting them back on
the train wasn't as bad as I'd thought

Tags: Music

Tags: Food

Now that the internet is readily established it's very easy
to share knowledge, and with the recent invention of digital
cameras you can show people exact what you are getting up
to. My work email inbox was blessed with a link to the
website "Pimp that Snack". This website can be reached by
clicking here. After browsing through the many projects that
these guys had undertaken, I thought it would only be proper
to give one of the recipes a quick go. Luckily I was going
on holiday soon, so this would give the perfect opportunity
to flex my creative muscles

Tags: Website

After about 6 months of trying to get my old domain back
I've decided to buy a new one and create a new website.
Hopefully everything will be mostly the same, albeit with a
slightly different layout and easier to maintain too.

Tags: Beer

We've just finished bottling a new batch of beer. It's one
of my favourites - we call it "Golden Boris IPA", named
after the biggest fish in our pond. Golden Boris is India
Pale Ale made with Maris Otter pale malt, and hopped with
Fuggles, Goldings and Cascade. It should turn out to be
around 5.9-6.0% alcohol and has a crisp Citrusy taste and
flowery aroma. I based the recipe on the ingredients in
Marston's Old Empire, but I think i've made something that I
prefer more. I must admit i've been trying to make a good
IPA for a while and I think I've cracked it. The leamington
spa water here seems to be perfect for pale ale although i'm
still not sure what other minerals I can alter to make the
beer better. We certainly have a lot of sulphides in the
water, but nowhere near that found in Burton on trent.