Over the weekend I attended and helped out at the first ever East Kent Railway Beer Festival and had a superb time drinking some very nice ales.
Also the members of the railway club seemed very friendly and I look forward with interest to their next beer festival.
The other day I tried a couple of pints of Skinner’s Cornish Knocker ale and very tasty it was, with a slight tangy taste to it.
For some extra information a Knocker was a Tin Mine Fairy who lived down the mines and used to guide the miners to the rich veins of tin with their knocking.
The miners used to repay them by leaving them the crust from their pasties.
The other day in the House of Commons their was a vote on the budget to increase alcohol duty which went through with 296 voting in favour of this shameful betrayal and 232 voting the right way.
Yet the very same MPs who voted for this are the same MPs who enjoy a subsidised bar in the Houses of Parliament, is this right?
Last night I had a few pints of a very lovely beer called Monarchy by the Salopian Brewery, it is a light coppery colour with a nice taste that wants you having more.
I would certainly try their other beers after trying this one.
Currently on the Number 10 web site their is a petition to axe the beer tax and I strongly urge all my readers to sign it.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to axe the beer tax.
help save the Great British pub by dropping the tax on beer, the chancellor takes 33% of a pint of beer, he wants more.. enough is enough. if the chancellor doesnt drop this tax it could mean the end for British pubs.
rachael rogerson of south elmsall united services club Deadline to sign up by: 14 August 2009 current signatures at time of going to press 3.
The other day I had a few extremely nice pints of Dragon’s Blood by Gadds and it went down very well and I hope to taste this drink again.
It is well worth drinking and it will be particularly appropriate for England’s national day St. George’s day on the 23rd of April.
On Christmas Eve I had a couple of nice pints of Morrissey Fox Mulled Ale which was a very tasty Christmassy Ale, with a spicy taste to it.
Definitely a pint to try again and I will look forward to trying more of Morrissey Fox’s brews as when I come across them.
I would llke to wish all my readers a very merry Christtmas.
This site is supporting the Axe the Beer Tax campaign and will display a link to the campaign under the Beer Links section on the right hand side menu.
One fact I learnt from the campaign site is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer takes about a third of the price of a pint of beer in tax and that is wrong.
The other day I had a couple of extremely nice pints of Bishops Finger a strong Kentish Ale by Shepherd Neame
This was the first time I had tried that particular ale in cask form rather than bottled, definitely one to try again.