Posted in Drink Reviews on Dec 19th, 2007
Start your Christmas festivities off with a few Snowballs! This sweet, bitter, fluffy drink has been a tradition in our house for years, marking the start of Christmas partying – as soon as you get a glass of snowball in your hands it’s time to kick back, relax and let the merriment begin.
Snowballs are […]
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Posted in Beer, Drink Reviews on Dec 13th, 2007
Purchase Location: My Local Supermarket
Serving: 500ml bottle
Session suggestion: Good (5 bottles)
ABV: 3.8%
You don’t get much more character in presence that a Wychwood Brewery production, just the bottle illustrations really set each brand apart, from the ghoulish and sinister to English humor (I’m thinking ‘The Dogs Bollocks’ here) each bottle looks like it has harkened from […]
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Posted in Beer, Drink Reviews on Dec 12th, 2007
Purchase Location: My Local Supermarket
Serving: 500ml bottle
Session suggestion: Medium-Good (4-5 bottles, if you can hack it!)
ABV: 4.7%
This is part of my Beer booty experience at my local supermarket, - I’ve picked up some Ruddles Rhubarb because they guy next to me mused it then added 6 bottles to his trolley, “he’s not having it all, the swine!” […]
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Posted in Beer, Drink Reviews on Dec 11th, 2007
Purchase Location: My Local Supermarket
Serving: 500ml bottle
Session suggestion: Medium (3 bottles)
ABV: 5.4%
Shepherd Neame oldest brewery in Britain, a well established name amongst pubs these days, walk into any Wetherspoons, Green King or a Punch Tavern pub and you’re sure to find a Shepherd Neame brew on tap.
It’s worth noting then, I’m not in a pub, I’ve […]
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Posted in Drink Reviews on Dec 7th, 2007
It was a Friday afternoon, we had unfortunately not been sent any freebies this week to drink trial in the office and blog about so we decided to head on down to our local O’Neills. I have seen the marketing campaigns, tried in vain to contact a Guinness Brand Manager via numerous methods - including […]
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