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National Sausage Week 2011

Posted on November 2, 2011by stevehin BITE, Events, food

British Pub Week 2011 is already in full swing, if you haven’t already spread the word, get down your local pub and show some support. British Pub Week 2011 this year also coincides with another Great British national week “National Sausage Week 2011” running from the 2nd to the 8th Nov. With an astonishing 400 unique varieties of sausage produced in the UK there’s plenty of sausage to choose from. Get down your local pub demand some sausage, and beer, and amaze your friends with your knowledge of the sausage…

Quick Sausage’y facts

1. The sausage is an ancient form of food, pre-dating most historical cultures, the Sumerians were believed to have cooked the first sausages over 5,000 years ago.

2. The slang word for sausages “banger” was adopted during the second world war. Due to a lack of ingredients sausage makers would add water to their sausage recipe, when the water turned to steam inside the sausage skin, it would often explode with a “bang!”

3. The worlds longest sausage weighed in at 15.5 tonnes, and measured 35miles long. Unfortunately never officially adjudicated by the Guinness World records – who recognise a measly 1,500m German sausage as the record holder, our British 35 mile long masterpiece will not be forgotten.

4. Sausages are a product of efficient butchery. Butchers use parts of the pig that are both edible and nutritious to make sausages, these ‘parts’ including organs, blood and fat would normally go to waste, seen as unsavoury by consumers, wrap it all up in a sausage format and you’ve got Britains number one home cooked meal.

5. The Frankfurter was a sausage made by a German butcher in the image of his pet Dachshund (sausage dog), in 1906, American cartoonist Ted Dorgan produced a painting of a dog in a bread roll covered in mustard to commemorate the German butchers sausage invention, unable to spell Dachshund Ted called it “hot dog”. The name seemed to stick.

If you’re in the Twickenham area, you might want to get yourself down to the Rifleman they have organised a Beer, Cider and Sausage Festival. If you’ve got any sausage facts, recipies or just want to talk sausage leave a comment in our comments section below or join in the conversation on our Facebook page. Cheers!

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British Pub Week 2011

Posted on October 26, 2011by stevehin BITE, Events

British Pub Week 2011 is almost here, from 28th October to November 6th it’s another national reason for us to get down our locals and show our support. The event, supported by many politicians, licensees, brewers and patrons, is designed to repatriate British culture with the benefits and social cohesion of Great British Pubs. Co-inciding with another Great British custom, the changing of the clocks on Sunday 30th, we all get an extra hour to play with this weekend, don’t spend it in bed, get down the pub!

Our British pubs provide us with a relaxed, social, and safe environment to meet one another. Pubs have been an integral part of our society and despite much doubt regarding their future they still continue to be one of the iconic representations of how British people spend their spare time. If your local is doing anything to support British Pub Week 2011 let us know on our Facebook page, or by adding a comment to our comments section below.
We’ve had a few Pubs advertise their Halloween events on our pub events list, but nobody has come forward with an exclusive British Pub Week event. Don’t forget to spread the message! Cheers!

National Cask Ale Week 2011

Posted on September 30, 2011by stevehin Beers, BITE, Events, Real Ale

It’s National Cask Ale week starting tomorrow (1st October 2011). Cask Ale Week is a campaign organised between CAMRA and Cask Marque with the intention of spreading wider interest in ‘Real Ale’, if you know someone who has not tried real ale yet, this following week is your chance to introduce them to the myriad of different real ales that are on offer. All 7,500 of Cask Marques accredited licensees have been asked to support the cause – promoting real ale, most locally sourced, and with the weather in the South set to be a scorcher, pubs will definitely receive an influx of customers who are out to enjoy the sunshine.

According to the CAMRA website many of the Cask Marque pubs will operate a ‘Try Before You Buy’ promotion allowing revellers the opportunity to sample-taste a real ale before choosing. Some Cask Marque pubs may operate the “3 x 1/3 pint” meaning you get to try 3 real ales for the price of a pint which is a great promotion for any new real ale drinker,… and regular ale drinkers alike. It gives you some time to hone in one a particular brew you might take a fancy to. So, be sure to look out for pubs with a Cask Marque accreditation this weekend, and be sure to ask about the real ale promotions they may be serving.

If you’ve any tips for a new real ale drinker, or would like to tell us about a promotion in your area, or a distinct real ale you might like people to try, please leave a comment in our comments section below or join in the conversation on our Facebook page. Cheers!

Arthur Guinness Day 2011

Posted on September 22, 2011by stevehin Beers, BITE, Events

Today is the third annual Arthur’s Day. In memory of Arthur Guinness, the man who brought Guinness to the world. The international celebration will see patron drinkers of Guinness raising glasses to Arthur, or “Gloine a ardú chuig Arthur Guinness!” today at 17:59, to commemorate the year (1759) when the Guinness brewery first opened. Arthur’s day is celebrated with music concerts around the world, but you don’t have to go to one of these just to spread the word, 17:59 is on the way home from work time for most of us, so stop in your local pub, order a pint, but make it a Guinness.

If you know any Guinness related facts feel free to share them in our comments section below, or by joining the conversation on our Facebook Page.

Happy August Bank Holiday

Posted on August 26, 2011by stevehin BITE, Events

The August Bank Holiday is upon us BITE readers, the last Bank Holiday of the year. This Bank Holiday is a small reminder that once again people will begin to ask you “what are you doing for Christmas?” It didn’t seem like that long ago we were being pestered with the same questions in 2010. Be prepared this Bank Holiday, the weather for most of the country is looking dry/ cloudy or sunny, you’ll likely be questioned about all of those D.I.Y. jobs that you put your name to at the start of the year, yes… they still need to be done. Forget the looming Autumn/ Winter, get your friends together and get the beers in – maybe fire up the BBQ one last time. Or, get down your local and raise a pint to the last drops of Summer 2011. Cheers!