My office mate asked how to fix her PC and I gave some suggestions and offered to have a look myself if it all went tits up. She wasn’t in Monday but had dropped the PC off and I went ahead and took the initiative and sorted it out. Wednesday there was a bag on [...]
Archive for the ‘beer festivals’ Category
2012 Challenge–100 Beers In 100 Places 1 comment
Helena’s Personal Computer Repair Beer Fest 1 comment
Bicester Roundtable Jazz, Beer and Wine Fest August 2010 Leave a comment
There was a beer and wine festival in Garth Park Saturday and included a couple of jazz combos (all part of a city wide jazz festival going on this weekend). Quite a pleasant day and I tried out a Summer Glory from Vale Brewery and Marshmellow from the Oxfordshire Ales micro brewery. Both were very [...]
The Horse and Groom, Caulcott, Oxfordshire 1 comment
The Horse and Groom is run by a Frenchman that loves English real ales and so this past weekend he, only a little belatedly, threw a Bastille Day celebration that included an ale fest. We arrived a little after 1 pm and there were already a dozen folks working on at least their second round. [...]
7th Elysian Beer Festival, Ely 3 comments
We had a lovely evening at the 7th Elysian Beer Festival. I called Jackie from the bus and she caught the same one as it passed through on its way to Ely. We had a salty meal of duck with black bean sauce and cashew chicken then doubled back to catch the shuttle out to [...]

Or as my link to the left notes…100 Shit Beers as all real beer in the States is considered ‘craft’ or too la-di-fucking-da to qualify. That’s alright, I LIKE Carling and that shit is everywhere over here. Places can be pubs (got that one covered) or someplace cool (I see some mid-race lagers in my [...]