Barrel Aged Beer – Thank you Mother Nature
Barrel aged beer – three words that shiver my timbers! I still remember distinctly the first time I had Innis…
Who Invented Gin?
Who invented gin, one of the most beloved alcoholic drinks in the world? Actually no-one did because it evolved from…
Is Beer Good For Health?
Is beer good for health? Just think about some of the words used when we toast someone. Santé, Gesondheid, Sláinte. …
Beer Tasting Language
When tasting beer, describing it as having coffee, treacle, and liquorice flavours, or crisp and light body with subtle herbal…
Quality, Service, Knowledge – Why Educating Hospitality Staff Is So Important
Imagine walking into a sales showroom to buy a car and the staff knew nothing about the cars? It is…
Paradise Island
I’ve been to paradise and it is called Tasmania. An island of 26,410 square miles of which one third is…
An Ale-gebra Formula To Drink By
When I founded my business School of Booze to educate about and celebrate alcohol I could not have imagined that…
No and Low – It’s All Go
No-Low alcohol beer is in a golden age. I do still hear sarcastic comments from some people along the lines of…
Intoxication – How The Body Processes Alcohol
Of all human experiences the English language has more words for the state of inebriation than any other. From ankled…
The International Language of Beer
When Ludwig Zamenhof invented Esperanto in 1887 his goal was for humans to communicate in a common language so peace…
What Is Cider? Apart From Being The Most Misunderstood Drink on the Bar
A woman walks into a pub. If that sounds like the first line of a joke, you’re right but this…
Alcohol Health Benefits – What the Doctor Ordered
‘Wine is a food, a medicine, and a poison it’s just a question of dose’ Paracelsus, a Swiss physician, wrote…