Don’t get me wrong. There are pubs in Canada. And there is food. But are the pubs and the food “pub food” in the same sense that David Jesudason has asked about for this month’s edition of The Session? For the July edition of The Session I’m asking participants to write a blog, web post, newsletter … Continue reading "The Session #149: Does Pub Food Exist For Me?"| A Good Beer Blog
Why is it that so many cultures have the perfect snacks to go with beer but absolutely refuse to sell them in pubs?| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Seamie sat at the back of the small lounge bar, his elbows resting on the table as he nursed his bottle of stout, his third of the afternoon. They had| beerfoodtravel.blogspot.com
For the July 2025 edition of The Session David Jesudason has asked us to think about pub food. I’ll start by reproducing part of a post from 2018 on the decline of weekday lunchtime pubgoing,…| Oh Good Ale
For June’s Session, Laura Hadland asked us about The Ultimate Pub Quiz Round. Like the previous topic, this is a subject on which I’ve got too many thoughts rather than too few – hence …| Oh Good Ale
It’s the day for The Session again, the last Friday of the month. Our host this month is Phil Cook, a New Zealander in the beer trade who lives in Australia. He posed his question for this month’s consideration over at his blog and it’s all about art:| A Good Beer Blog
Fell in the street in a drunken heap… For May’s Session, Phil Cook has asked us to consider “the beers and pubs in art and fiction that have grabbed our attention”. I immediately thought, “that’ll be easy – I’ll do beer and pubs in folk”. Immediately after that, however, paralysis hit. What did I mean […]| Oh Good Ale
There’s no shortage of mentions and images of Irish pubs and beers in the literature and artworks of this country, so when Phil Cook suggested the the| beerfoodtravel.blogspot.com
In which I discuss the beer served and quickly consumed in two renditions of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.| Daft Eejit Brewing
" ... from time to time The Session has had me pausing for a moment while I try to work out exactly how I was going to contribute. No such difficulties were presented by Session 147 ... "| Ding's Beer Blog
" ... (Gary) hones in on a pet-peeve of mine, i.e., the beer matching the description/style. This has been something that has bothered me for decades and when they fail to match ... " The post Session 146: (Round-up) <BR>Where do you find value? appeared first on Ding's Beer Blog.| Ding's Beer Blog
" ... I fully appreciate the subjective nature of 'value', but at the same time I still feel there undeniably poor value beers and equally undeniably great value beers. We just might not agree on which they are ... " The post Session 146: (Post) <BR>Where do you find value? appeared first on Ding's Beer Blog.| Ding's Beer Blog
" ... I'm absolutely staggered when countless numbers of people in those groups appear to have infinitely less knowledge and understanding than I do ... " The post The Session 145: <BR>Critique not criticism in beer appeared first on Ding's Beer Blog.| Ding's Beer Blog
" ... The stranglehold that melted candy bars (pastry stouts), fake fruited 'sours' (kettle sours), and soft flabby orange juice (hazed beers) have had on tap list have driven me home ... " The post Session 144: The best beer you <BR>can drink at home right now appeared first on Ding's Beer Blog.| Ding's Beer Blog
" ... Anyway, putting that aside, and my well-documented pessimism, I still honestly feel that the rise of hazed juice, fake sours, and melted candy bars that has simultaneously strangled ... " The post The Session Rebooted <BR>(January 2025) appeared first on Ding's Beer Blog.| Ding's Beer Blog
Hosting the April Session, Ding says: “I would love people to tell us where they find the greatest value in beer.” He usefully points out that ‘value’ can mean a lot of diff…| Oh Good Ale
Daft Eejit Brewing - The Session: The Best Beer I Can Drink At Home Right Now| Daft Eejit Brewing
We hosted Session #144 last week and asked people to tell us about the best beer they could drink at home right now. Here’s what they came up with.| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
This month’s Session is about the best beers we can drink at home right now. Our answer is: whatever looks interesting at Pat’s News & Booze.| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
What’s that down there, back there in the stash? Why it’s a beer. Beer. Mmmm… But what beer? Depends. Is it 2005 or 2006? It is tidy and well stocked? Or is it a bit of a mess? In last month’s contribution for The Session, I wrote about how the best thing in beer since 2018 was the advent of home delivery, brought on by the pandemic but carried on due to an inordinate amount of bureucratic common sense. Once it’s delivered, it gets stored down in the stash.| A Good Beer Blog
This month’s Session is about the best beers we can drink at home right now. Briefly (the end of February crept up on me while I was thinking about something else): this topic ought to be made for me. Ever since I first laid in a couple of 12-packs from Harvey’s, way back in the […]| Oh Good Ale
Perhaps because my brain is pretty much fried every day by the latest shenanigans elsewhere, even after reading Boak & Bailey’s broader explanation of how we might approach the topic for…| Appellation Beer
We’re hosting the next edition of The Session, where beer bloggers and posters around the world respond to the same prompt, on the same day. (Or thereabouts.) For Session #144 that day is Friday 28 February 2025 and the prompt is: What’s the best beer you can drink at home right now? Not necessarily right […]| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
What’s the best thing to happen in beer since 2018? For us, it’s the genuine, meaningful resurrection of traditional beer styles.| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Well, that went well. A revival can be a dangerous thing. From Brady Bunch TV reunion specials to the second Trump administration, these things should be faced with a measure of doubt – but it’s clear that The Session version #143(!) performed well above my expectations with a great level of participation… well, at least greater than I anticipated. Pat yourselves on your backs. So, as one does when one hosts, here is the summary.| A Good Beer Blog
As announced a few weeks ago, we are going to try an homage to The Session. The Session? Not only did it have its own logo, as illustrated, The Session was the greatest invention in all of beer writing and also a gargantuan effort which ran from 2007 to 2018 led by Jay Brooks which earned him the eternal gratitude of us all. Wuzza sizzon? Here is how Jay described the process:| A Good Beer Blog