I’m not a food snob but…
…Burger King XL bacon double cheeseburgers are absolutely foul. Following a couple of hours wobs shopping on oxford street yesterday I felt somewhat peckish and was drawn by the pretty colours into the BK ([…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 10th December (9%-10%): Chimay Grande Reserve (aka Chimay Bleu)
Despite the advent calender entering into wine territory, we are sticking with beer for now. Belgian beer of course. Whilst I could wax lyrical abo[…]

The Geezaesthetic Manifesto – it’s all about pubs, right?[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 9th December (8%-9%): Duvel
It was February, it was cold, it was a Publog unDiplomatic five-headed fact-finding mission to Brussels. It was that key landmark birthday for the vinyl obsessive: I was turning 33 an[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 8th December (7%-8%): Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
I have been a fan of Guinness pretty much since I’ve been drinking. In the mid ’80s it had yet to achieve the kind of dominance it has now, and it w[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 7th December (6%- 7%): Brothers’ Bar Perry
Every kind of intoxicant is for sale illegally or legally at the Glastonbury Festival. The three day home of hippies is the place to get off your tits on speed, […]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 6th December (5%-6%): Ayingerbrau Prinz
The Fat Man. The Jolly German. David Blaine. Just some of the names for that most famous native of the Bavarian Alps, Ayingerbrau lager. Ayingerbrau is an unusual brand fo[…]

I fear that my new favourite drink, Pepsi Twist, is not long for these shores. A full fat version of the puritanical and chemistry set tasting Diet Coke with Lemon, Pepsi Twist has not been given a huge marketing push in the UK. But it has the balanc[…]

THE PUMPKIN ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL: December 4. 4-5% by volume
CARLING BLACK LABEL
No-one ever said that every door on this advent calendar had to be nice. Instead a few musings on Britain’s most popular lager. Cheap, nasty, stuck in a no-[…]

THE PUMPKIN ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL: December 4. 3-4% by volume
BATEMANS DARK MILD
Sometimes certain drinks take on a legendary status in ones life. It may be as a result of their being consumed during important days (or years), it may be because […]