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After having Google click-through adverts on my site for almost exactly two years I have finally earned enough from them to get paid. Wehay! This means my monthly income …
Beer
This is a Belgian-style summer beer. We are told it is not so strong as to lose its refreshing character. Meantime High Saison, 5% The nose has the sweet …
Beer
I’m at The Union, the tap boozer of the quite wonderful Meantime Brewery. I’m meeting that top geezer Peter ‘The Kid’ Palmer for a few academic halves* and I …
Beer
Long-time readers will know how I hate the government meddling in things that have nothing to bloody well do with them, so this story in the Daily Telegraph made …
Recipes
Chef and part-time sales director Mark Locke has suggested some improvements to my chicken in cider recipe. I approve of them all so I’m writing up version three of …
Burgundy
I have been introduced to many fine wines via the offices of Paul Day. He also let me know about this wine, which in previous vintages was the best …
Burgundy
Dujac Fils et Pere wines are a great way of getting a taste of a hilariously serious producer for less money than their grander stuff. There is definitely a …
London
Since my first review of Comptoir Gascon I’ve been twice more: it was chortle-rific both times. From the standard menu I can heartily recommend the duck rillettes as a …
Non-alcoholic
The Nespresso coffee machine the partner gave me a couple of years ago has been quite the success story. From when I first got it the quality of coffee …
Alsace
Since the prevailing opinion is that we should be drinking these things before they get too old, this is what we are doing. Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg Vendanges Tardives …
