Testing out whether low or no alcohol beer and bubbly can ever compete with the real thing.
Tag: alcohol
Experiments In Drinking: Trappist Achel
Bidding a fond farewell to one of the great beers of the devil-may-care Trappist tradition.
Boozr – The App For People Who Struggle To Organise Pub Visits
A new social network for pub-goers seems to be a bit unnecessary.
Cadbury Creme Egg Beer Sounds Beyond The Pale
The latest novelty beer to hit the headlines sounds like a marriage made in Hell.
Orson Welles Struggling With Advertisements
The notorious recordings of Orson Welles not giving a damn while promoting faux-champagne and frozen peas.
Experiments In Drinking: Apsinthion De Luxe
Exploring the luminous world of low-cost supermarket absinthe, brewed in Poland.
Experiments In Drinking: King Of Spirits
The costliest, strongest and most unnerving of all Czech absinths examined.
Experiments In Drinking: The Wine Society’s Bellini Case
Prosecco cocktails in a box, just in time for Christmas.
The Babycham Years
Remembering the glory days of Britain’s iconic drink that screams both kitsch and sophistication.
Experiments In Drinking: Marshmallow Milk Stout
Exploring the exotic craft beer pleasures to be found in Lidl.
Prohibitionists And The Dangers Of The Empty Gesture
Closing pubs at 10 pm will do nothing to combat the second Covid wave, but everything to further destabilise and demonise drinking.
No Sex Please, We’re British Filmmakers
The British film director’s union wants to take us back to Brief Encounter levels of sexual intimacy.