If anyone wants to know something about me, that Swedish guy who's blogging in both UK, US and Sweden, jump over to "Drink with the Wench" and read the article "Featured Beer Blogger: Pelle Stridh". Hopefully, after reading it, you might stop by at "All about Beer - US" or here again and hopefully we can start "networking" and talk about beer across the borders. At least that's my goal, to start collaborating with you guys and girls who are devoted to everything about good, quality handcrafted beer. Thanks to all of you who already have stopped by and feel free to contact me if you have something you would like to share!
Latest News
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News, nuggets and longreads 12 July 2025: Following
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Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week.
This time, we’ve got warm cask ale, cask in decline, and booming cask
sales. F...
1 day ago
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A Very Mixed Bag
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While in Manchester the worst and more noisy aspects of bathroom
replacement were taking place, we fled to London to get some peace and
quiet and, import...
1 day ago
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Taken as red
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Is it just me or are there a lot more colourful fruit beers around this
season? We had one on Wednesday and today I have two more. This time the
theme is r...
2 days ago
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The long retreat of cask
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The *Morning Advertiser* recently published figures confirming the
continued decline of cask beer sales in the UK, which were reflected on by
beer writer...
4 days ago
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Levelling up as a #PubMan
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*There are two career paths open to #PubMen and #PubWomen*. Pub ticking is
the most prominent on social media, as it lends itself well to blogging and
mi...
5 days ago
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Mild Magic: the pubs
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This is a second post about 2025’s Mild Magic, Stockport and South
Manchester CAMRA‘s annual celebration of mild. The previous post focused on
the beers; t...
6 days ago
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Martyn Cornell
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16 June 1952 – 01 June 2025 It is with great sadness I have to announce the
sudden passing of my brother Martyn. For those that wish to attend his
funera...
4 weeks ago
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Napoleon Bonaparte’s role in the development of the first German Porter
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Part of the price list of the Althaldensleben Gewerbeanstalten, showing the
beers available in 1830: English Ale, Porter, Regensburger, Broihan (“fresh
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5 weeks ago
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The Session #144: The best beer I can drink at home right now
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It feels a bit odd putting words down about beer again. Cider and perry and
trees and orchards have taken over my complete attention for the past few
yea...
4 months ago
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London breweries 2024
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Supercute, formerly Friendship Adventure, Brixton, London SW9
6 openings and revivals, 15 suspensions and closures, net change -9.
By the end of December ...
5 months ago
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A short Course In Betting Online
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The Seterra app offers two sport modes, plus excessive score lists to keep
track of your progress. We found that training with high agreement
selections ...
8 months ago
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Ide Desain Ruang Tamu Kecil Sederhana
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Hunian yang sempit menjadi penghalang membuat ruang tamu yang memukai.
Sebab ukuran lahan yang terbatas menjadi tantangan untuk menciptakan
interior
The...
11 months ago
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Now & Then, the Uplands Tavern, Swansea
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The Uplands Hotel, Swansea has expanded into a neighbouring building since
this picture was taken in the 1950s when it was a pub owned by Evan Evans
Be...
1 year ago
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The Problem Of Discovering A Good Job After Retiring For Years
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The longer you might be retired, the more durable it could be to discover
a...
The post The Problem Of Discovering A Good Job After Retiring For Years
a...
1 year ago
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Acer H6543BDK DLP Projector Review
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Acer H6543BDK DLP Projector Review Rating Summary Overall, I think this is
a superb projector for the price/specification. As far as I can tell, there
is...
2 years ago
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Guinness Nitrosurge Device - Does it work?
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Guinness sent this little gizmo to me along with two cans and a glass. I
attended a zoom demo and then later tried it myself and made a video which
I'...
3 years ago
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On writing, especially beer writing
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Just write, gather and then scatter the words, like throwing seeds about on
a field during the act of ploughing, a virtuous Piers-like act that is
labour...
3 years ago
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A final pint
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My last blog post was a bit of a downer. I’ll try to cheer up on this one.
I seem to have created a theme of chronicling end of pubs. The travails of
the...
4 years ago
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Salopian Marches
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Not can conditioned
Salopian Marches [baron rating 2/5] - 5.9% murky gold ale,pineapple mango
smell,acidic fruity taste,edgy pithy finish Baron Orm
List...
5 years ago
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BeerDredge
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I've got a new website! Anything new will now be posted to
www.beerdredge.com. You can also read more about my books, my work and
there's an updated blog...
5 years ago
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Letting go
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It is often difficult to accept defeat. Indeed, when one has been working
on something for a long time it can be almost impossible to actually make
that fi...
6 years ago
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We are taking a break
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Dear Reader.
Due to various unforeseen circumstances, 'A Swift One' is taking a short
sabbatical. We apologise to all for the lack of content but we hope t...
7 years ago
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Passive-aggressive hate mail
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Way back in 2001, my brother and I opened a specialist beer bar in London.
You can read more about it *here*.
The way we were doings things proved fairly n...
7 years ago
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Craft Beer FUBU - or - Why People Get Upset When Breweries Get Sold
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I haven't blogged properly in a while (ha! "a while"), largely because I
haven't had anything constructive to say. That doesn't stop many bloggers,
but I r...
7 years ago
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Book events this summer - and Stoke Newington LitFest this weekend!!
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*I'm doing lots of events this summer - starting closer to home, then going
further away. Some of them must be near you, surely...*
For the eighth year, ...
8 years ago
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44th Cambridge Beer Festival – preview
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Here’s an article I wrote for Local Secrets about what to expect at the
fantastic 44th Cambridge Beer Festival – read on..! Cheers! It’s time for
the Cambr...
8 years ago
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To My Niece and Nephew, and Others of Their Generation
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I'm so sorry, I don't know what else to say for the dangerous legacy being
heaped upon generations to come.
I'm not sure when we lost our way so badly.
I...
8 years ago
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LemonTop’s 50th Brewery Client
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We have reached a proud milestone in our business growth and have taken on
our 50th brewery client. We recently completed a full range of branding
design...
9 years ago
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Architecture of Birmingham – goodbye Brutalism?
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Spent lovely 24 hours in Brum this week – going to see the stunningly
brilliant Clint Mansell with my good mate Neil but as always the
Architecture of Bi...
9 years ago
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Reasons to be (Beer) Blogging - Part 8 - to acknowledge when breweries send
beer
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As I became established as a beer blogger my name moved up the list of
respected industry commentators (if there is such a thing) and I started
receiving o...
10 years ago
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The Blood Of Revolution
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Ireland has just had its first full scale, multi category brewing
competition. Organised by the National Homebrew Club, there were about 350
entries over...
12 years ago
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AG #17 - Furious IPA II - Recipe
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A little later than expected but tomorrow I will do my first of two
Christmas brews. This is pretty much a carbon copy of Furious IPA, however
I have chang...
12 years ago
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Tuber Babies, Human Sacrifice and Harvest Home.
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I’m reading the fascinating Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers by Stephen
Harrod Buhner, and was quite taken by the myth of Mani, the magic baby girl
born of ...
12 years ago
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Enigmatic one
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Kölsch. Surely the must elegant of beers. The most refined. Hence the fancy
stemware. Apparently an ale but taste a lot like lager. Kind of lagery on
the ...
14 years ago
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So it’s farewell, trusty swimming towel
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The good thing about not being one of the world’s best-known brewers is
that when brewing stops, there aren’t thousands of disappointed customers
hammerin...
14 years ago
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West is Best in Kent
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Congratulations to everyone involved at The Bull at Horton Kirby for
deservedly winning the CAMRA Kent Pub of the Year 2009. The Bull pipped
last year's ti...
15 years ago
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