Police: Our bad, here’s some beer

Police: Our bad, here’s some beer

Beer seems to solve all kinds of police problems.  Here in the USA, when  police arrested a Harvard professor in his own home the policeman, the professor and President Obama settled the differences over a beer.  Now in the UK, Hampshire police are...
How to get beat up on St. Patrick’s Day

How to get beat up on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick the Englishman St. Patrick was born and raised in England.  Just mentioning this will raise the dander of at least one drunk Irishman on St. Paddy’s day.  Patrick wasn’t what you’d call British, he was a Celtic Briton.  Calling him...
How to make an ESB (Extra Special/Strong Bitter)

How to make an ESB (Extra Special/Strong Bitter)

I remember travelling to England for the first time.  I landed in Gatwick about 7 am local time.  Completely jetlagged, I barely knew where I was, but to “adjust” to the European time zone I needed to stay awake for the rest of the day.  How do I stay up?  I headed...
Pissed for a quid

Pissed for a quid

Britains are paying less at the supermarket for beer than they are paying for cola or water.  You can get legally drunk for less than a quid.  Some are saying that this is fueling Britain’s “binge-drinking crisis”.  Of course this criticism fails to...

French serve alcohol free beer to British soccer fans

America might have a bad (and unfair) reputation for water-like beer, but France might have taken the lead.  In an effort to control unruly British soccer fans, the French stadium Stade de France is serving alcohol-free beer.  We’re not sure how that will keep them...