by DJ Spiess | Mar 28, 2010 | Random
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...
by DJ Spiess | Mar 16, 2009 | Lifestyle
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...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 16, 2008 | Brewing beer
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...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 13, 2007 | Beer
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...
by DJ Spiess | Oct 21, 2007 | Pub tales
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...