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Absinthe Martini
You’ll like this. It’s perfumed, subtle, complex — and potent. It’ll blow your head off in the most enchanting way.
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Campari Soda
My god, but this is a good-looking drink: come-to-bed red, bittersweet and delicious.
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A pair of dark lagers
As we teeter between winter and spring, this is a good moment for beers that tread the line between light and dark. Dark lagers are in season, particularly the Doppelbocks that would…
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Heck’s Farmhouse Cider, Yarlington Mill Keeve
I’m told Yarlington Mill is the king of the Somerset cider apples. Easy to believe when you’re drinking this stuff. It just dares you to take another gulp.
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Urbanaut Tropical Imperial Stout
A small can big on flavour and contradiction: dark malts and light hops, big-hitting booze in a tiny package. There’s a lot to like here.
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Little Pomona, Hard Rain Quince 2019
Hard Rain Quince 2019, from Little Pomona, is the sort of mad, experimental, glorious drink that you’ll only get from independent producers. I like it even more because I helped to make it.
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Tasting notes are boring
What’s the point of a laundry list of hop flavours, when there’s no guarantee that anyone reading it will experience the beer in the same way?
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Who needs champagne when you have gueuze?
Discover detailed expert tasting notes of 8 different gueuze beers, and an in-depth explanation of the style. Plus why it’s a great replacement for champagne.
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Five Points, JUPA
My review of JUPA by Five Points. The classic west-coast mishmash of tropical flavours – notably pineapple – and jammy stone fruit is followed up by a piney bitter kick that’s pronounced but still quite gentle.
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My Top 5 Beers of 2018
Let’s be honest: it’s December and I need content. So of course it’s time for a best beers list. Putting last year’s list together was pretty good fun too, so here I…
