Comments on: CAMRA's Locale scheme in practice http://boakandbailey.com/2009/08/camras-locale-scheme-in-practice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camras-locale-scheme-in-practice Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: More good pubs opening than closing, from Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog http://boakandbailey.com/2009/08/camras-locale-scheme-in-practice/#comment-3449 More good pubs opening than closing, from Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:34:15 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2370#comment-3449 [...] the Nags Head, the William IV, the Village and now the Rose and Crown, we can say without any irony that [...]

]]> By: leigh http://boakandbailey.com/2009/08/camras-locale-scheme-in-practice/#comment-3448 leigh Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:26:35 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2370#comment-3448 Really good to see it IS making a difference. I do think, personally, that the well-rounded beer drinker is just that – fads may come and go but most people who are serious about beer will mix it up – local, and ‘exotic’. I’ll often blog more about local, simply because it’s those guys who can’t spend money on publicity. I would feel more obliged to help them if they brew a beer I like rather than , say, Brewdog, Sierra Nevada, Goose Island etc. like most things in life, it’s all about balance!!

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/08/camras-locale-scheme-in-practice/#comment-3447 Bailey Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:09:41 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2370#comment-3447 Curmudgeon — you’re right, of course.

We’ve got a pretty strong instinct towards consuming local, but when American, German and Belgian beers are so exciting, it’s hard to just cut them out completely. Breweries like Brewdog, Thornbridge, Meantime and even Brodie’s might show the way to go: locally produced beers which are as varied in style and well-crafted as anything from overseas.

]]> By: Curmudgeon http://boakandbailey.com/2009/08/camras-locale-scheme-in-practice/#comment-3446 Curmudgeon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:43:59 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2370#comment-3446 It always strikes me as somewhat inconsistent to be championing the reduction of “beer miles” resulting from stocking locally-brewed ales, yet at the same time praising the presence of Cooper’s Sparkling Ale in the bottle cabinet. Or maybe the plebs have to drink the local stuff while the cognoscenti drink the exotic imports.

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