Brewer Juergen Hopf has launched a libido-boosting beer in the UK.
He claims he made the uplifting discovery by accident when machines at his automated brewery in Schoenbrunn in Bavaria, Germany, broke down.
According to Juergen, the erotic tonic is better than Viagra with an "instant" effect.
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Friday, 11 September 2009
CAMRA Good Beer Guide puts West Yorkshire first
WEST Yorkshire is Britain’s biggest region for real ale – and Huddersfield is one of its hotspots.
Figures show that West Yorkshire has the most real ale breweries in the UK with 34, with many of them in the Huddersfield area.
Mick Moss, Camra’s regional director for Yorkshire, said: “Despite many pubs struggling in the current economic climate, this year’s Good Beer Guide highlights that the real ale scene in Yorkshire is thriving.
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Figures show that West Yorkshire has the most real ale breweries in the UK with 34, with many of them in the Huddersfield area.
Mick Moss, Camra’s regional director for Yorkshire, said: “Despite many pubs struggling in the current economic climate, this year’s Good Beer Guide highlights that the real ale scene in Yorkshire is thriving.
Read the full Article from the Huddersfield Examiner
More real ale news & views at aletalk.co.uk
Thursday, 10 September 2009
CAMRA launches Good Beer Guide 2010
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today launched the 37th edition of its annual Good Beer Guide which features the best 4,500 real ale pubs in Britain.
CAMRA's 100,000 strong membership fully update and revise the Guide every year, thereby guaranteeing to supply the reader with the most up to date publication in helping to locate the best pint of real ale. There are a total of 1297 new entries in this year's Guide.
To celebrate the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2010, CAMRA has announced the 16 CAMRA Regional Pubs of the Year winners. These are the pubs that have been hailed as the very best real ale pubs in the country.
Central Southern: Royal Oak Inn, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8DF
East Anglia: Wheatsheaf, Writtle, Essex, CM1 3DU
East Midlands: Old Oak Inn, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, DE7 6AW
Greater London: Bricklayer's Arms, Putney, SW15 1DD
Greater Manchester: Crown Hotel, Worthington, Gtr Manchester, WN1 2XF
Kent: Bull, Horton Kirby, Kent, DA4 9DF
Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales: Golden Lion Inn, Llangynhafal, LL16 4LN
North East: Boathouse Inn, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8HR
Scotland and NI: Albert Tavern, Freuchie, Fife, KY15 7EX
South and Mid Wales: Severn Arms, Penybont, LD1 5UA
South West: Old Spot, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4JQ
Surrey and Sussex: Royal Oak, Friday Street, West Sussex, RH12 4QA
Wessex: Prince of Wales, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8AL
West Midlands: Cock Hotel, Wellington, Shropshire, TF1 2DL
West Pennines: Taps, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5LE
Yorkshire: Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, S3 8RW
The National Pub of the Year winner will be judged from the final 16 Regional Pubs of the Year and announced in February 2010.
The Good Beer Guide 2010 features 1297 new pub entries and 71 new breweries.
For more information on the Good Beer Guide, visit the CAMRA website
For more real ale news & views visit aletalk.co.uk
CAMRA's 100,000 strong membership fully update and revise the Guide every year, thereby guaranteeing to supply the reader with the most up to date publication in helping to locate the best pint of real ale. There are a total of 1297 new entries in this year's Guide.
To celebrate the launch of the Good Beer Guide 2010, CAMRA has announced the 16 CAMRA Regional Pubs of the Year winners. These are the pubs that have been hailed as the very best real ale pubs in the country.
Central Southern: Royal Oak Inn, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8DF
East Anglia: Wheatsheaf, Writtle, Essex, CM1 3DU
East Midlands: Old Oak Inn, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, DE7 6AW
Greater London: Bricklayer's Arms, Putney, SW15 1DD
Greater Manchester: Crown Hotel, Worthington, Gtr Manchester, WN1 2XF
Kent: Bull, Horton Kirby, Kent, DA4 9DF
Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales: Golden Lion Inn, Llangynhafal, LL16 4LN
North East: Boathouse Inn, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8HR
Scotland and NI: Albert Tavern, Freuchie, Fife, KY15 7EX
South and Mid Wales: Severn Arms, Penybont, LD1 5UA
South West: Old Spot, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4JQ
Surrey and Sussex: Royal Oak, Friday Street, West Sussex, RH12 4QA
Wessex: Prince of Wales, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8AL
West Midlands: Cock Hotel, Wellington, Shropshire, TF1 2DL
West Pennines: Taps, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5LE
Yorkshire: Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, S3 8RW
The National Pub of the Year winner will be judged from the final 16 Regional Pubs of the Year and announced in February 2010.
The Good Beer Guide 2010 features 1297 new pub entries and 71 new breweries.
For more information on the Good Beer Guide, visit the CAMRA website
For more real ale news & views visit aletalk.co.uk
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Are women better beer tasters than men?

Women have been handed a most unlikely victory in the battle of the sexes - and it's enough to make grown men weep.
A new brewery opens in Australia next year and they will be looking for about a dozen professional beer tasters.
The majority of these jobs are expected to go to women because they apparently make better beer tasters.
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