Beer With Tim – a beer blog by Tim Hickford
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Line cleaning with snake oil?
It’s part and parcel of selling draught beer but many publicans want to do it less frequently. There are products…
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Trigger’s Broom
Some rambling thoughts on recipe changes, branding changes, and the temporary nature of enjoying a beer.
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My Memory is Hazy
Reflections on a decade of British brewed New England IPAs “I genuinely believe that these kinds of beers are going…
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Carbonade Flamande
I messaged Theo “Do you know anywhere good to eat near the pub?” “If you are down for proper Lille…
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Giving beer for Christmas
Top ten tips for giving beer or beer related gifts at Christmas
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Vale Life Magazine
I have recently agreed to write a regular column for Vale Life Magazine, on the pubs, breweries and beers of…
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Ghost Signs
There are brazen spectres who haunt the villages and towns across England. Ghosts of revelry writ large and high, swinging…
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Pump Clips
I’m sitting in a prime seat in the Cross Keys, a popular ale pub in the town centre of Thame,…
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Cold ones
On Saturdays I talk. I talk a lot, and almost all of it is about beer. I run three brewery…
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In defence of a classic British food & beer pairing
I love food. I love beer, and I really love the two together. Beer and food pairing is a brilliant…