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“Mmm, I’m telling you now, the greatest thing you ever can do now, is trade a smile with someone who’s blue now, it’s very easy just..” I’d been looking forward this weekend so much. ...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/friends/

“Scrooge was ready to settle in for Christmas Eve. Newly imported naughty parchments, a ceramic pot of Mrs Arbuthnott’s Self-Enhancement Embrocation and a case of Throxheards Old Unobtainable...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/throxheards-old-unobtainable/

So, a quiet day at Otter’s Tears (I’m assuming after everyone’s wallets and livers took a battering over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend) allows me at last a chance to recap on what has hap...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/blog/

Back in October 2015, we finally got the keys to 24 Queen Street here in Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent. An almost forgotten little shop/office on what used to be one of the towns busiest thoroughfares,...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/blood-sweat-and-otters-tears/

A rare visit to the blog for me, as you may have noticed I’ve been a little side-tracked of late, meaning writing has had to take a back seat. Maybe I’ll get more time to bash the keys more i...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/golden-pints-2015/

Weirdly, almost two years to the day, something happened that would in time, go on change my life’s path completely. I don’t want to dwell on it too much as it led to some very tough times an...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/now-for-something-completely-different/

This is my 300th post, a bit of a milestone for me and long overdue. Much in beer has changed since I first sat down and decided to start blogging under the Beersay handle around five or six yea...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/the-big-three-double-o/

We all love doing something “for charridy mate”, not aarf! But of late, never a month seems to go by without beer or alcohol in general getting a bit of a bashing as a tool for doing so. Peop...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/bigbeerynight-beeroclockshow/

As has become customary over the last few years, rather than writing anything up; I’m posting a few pictures taken over the course of the day; plus a few tweets from the #MaccToBasics hashtag. ...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/macc-to-basics-in-pictures/

Reeto! It is now officially Macclesfield Twissup Eve… I’ve been up against it today time wise, so apologies that this is a little later than planned. Below is basically a rough timetable for ...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/macc-to-basics-route-and-timings-twissupdate/

As with previous events, one of the highlights of any Twissup is the brewery visit. It’s a chance to chill out, have wander around the brewery, ask stupid questions, point, poke and sniff thing...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/redwillow-brewery-bar-and-grill-twissupdate-macctobasics/

Blimey! It’s Thursday already, only two days to our little “bimble” around Macclesfield’s finest. I’d better get sharing some info.. As with last year, our intention is to follow a sim...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/brewtique-kid-on-the-block-twissupdate-macctobasics/

News just in and confirmed from the “Treacle” of a Marble Brewery Tap takeover for Twissup. As you can see from the list below, they are bringing a mixture of classics and specials to kick of...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/marbles-pies-and-treacle-twissupdate-macctobasics/

For the oh so many people that have been asking me about this, I can at last confirm that this years Macclesfield #Twissup is go! As you can probably guess from the lack of updates, since we deci...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/macc-to-basics/

Think of your favourite beer festival, all that lovely beer just waiting to be poured, supped and savoured. Think of the vast selection, the nibbles, even better, the pulled pork oozing from gold...

https://beersay.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/building-blocks-bcubed/