• Dec 31, 2018

  Dark Beacons - Brecon Brewing - 3.8%. B+ full, malty, spicy and from Mid Wales #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. Happy New Year to one and all #2019. The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  Pamplemousse - Waen Brewery - 4.2% ABV. B++ Corker, brewed in Wales too #beer #bier #ale

  3.5/5. On cask at The Golden Lion #Penarth. @suethebrew

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  Lemon Drizzle - Waen Brewery - 3.7% ABV. B+ and a bit, more spicy than before with the lemon in finish. Brewed in Caerphilly? #beer #bier #ale

  3.25/5. Festively spicy and lemon from @suethebrew On cask at The Golden Lion #Penarth

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  Mutation APA - RT Ales - 5.2% ABV. B+ and a bit, visit Penarth, drink Caerphilly. Fruity, tropical refreshing #beer #bier #ale

  3.25/5. A quality brew from the now shared ex Lines Brewery on the Pontygwindy Industrial Estate #Caerphilly. Also home to Velvet Owl and @suethebrew

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  Draft Punk IPA is off in The Bears Head #Penarth. However, two for a fiver (£5). #beer #bier #ale

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  Rhymney Dark - Rhymney Brewery - 4.0% ABV. B+, rich malty with burnt notes. A little thin with a hint of coffee in the finish #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. Pre New Year Saturday in The Bear’s Head, Penarth. Drizzly damp but mild outside. Can’t beat a Mild Ale.

  

• Dec 29, 2018

  The Beer and Tech Look Back for w/e Saturday 29 December 2018. Christmas Week, Festive Pub Goers, Online Forums and more Podcasting Apps #audio

• Dec 24, 2018

  Lucky DIPA - Siren - 8.5% ABV. B++, sharp, complex and full. Served in thirds. #beer #bier #ale

  Bear Essentials - Tiny Rebel / Fierce - 13% ABV. B++, Festive blow your head off. Very Festive.

  Both B++, the Bear Essentials was a freebie. Tiny Rebel Bar #Newport

  

• Dec 24, 2018

  Ekuanot DDH Pale - Loka Polly - 5.5% ABV. B++, from North Wales Finest. Sharp, Tingly, fruity and Bitter. Great stuff #beer #bier #ale

  3.5/5. From The Festive Fridge at Tiny Rebel #Newport.

  

• Dec 24, 2018

  Sunburnt Santa - Tenby Brewing - 4.3% ABV. B+, creamy, malty with a hint of bitterness in the festive finish #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. No chance of getting sunburnt even in West Wales. The Pen and Wig #Newport

  

• Dec 24, 2018

  Coffee Christmas Eve at the Queens Hotel #Newport.

  Bar opens in 38 minutes #Jingle

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  Lemon, Lime & Sea Salt Sour - Lithic Brewing - 3.9% ABV. B+ and a bit, well balanced and a great beer from Brecon #beer #bier #ale

  3.25/5. Mid Wales comes good for Christmas. In The Festive City Arms, #Cardiff

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  Mosaic Moustache - Tiny Rebel - 4.0% ABV. B++ and a bit, inviting aroma, fruity tropical body and a long sharp bitter finish #beer #bier #ale

  3.75/5. Excellent murky session ale. Making me go all Jingly. Tiny Rebel #Cardiff

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  3 Kings - Camerons - 3.8% ABV. B+, rather thin, not unpleasant but not really a festive ale #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. Head of Steam #Cardiff. Playing Freebird but no sign of the live Untappd Feed.

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  Tally Ho! Ho! Hi! - Palmers - 5.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, proper Christmas ale, rich, malty and fruity. Jingle #beer #bier #ale

  3.25/5. A festive ale from Dorset. In the Owain Glyndwr where there’s 10% off for CAMRA members. Glass Glasses as apparently it’s optional. #Cardiff

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  Leviathan IPA - Brew Monster - 4.0% ABV. Plastic glasses all around as Man United are playing Cardiff City tonight. The nice barmaid gave me double glasses which not only make them stronger but helps insulate against my hand heat.

  The Gatekeeper, Wetherspoons, #Cardiff

  

• Dec 22, 2018

  The Beer and Tech Look Back for w/e Saturday 22 December 2018. More tech than beer this two week as I recover from my Festive Wall. Windows 1908, Hindenburg Journalist and an iPad Pro #audio

• Dec 20, 2018

  Festive #CurryThursday in The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd. Christmas hats are all about #Jingle

  

• Dec 18, 2018

  General Picton - Rhymney Brewery - 4.3% ABV. B+, malty session bitter from Blaenavon. No bad #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. Lots of TV watching with The Manchester United news. In The Festive Tumble Inn #Pontypridd

  

• Dec 17, 2018

  Christmas has started in The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd. It’s @BragdyTwtLol all the way up to Christmas. And if that wasn’t enough, silly Festive Ale pump clips are falling off the hand pumps, left right and centre #Jingle

  

• Dec 13, 2018

  The joy that is #CurryThursday. Oh, how I wish I could stay in The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd all afternoon. Nippy out

  

• Dec 12, 2018

  A Christmas Tall Tale - Wickwar - 4.5% ABV. B+ malty, rich with a hint a chocolate. A gentle rich finish #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. Santa is at The Tumble Inn #Pontypridd this afternoon. Tried to put my pint on his tab but was denied #BahHumbug

  

• Dec 11, 2018

  Gift Horse - Rhymney Brewery - 4.5% ABV. Traditional bitter with nothing more Christmasy than the pump clip #beer #bier #ale

  3/5. And in Festive news, The Tumble Inn is getting a couple of casks in from Bragdy Twt Lol for the run up to Christmas #Jingle #Pontypridd

  

• Dec 8, 2018

  Session IPA - Gloucester Brewery - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, can conditioned. Really nice, oat mouth feel with spicy bitter finish #beer #bier #ale

  3.25/5. Got a soft spot for the Gloucester Brewery. From the fridge of Tiny Rebel Bar #Newport

  

• Dec 8, 2018

  The Shape - Wylam - 6.7% ABV. B++, another extremely solid production from Wylam. Really solid #beer #bier #ale

  3.5/5. Drinking Keg whilst reading the local CAMRA magazine. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Beermas. Tiny Rebel Bar #Newport.

  

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