The latest Micropub, the Just Reproach in Deal, opened its doors yesterday to become the sixth (as far as we know) pub to uphold the micropub ideal. We wish Proprietor Mark Robson all the best in his new venture.
Just Beer makes the 2012 GBG.
The Tapsters have just clamped mitts on the new 2012 edition of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide… and we’re in it! We are over the moon at being awarded this accolade in our first year and would like to extend a massive thank you to all those who those who voted for us, monitored, surveyed and ultimately selected us for inclusion into the Guide. We realise we were competing with some very stiff competition this year so it has made …
Cask Ale Week 1st – 9th Oct.
National Cask Ale Week is a campaign organised between CAMRA and Cask Marque. The main objective is to get more people trying real ale and encourage more pubs to organise real ale events throughout the week. JB’s is doing its little bit by featuring beers from four brand-new breweries; Geeves and Revolutions brewed their first beers in the middle of July. The Blackedge and Cross Bay breweries started production only last month. As a bonus, we have a once-only beer …
Thank You!
A massive thank-you to all you folk that attended our 1st birthday celebrations. Without you lot, we wouldn’t have made it so far. We look forward to serving you for many years to come! Thanks also to Porter’s for the pork pies, Polly and Penny for all the yummy cakes and to everyone who contributed prizes for the raffle in aid of Beaumond House Community Hospice. Hope the hangover wasn’t too bad!
Yippe-i-ay, it’s IPA day today!
Yep, apparently it’s IPA day today. Redwillow Ageless Double IPA 7.2% on the bar at JB imminently. Meanwhile, get the low-down on this fab beer style here.
Know your taste.
An excellent new way of describing a beer’s characteristics based on a visual clue came to our attention recently. PintPicker.co.uk have devised a new and simple way of describing a beer graphically, using six basic characteristics – Bitter, Hoppy, Citrus, Sweet, Burnt and Winey (not sure about that one – should it be ‘fruity’?) on a scale of 0-5, then joining the points on a taste ‘wheel’ to give a graphic shape of the beer’s taste. Filling the shape with …
Campaigning song released.
Well, it’s not exactly Band Aid, but some geezer called David Fitzgerald AKA Will Francis, an industry insider from stocktaking company Venners, has released a single, ‘Pubs Hold the Answer’, available on digital download from iTunes. It aims to help the pub industry by supporting the great British pub in a sing-alongy type way. Altogether now…
Birthday beers arrived.
Our specially commissioned beers have are arrived and are now maturing in the cellar to be ready for our first birthday celebrations on August 5th. Due to a slight mix-up we now have not one, but two one-off birthday beers for you. They are both variations on the same base brew, a full-bodied 5.5% stout. Variation No.1 (sounds like a review of a Franz Schubert symphony) is a Double Espresso Stout, bitter with a big coffee hit and just a …