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Novak played well enough, he just got ass kicked by The Best In The World!

Not. Singing. Anymore.

Agreed - very, very tasty; have had a few of those. Silly, but tasty.

Coldbrew?

Yeah, I had a Thornbridge Bracia once. Cost quite a lot, but it was yum. I remember buying my first punk ipa a few years ipso, read the label and thought 'wankers'. Then I drank it and I felt differently. I agree that they're annoying and their latest premium 'more art than beer' range is...

Dark Star Brewery started brewing properly in 2001, but I think you have to look at Brewdog starting in 2007 and getting Punk IPA into Tesco as the real kick off point (also worth noting that they used to produce lagers too but don't seem to feel the need now). Brodies started in 2008, Kernel in...

I was talking to the barmen at the Evening Star about how it was fairly embarrassing that the Americans have basically taught us to appreciate beer again. His response was: "Yeah, but we taught White America to appreciate the blues" :D

The Tory Implosion is amusing, but I'm not sure the underlying 'common ground' hypothesis that you can use issues like Europe to coax the English population around a conservative-with-a-very-small-c-manifesto is completely bonkers.

I quite fancy a pint of that Dark Star damson and chocolate stout. On the Harvey's tip, I've heard good things about their 'Knots in May' Mild. I generally find their stuff a bit boring though.

Fuck that, if it ain't been dry-hopped, smoke-hopped and then had more hops added in cold conditioning, then I just don't want to know.

Got a bottle in my fridge - can't actually justify all the hype, but, for better or worse, I did have to have one.

I've had a couple of port stouts in the last fortnight, including a 11% one from Brodie's ('Mocha Milk Stout - Port Cask'). Obviously Black IPA is somewhat contradictory but I would suggest that it's the most meaningful description available. Now I think about it there are Red IPAs as well.

*shrug* Black lagers have been around for a while and can be very tasty, a Black IPA is a modern idea and does come from America - but that's where 75% of the inspiration for the UK Craft Beer 'scene' comes from. I used to occasionally read of Americans enjoying their Rum-cask stouts and whatnot...

Generally in craft-dominated pubs (I favour the Evening Star in Brighton) they have had a pretty decent selection of porters and stouts during the winter - they tend to be on the heavy side though and are not particularly session-friendly, so I am not shocked that pubs who are laying on one or...

Noone can be rational forever. Everyone makes that jump pretty much constantly, consciously or unconsciously.

Obviously context is king, and I can completely see the potential utility of understanding the historical and intellectual context of the structural and institutional racism that exists in the world today, and naming that. On the other hand, I'm not sure that reserving the name 'racism'...

That reminds me of shopping at TK Maxx today, trying to work out which clothes were made by dickheads and which were made by bastards pretending to be dickheads. It's mostly the latter, but they do usually have a bit of the former to keep you guessing.

+1 for Cinnamon. All about the sweet heat.

Behind the times, but I took myself and three friends to 'Red N Hot' on Charing Cross Road this evening for Sichuan Hot Pot - turned out it was of my friend's favourite meals (he is Japanese), but he had never eaten it outside of China. He was impressed, and I do admit to a slightly smug feeling...

Ealing is definitely a suburb, Acton is borderline but still a lot more Inner London than Ealing. You can get buses into Central London in Acton, you definitely don't get those in Ealing. Acton has London Overground too. Ealing has posh food, but Acton definitely better ethnic food. Westfield...