The vine

Beers back on the Menu!

Beer and Food Matching Guide First published London Drinks Guide 2021  Where do you start with beer & food matching? This article introduces you to some of the methods used in the industry. Then personal suggestions based on some well-known beer styles. Pairing Beer with Food is a bit like a slow-moving rollercoaster in the…

Cheese Chunks

Discovering Cheese

Welcome March saw the launch of our first cheese tasting events. We are all familiar with wine or beer tastings, well this was the same but with cheese. In the relaxed surrounding of House, on St Benedicts Street, over 15 Caseophiles joined us to find out more about their favourite food. While munching on homemade…

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Belgian Beer Tour Ghent 2016

This year one of our now award winning tours took in the delights of 2 of my favourite Belgian cities, Bruges and Ghent. Using Belle coaches and our calm driver Mark (he seems to be able to manage with my, ‘its down this road somewhere’) We travelled to our hotel in Ghent and the first…

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Winter Beer (a warm hug in a glass)

Autumn has arrived with ice winds, crisp mornings and shopping. This is the time I start to think comfort beers, gone are the summer bright, floral, hoppy, Golden’s and income, Bitters with their nutty caramel notes, such as Lacons Affinity. This beer has a smooth malty base that imparts warm nutty notes with a russet…

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Trappist beer tasting

A fantastic evening was had by all on Friday 9th October. When Thirst with the Narthex (St John the Baptist Cathedral) Norwich and Whoop marketing hosted this enjoyable food and drink event. The menu was designed by Head Chef Neil to complement the specially selected Beers that were sampled by the lucky few. We started…