Hello and welcome. I am a trained (but unfortunately unpaid) beer taster. Hope you enjoy reading my reviews and are inspired to try some of the beers I have sampled for you! I travel the country (and other countries sometimes) to find and try new beers.

You will also soon learn that I work in a Library - so there will quite a few book reviews to go with the travel and the beer! A lot of my time is spent in the Children's Library, so expect most of the reviews to be of my favourite children's titles. I also work in the study library but, even though the non-fiction are very interesting, I don't like writing about them so much!

My passion is ...

Beer

I know too much about ...

Beer

My parents always told me ...

To be happy and enjoy whatever I do...

My childhood ambition ...

To travel in time and space.

My favorite memory ...

My wedding day. It was so special and I had a great time.

Why I write ...

To inform and to tempt!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am watching and loving the news series of Dr Who.

My first job ...

In a library....and I'm still there!

My best moment ...

Getting my beer tasting notes published in the Good Beer Guide.

My inspiration ...

The world around me and the people I meet.

Food & Drink > Beer A beginner's guide to the different types of beer

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I am a big fan of Real Ale and enjoy trying all the different types on offer. For anyone just starting to try new beers though, it can be quite daunting trying to find your way around the variety of styles on offer. Generally speaking, British beers can be split up into eight categories and the majority of beers that a Real Ale drinker comes across should fit into these headings. (You will find though that the styles can vary regionally; the beers of Scotland are different generally to English and Welsh beers, for example, in that they tend to be darker, sweeter and less heavily hopped.)...

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