Gemma loves a pint

Gemma Atkinson of Hollyoaks fame showing a bit of cleavage and enjoying some proper real nitro keg. What is not to love??

I just hope that Gemma doesn't live by the motto, once you have had black, you never go back!

English on CAMRA

Another new weekly feature for Piss It Up The Wall. This one is called the "Friday Fuckwit" , where basically I call someone a fuckwit.

Anyway as I am lazy and didn't have long to think of anyone to award the honour to, I am bestow the title upon the CAMRA forum Oracle, Richard English. A quick glimpse over the CAMRA forums is all that is required to work out why.

Congratulations Dickie, You are the Friday Fuckwit.

CAMRA AGM

Ever wondered what goes on at the CAMRA AGM? Is there a dress code? Is there a secret handshake?
Every April, members of the secret CAMRA caucus/cabal get together at Stonehenge and walk around nude saying prayers to their pagen gods and conspire how they can inflict their medieval beliefs upon the great unwashed.
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I'm willing to bet that the items that will reside high on the agenda in April 2010 will be cask breathers, extraneous carbon dioxide, a lively debate on whether or not the Euston Tap is following CAMRA's outdated doctrines and is worthy of inclusion in the Good Beer Guide, and whether all lager drinkers should be referred to as Nazi's as traditionally Germans drink bottom fermented beer.

Happy Birthday Dredgie

Just a quick happy birthday shout out to Mark Dredge from Pencil and Spoon who turned 26 today. Piss It Up The Wall expects big things for the next 12 months.

All the best.

Skittles

Skittles is a weird game that was once played in pubs around England. Now its a past time enjoyed by old guys at CAMRA beer festivals. Former PIUTW contributor Pigman recently went to the UK and sent me this picture of the guy who organises the Skittles at the Ealing Beer Festival. Here Pigman is pictured with the weird beard. This guy doesn't believe in modern technologies such as razors, soap, extraneous carbon dioxide and refrigeration, but will happily wear a headset to broadcast to the world he enjoys medieval pub games. Nice work champ!

Thanks Pigman for the photo.

Pete Kicks CAMRA in the Nuts

That's correct, The greatest beer blogger of all time and Dungeons and Dragons Guild dungeon master Pete Brown has once again stated the obvious about CAMRA and caused controversy. Not that CAMRA doesn't deserve a swift kick in the nuts from time to time, but hey remember that The Beer Diary did it first.

I still don't get the issue with simple pleasures such as proper real keg. Why shouldn't the consumer have the right to drink beer that has not been tainted with the foul putrid air that lives in Pub cellars. Really, I want someone to put a petri dish down there and try and culture what nasties inhabit these areas. They are obviously not fit for food preparation or consumption. Like if I put a sandwich down there and served it 48 hours later it would probably make someone ill. But apparently because pubs have been around since before refrigeration, bottled carbon dioxide and god forbid cask breathers, its acceptable. The devices I listed earlier are designed to make sure beer is optimal at point of sale, but the chat to any CAMRA member and fresh, cold beer is actually tainted? I don't get it, but then I can walk out of building, across the road and have a really top Schooner of James Squire Porter in proper real keg form anytime I so choose to.

You can read about Pete Browns thoughts here.