Darren Oakley
Next LAB Meeting: GBBF Social, Wed 4th August
A break from the usual format – the next LAB meeting is a group social at the Great British Beer Festival. We’ll be the smart, good-looking ones hanging out by the ‘Real Ale in a Bottle’ stand all night (well,…
LAB Run The First Ever BJCP Competition In Europe
At our last meeting, LAB hosted the first ever BJCP-sanctioned competition in Europe, in preparation for the first European BJCP qualification exam which will be adjudicated by LAB’s Ant Hayes in Jan 2011. More details at
Next LAB Meeting: Monday 5th July
The next meeting will take place from 6.30pm, upstairs at The Wenlock Arms (address in sidebar ->) The agenda for July is a talk on Batch Sparging by Mark Brogden, a taste-test for CBA National competition entries plus the usual…
Sexy Little Hop-characteristics Infographic
Designer: Zeke Shore
Another Great Online Guide To London Pubs
In addition to LAB’s “best of” pubs in London googlemap (link also at the top of the page), LAB member Stig has produced her own map of 200 of London’s real ale pubs, each with a mini review. Its awesome,…
LAB At The AHA’s National Homebrew Conference
Ant Hayes, founder of LAB and winner of the South African National Homebrew Competition in 2000 and 2003 is talking at NHC tomorrow (Sat 19th June) from 9-10am on the subject of “Lesser Known and Misunderstood English Beer Styles”. For…
Another Great Pro-Am Brewing Competition
In addition to the excellent work being done by SaintAndSinners brewery on the Thames in S. London, Sharp’s of Cornwall have also stepped up to the plate and reached out to UK home-brewers with their ‘Big Lunch Beer’ competition. More…
LAB’s Now On Twitter
@lonbrew is where we’re at. Any suggestions for beer-related tweet goodness we should be following?
Next Meeting: Monday 7th June 2010
The next meeting (after tonight’s) will take place from 6.30pm, upstairs at The Wenlock Arms (address in sidebar ->) The agenda for March is a talk on Dark German Lagers by Paul Henderson plus the usual home-brewing Q&A and tasting…