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Tiny Birthday Blogging

18/02/2023 Leave a comment

February is the month when you start to notice lighter mornings and evenings. Myself, I could do with double lighter mornings and forget the evenings. It’s all about the early morning starts to Beanos and driving in the dark on unlit roads is not my bag. However, February is also the month of Tiny Rebel’s birthday and this year they are eleven. So, maybe not on the exact day but it’s off to their Newport Bar to try out their Birthday Brews.

Drizzle outside

The Birthday Ales from the Left and the Right. All Keg.

Left Hand Side

And from the other end of the bar.

Right Hand Keg

They say Blue, I say Green and not exactly sour

Blue Razz Hard Candy Ice Sour

And time for a quick pit stop.

Better than a picture of the toilet itself

So, is there a rule that birthday beers need extra long names? The second beer was Cookie Dough Biscuit Mix Millionaire Shortbread. It really tasted of cookie dough and I really liked it.

Food Based Birthday Beer

And on to my last Birthday Ale as I was getting sleepy and I met someone from the Internet IRL. Fruit based beer for the old man with the loyalty app please?

Peach Ice Tea IPA

So I left with still five Birthday beers left to try.

For Saturday 18 February 2023

18/02/2023 Leave a comment

The Saturday Wrap for 18 February 2023. Resign, AirDdop, Software Subs, Full English, CAMRA Card, Cashback, Measuring, Booking, Spring Onions, Aux Cable, Apple Updates, Strimmed, Patch Tuesday, Tiny Birthday, Clarity, Free Beer. #SaturdayWrap #February2023 #Bedwas

There are captions if you need them

The Same But Slightly Different

11/02/2023 Leave a comment

It’s another Emergency Beano but what with the Rugby, slight tweaks to the schedule and a Spoons’ Full English to boot. Mainly because I feel like one and hang the recent price increase. That is the true spirit of an Emergency Beano.

The John Wallace Linton – Newport

The big news at the John Wallace Linton. They have gone all Pen and Wig. You just show your CAMRA card and you get the Real Ale beer discount. This is wonderful,really wonderful.

Large Full English, currently £6.34

50% extra butter and the beans could have been hotter but overall tidy. I usually get 100% extra butter when I ask for extra. However, I’m didn’t pay any extra.

Actually went down a treat

Rather superior Glamorgan Brewery glass with Boss Boom in it. Mostly conflicted, however as it’s The Pen & Wig it’s always a positive.

OK, so it is Boss.

Back to Micros, in the Awesome Little Taphouse and it’s Magic Dragon from Wrexham. Not sure if it’s made from real Sheep. Could be an Untappd near miss?

From Big Col Land

And on to Tiny Rebel, where it was all Rugby. However downstairs in The Cwtch it was all Norwegian Yeast and Table Tennis.

Tiny Welcome Board
Tiny Table Tennis
Used my Loyalty Card too

And really fast WiFi too. Back next week for their Birthday.

Beer Musings – 03 February 2023

04/02/2023 Leave a comment

An Emergency Beano in Newport, South Wales. Mild weather for early February and time to discuss Dry January, beer price rises, CAMRA vouchers, Hereford Beer House loyalty scheme and 6 Nations Rugby. 

#Ale #Beer #Bier #February2023

Fine Ales need Fine Chips

For Saturday 04 February 2023

04/02/2023 Leave a comment

The Saturday Wrap for 04 February 2023. Pre Paid Meters, Stock Apps, Strikes, Old Passport, Mint and Spring Onions, Car Fob, TVOS, Weather Apps, Camo, Optician, 58 Pattern, 16p, Soap and Twitter API.   #SaturdayWrap  #February2023 #Newport

Live from The John Wallace Linton

For Saturday 21 January 2023

21/01/2023 Leave a comment

The Saturday Wrap for 21 January 2023. Space Karen, Tweetbot, Software Changes, Football, Memory failure, Twitter, Netcar, Hard Frost, Apple Spec Bump, HomePod, Snow, Leave, API and Emergency Beano.   #SaturdayWrap  #January2023 #Newport

Live from The John Wallace Linton – Newport

For Saturday 31 December 2022

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The Saturday Wrap for 31 December 2022. Winding Down, Dark Sky, Football, Arfur, Testing, Turkey, Social Media Turkey, 2023 accounts, Seed ordering, Red Rover, Booking Beanos, New Watering Holes, Pele, @bragdytwtlol. #SaturdayWrap #December2022 #Bedwas

For Saturday 31 December 2022

For Saturday 24 December 2022

24/12/2022 Leave a comment

The Saturday Wrap for 24 December 2022. Strikes, Notchmeister, Blessings, Rhona, Discord, Walnut Whips, Thaw, £5 and lucky dip, Email migration, Huawei, Radio User Guide, Post, ScreenCastsOnline, Twt Lol, Lastpass, Friday and Eve. #SaturdayWrap #December2022 #Newport

For Saturday Christmas Eve 2023

Mist, Frost and The Little Taphouse

30/11/2022 Leave a comment

A frosty, misty Tuesday just before December. The Little Taproom was already open when I arrived in Newport. This makes sense as it is also a coffee room. Apparently, it’s from the same people as St Cannas, in Cardiff and a little bird (Internet) tells me it’s Fine Ales from 11:00.

However, it’s on to The John Wallace Linton as their bar open at 08:00. A choice of Christmas or World Cup Ales greet me. Christmas wins with The Christmas in a Glass, Plum Pudding from JW Lees.

Lots of Chips from The Harbour Fish Bar, still in the mist. Then onto The Little Taphouse. Lots of Fine Ales but initial WiFi issues. However, the fine art of unplugging it and then plugging it in again fixed that. Impressions, small, friendly, good opening hours, cask and keg ales with a good selection of cans and bottles. Would be better if they had sandwiches or baguettes. Probably good back on Saturday.

To finish off, The Malcolm Uphill on Wednesday. Had another Luxury, Festive Mince Pie.

And This is Tiny Rebel’s Newport Bar

Bonfire Night Saturday Beer Musings

07/11/2022 Leave a comment

The Little Tap House on Baneswell Road is opening on the 18/19 November. Coffee House, Craft Beer and Geeky Gaming.  Wobbly Bob in The Larry Linton, a 6% cracker to start the day.  High Hops inspired by High Hopes, Tweet sent. The Pen & Wig, Newport, Real Ale, Newport Central. Tiny Rebel Newport, Punter WiFi, almost 200MB symmetrical.   

Beer musings in Newport on Bonfire Night