Assembly puts its money behind real ale

It’s good to know that the Assembly government is putting both its name and its money behind good beer.

No surprise after Rhodri Morgan’s address to the CAMRA UK annual general meeting in Cardiff this month.

But which ministry is putting cash into the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival at its new venue of the [...]

King Rhodri of Dinas Powys

Real kings are proclaimed by the people, rather than announced by proclamation and heralded by trumpeters.
So it is in Wales. Rhodri Morgan told Camra (the real-ale society) AGM in Cardiff about the effusive welcome he received in a Cardiff Bay pub (the White Hart, which is hardly one where Seneddwyr imbibe) after he took over [...]

Railroading ahead

It didn’t sound like a political message when Rhodri Morgan spoke to the Campaign for Real Ale’s UK AGM in Cardiff today.
He bewailed the lack of real ale (hand-pump stuff) in the Valleys, and pointed out that if drinkers wanted something worth imbibing, instead of the “fizzy beers generally found up there, they had [...]