Shut up about Barclay Perkins

I awake feeling slightly less knacked. Slightly. Let’s see if a fry up in the hotel will boost my energy. Failing that, coffee might jerk me...

For lunch we decant to the brewery’s pub, which is on the first floor. A very attractive, old-fashioned sort of place it is, with dark woo...

An exciting day dawns. First with more bacon and not fewer eggs. Before the real fun begins. We’re off to F.X. Matt. Craig picks me up and...

Not quite such an early start today. Our first appointment isn’t that early. I’m staying in the Hilton in downtown Albany. They do a decen...

Albany Ale has been so much fun I thought that an Albany Beer would be cool. So here's one - a colonial Porter from 1900. I say Porter...