# brentford (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brentford. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eintracht-Wahrheit liegt zurzeit nicht auf dem Platz - Hütter geht von Uzun-Verbleib aus](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-wahrheit-liegt-zurzeit-nicht-auf-dem-platz---huetter-geht-von-uzun-verbleib-aus-v1,eintracht-nachdreher-pokal-100.html) _2026-08-22 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Die Eintracht marschiert durch die erste Pokalrunde, wichtig sind derzeit aber ganz andere Themen. Zu- und Abgänge zum Beispiel. Oder aber die Causa Can Uzun, zu der sich Trainer Adi Hütter erneut klar äußert. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt zieht mit Rekordsieg in zweite DFB-Pokalrunde ein](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-zieht-mit-rekordsieg-in-zweite-dfb-pokalrunde-ein-v1,eintracht-toenis-spielbericht-100.html) _2026-08-21 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Eintracht Frankfurt steht mühelos in der zweiten Runde des DFB-Pokals. In Krefeld gegen den Fünftligisten SC St. Tönis fallen sogar zwei Rekorde. ## [Fix: Ellyes Skhiri kehrt nach drei Jahren bei der Eintracht nach Köln zurück](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/fix-ellyes-skhiri-kehrt-nach-drei-jahren-bei-der-eintracht-nach-koeln-zurueck-v1,skhiri-wechsel-100.html) _2026-08-21 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Der Wechsel von Ellyes Skhiri ist durch: Der Mittelfeldspieler geht nach drei Jahren bei Eintracht Frankfurt zurück nach Köln. Zuletzt war er nicht mal mehr mit ins Trainingslager der Hessen gereist. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt im DFB-Pokal: Bloß nicht ausrutschen!](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-im-dfb-pokal-bloss-nicht-ausrutschen-v1,sge-pokal-angeberwissen-100.html) _2026-08-21 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Für Eintracht Frankfurt steht die erste Runde im DFB-Pokal an. Gegner ist ein Fünftligist, böse Überraschungen soll es keine geben. Coach Adi Hütter hat aber schon schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht. Alles Wichtige in der Übersicht. ## [News zu Eintracht Frankfurt](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-news-ticker-sge-wohl-an-ligue-1-verteidiger-dran,bundesliga-ticker-104.html) _2026-08-20 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Hier bekommen Sie immer die neuesten Nachrichten über Eintracht Frankfurt. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt vor DFB-Pokal gegen St. Tönis: Zuversicht auf der Baustelle](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-vor-dfb-pokal-gegen-st-toenis-zuversicht-auf-der-baustelle-v1,eintracht-vor-sttoenis-100.html) _2026-08-19 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Vor dem Pokalspiel gegen den SC St. Tönis versucht Eintracht-Trainer Adi Hütter, Zuversicht auszustrahlen. Aber der Kader ist weiter unrund, es braucht dringend Transfers. Immerhin in der Abwehr hat sich eine drohende Lücke geschlossen. ## [1. Runde im DFB-Pokal: Das ist Eintracht-Gegner SC St. Tönis](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/1-runde-im-dfb-pokal-das-ist-eintracht-gegner-sc-st-toenis-v1,portrait-tonies-100.html) _2026-08-19 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Der SC St. Tönis 11/20 klingt nicht nach großem Fußball, Fallobst ist die Elf aus der Apfelstadt aber definitiv nicht. Gastfreundschaft, Vorfreude und Mut sind groß, vor allem das Stadion dürfte Eintracht Frankfurt Sorgen bereiten. ## [Noah Atubolu in Frankfurt ein Thema: Torwart-Frage rüttelt Eintracht seit Jahren durch](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/noah-atubolu-in-frankfurt-ein-thema-torwart-frage-ruettelt-eintracht-seit-jahren-durch-v1,das-torwart-beben-100.html) _2026-08-18 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Eine klare Nummer eins im Tor ist ein Ruhepol in jeder Fußballmannschaft. Seit knapp zwei Jahren fehlt der Eintracht diese Ruhe. Trapp, Santos, Zetterer und jetzt vielleicht Atubolu. Die Torwartfrage wirbelt die Frankfurter schon länger durcheinander. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt bestätigt Transfer: Batshuayi wechselt nach Saudi-Arabien](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-bestaetigt-transfer-batshuayi-wechselt-nach-saudi-arabien-v1,batshuayi-fix-100.html) _2026-08-17 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Es ist das Ende eines Missverständnisses: Michy Batshuayi, der im Winter 2025 mit viel Euphorie zu den Hessen gekommen war, geht nach anderthalb Jahren wieder. Die Eintracht schafft Platz im Kader und spart Gehalt ein. Noch ein weiterer Angreifer soll auf dem Absprung sein. ## [FUSSBALL 2000: Eintracht Frankfurt ist noch nicht bereit für den Saisonstart!](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/fussball-2000-eintracht-frankfurt-ist-noch-nicht-bereit-fuer-den-saisonstart--v1,f2000-brentford-100.html) _2026-08-17 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Hossa! 0:7 verliert die Eintracht im letzten Testspiel gegen Brentford. Der Kader gleicht weiter einer Baustelle, die Euphorie ist verflogen. Mit Noah Atubolu ist plötzlich allerdings ein neuer Torwart im Gespräch. FUSSBALL 2000 diskutiert. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w22dhnsoqN0R) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2025-26 - part two](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/08/bv-london-pub-of-year-2025-26-part-two.html) _2026-08-17 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Here's the second batch of contestants in the latest London Pub of the Year survey. In part one we reassessed last year's top five and now we have five new contenders. Well, technically three new contenders and two 'Re-Entries' if you still watch old Top of the Pops episodes - and why wouldn't you? Can we find ourselves an overall winner amongst these five pubs? Trafalgar, Merton Whenever I'm… ## [Eintracht Frankfurt: Löst der Transfer von Atubolu eines der SGE-Probleme?](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-loest-der-transfer-von-atubolu-eines-der-sge-probleme-v1,kommt-atubolu-zur-sge-100.html) _2026-08-17 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Die 0:7-Testspiel-Niederlage hat bei Eintracht Frankfurt Spuren hinterlassen. Eine Erkenntnis aus dem Debakel ist, dass wohl ein neuer Torwart kommen soll. Freiburgs Noah Atubolu könnte die neue Nummer eins werden. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt: Brentford-Blamage als letzte Warnung, Druck auf Krösche wächst](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-brentford-blamage-als-letzte-warnung-druck-auf-kroesche-waechst-v1,eintracht-brentford-nachdreh-100.html) _2026-08-16 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Die Eintracht lässt in 90 Minuten fast alles von dem einstürzen, was sie sich in einer ganzen Vorbereitung aufgebaut hat. Trainer Adi Hütter wird in Brentford von seinem Team im Stich gelassen - und von Sportvorstand Markus Krösche. ## [View From Birmingham](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/08/15/view-from-birmingham-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-from-birmingham-11) _2026-08-15 · Roy · The View From_ “No Birmingham fan will be happy with today’s performance “ “It’s been a solid performance but a little toothless from an attacking perspective. I just can’t help but feel a more suitable manager gets an extra 5% from these players. I think under CD we finish 9th/10th again, which is reasonable but maybe not enough. \[…\] The post View From Birmingham first appeared on The View From . ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2025-26 - part one](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/08/bv-london-pub-of-year-2025-26-part-one.html) _2026-08-15 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Better late than never? Some might argue it's actually better not to bother but, hey, I've been doing a London Pub of the Year for 14 years now, and for ten of those years I haven't even been living in London. It'll take a lot to stop me, even though I admit my research is nowhere near as comprehensive as it was when I was younger and more London. (Ooh, look at me using a Proper Noun as an… ## [0:7! Eintracht-Debakel bei Generalprobe gegen Brentford](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/07-eintracht-debakel-bei-generalprobe-gegen-brentford-v1,eintracht-brentford-100.html) _2026-08-15 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Die Eintracht gibt in London gegen Premier-League-Klub FC Brentford ein desaströses Bild ab - und das ausgerechnet in der letzten Partie vor dem Pflichtspiel-Start. Zum Abschluss der Vorbereitung steht damit eine krachende Bruchlandung. ## [Eintracht Frankfurt verleiht Noel Futkeu an die SV Elversberg](https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-verleiht-noel-futkeu-an-die-sv-elversberg-v1,futkeu-elversberg-104.html) _2026-08-15 · Eintracht Frankfurt: News und Gerüchte zur SGE_ Zweitliga-Torschützenkönig Noel Futkeu hat sich in der Vorbereitung bei Eintracht Frankfurt nicht zeigen können. Nun nimmt er einen neuen Anlauf in Elversberg. ## [Pre-Match View From Birmingham](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/08/14/pre-match-view-from-birmingham-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pre-match-view-from-birmingham-11) _2026-08-14 · Roy · The View From_ “First games are disproportionately draws” “I’m going for a hard fought 1v1 draw, it’s always a tough place to visit and I’d take point now.” “We’ve only lost 1 on our last 6 there, so not that tough” “Yeh, I think it’s got “hard fought draw” all over it.” “I think a draw would be \[…\] The post Pre-Match View From Birmingham first appeared on The View From . ## [But is it beer?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/08/but-is-it-beer.html) _2026-08-11 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ One of the many things that irritates me these days - as an increasingly irritable middle-aged man who finds lots of stuff irritating as he gets older - is going into a pub and being confronted with lots of beers that are very similar to one another. Sometimes I'll go for a long session consisting entirely of beers I've technically never had before, but which seem suspiciously familiar. Drinking… ## [View From Mansfield](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/08/09/view-from-mansfield-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-from-mansfield-2) _2026-08-09 · Roy · The View From_ “Incoming meltdown because we lost to Sheffield United” “Ummmmm reset required, all over the place at the back” “the defence was not up to it and we created very little but no reason to be concerned, I actually think the game today will do us a lot of good for Donny next week.” “Men against \[…\] The post View From Mansfield first appeared on The View From . ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YnxoqmGwXV1I) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [The accidental vegan](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-accidental-vegan.html) _2026-07-27 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Sometimes strange things occur accidentally. The other night I cooked a meal that was technically vegan - without even realising it! There's no way I'd have done this deliberately, unless it was for some sort of project or challenge, and I only realised while we were eating it, but, hey-ho, I did my little tiny bit for a cause I don't believe in. (This isn't a 'Veganascene Conversion' post about… ## [WOLVES FANS VIEWS ON MATT DOHERTY](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/07/20/wolves-fans-views-on-matt-doherty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wolves-fans-views-on-matt-doherty) _2026-07-20 · Roy · The View From_ “How stupid can Sheffield United be?” “Something wrong with Chris me thinks” “is he still playing? Old, legs gone. Good 10 years ago” “Struggle with the ‘great servant’ stuff when he’s spent so much if his time here grossly unfit (by his own admission), lacking in basic motivation, costing us with \*\*\*\*e defending or engaging \[…\] The post WOLVES FANS VIEWS ON MATT DOHERTY first appeared on The View… ## [The case for low-alcohol cask](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-case-for-low-alcohol-cask.html) _2026-07-15 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Last week, I drank a cask beer from Downton brewery at the Ealing Beer Festival. Secret Sobriety was the name. There's nothing unusual about that in itself. I go to Ealing most years and drink a lot of cask ale when I'm there. Downton are a fairly well-established brewery and I've drunk 63 different cask beers from them. However... It was a good beer. Dry. Hoppy. Easy to drink. What makes this… ## [Brentford and Birmingham Fans Views On Romelle Donovan](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/07/08/brentford-and-birmingham-fans-views-on-romelle-donovan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brentford-and-birmingham-fans-views-on-romelle-donovan) _2026-07-08 · Roy · The View From_ BRENTFORD FANS “Great move for both Romelle and BFC” “I don’t think we will see him in a Bees shirt again.Shame.” “What a ridiculous overreaction to a perfectly reasonable loan at this stage in his development.” “Shame. He’s been impressive here so far, I don’t see why he can’t play a role here next season” \[…\] The post Brentford and Birmingham Fans Views On Romelle Donovan first appeared on The… ## [The Funniest Quotes Of The Season](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/05/09/the-funniest-quotes-of-the-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-funniest-quotes-of-the-season) _2026-05-09 · Roy · The View From_ It’s been a poor season for The Blades, but there have been a few laughs along the way. Here I compile some of the funniest comments from opposition fans that featured on this season’s View From….. “Can we just send ‘em an email saying we ain’t comingWest Brom Before Their Away Game Against Us “Please, \[…\] The post The Funniest Quotes Of The Season first appeared on The View From . ## [Thornbridge: Part of the Union](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/05/thornbridge-part-of-union.html) _2026-05-04 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ For the best part of 20 years, Thornbridge has been one of my favourite breweries. Quite possibly my favourite British brewery of all time. (And, just in case you hadn't heard, I drink a lot of different beers from a lot of different breweries!) One of the things I like about Thornbridge is that they're not afraid to innovate, whether that means experimenting with contemporary ideas, or delving… ## [View From Derby](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/05/02/view-from-derby-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-from-derby-12) _2026-05-02 · Roy · The View From_ “was so painfully obvious that this sheff united super team would randomly click against us ffs!!” “That sheff u XI is genuinely top 3 teams in the league how have they been so shit??” “Fair play to Sheffield United, took the piss out of us in the second half. Deserved to win by 2-3.Only consolation \[…\] The post View From Derby first appeared on The View From . ## [Pre-Match View From Derby](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/05/01/pre-match-view-from-derby-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pre-match-view-from-derby-10) _2026-05-01 · Roy · The View From_ “We’re potentially one game away from a Championship Play Off semi final. Just let that sink in.” “Isn’t it great. To go in to the last game and there is still a chance of something brilliant happening.” “I think you have to go for it from the off. Yes a draw could be enough, but \[…\] The post Pre-Match View From Derby first appeared on The View From . ## [View From Preston](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/04/26/view-from-preston-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-from-preston-15) _2026-04-26 · Roy · The View From_ “Don’t go to many away ground but went to this and had a really good day.Found a lovely pub before the match called the Beer Engine (for future reference).And actually saw us win game, Lindsay had a great performance, Moran and Jebbo had good games and everyone battled.Fans in good voice.But when away fans criticize \[…\] The post View From Preston first appeared on The View From . ## [Pre-Match View From Preston](https://roysviewfrom.com/2026/04/24/pre-match-view-from-preston-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pre-match-view-from-preston-13) _2026-04-24 · Roy · The View From_ “Fair play if you’re bothering with this one after the awful dross of Saturday! Somehow The Lad has persuaded us to go the Sheff Utd on Saturday as it’s his birthday but I’d rather be gardening” “I think all clubs have fans that feel fervently that they should be doing better, so many examples of \[…\] The post Pre-Match View From Preston first appeared on The View From . ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iyYDSZPr6OKr) _2026-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [Tu be or not tu be?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/03/tu-be-or-not-tu-be.html) _2026-03-22 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ I've been toying with the idea of starting a Youtube channel. Specficially one that documents me visiting pubs, drinking new cask ales and steadily adding to my tally of around 13,000 different pints over the past 30 years. Maybe called BV ticks beers . Or something. You'd see me in a pub getting excited because they have a new Red IPA from Siren on. I sup the beer, tell you a bit about it, and… ## [Waiting for the Brewdog divorce settlement](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/02/waiting-for-brewdog-divorce-settlement.html) _2026-02-20 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ The recent news about Brewdog isn't particularly encouraging. Even as a pessimist, it feels like an almost unfathomably bleak turn of events. A little story: Brewdog were once, briefly, my favourite brewery. In their very early years, between 2008 and 2010, they put out some excellent beers, were at the forefront of a rise in high quality and experimntal brewing in the UK, and while they weren't… ## [Golden Pints: BV's best beers of 2025](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2026/01/golden-pints-bvs-best-beers-of-2025.html) _2026-01-05 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Well, that's another year done and dusted. How was it for you? Did you drink some good beer? Excellent. Personally, I was sat there all contendedly like, thinking that 2025 was probably fairly decent, ale-wise, but delving a tad more deeply into me records (for the purpose of this post) the past year actually appears far more underwhelming. Certainly less whelming. Quite disappointing, even, which… ## [So long, Old Mudgie](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/12/so-long-old-mudgie.html) _2025-12-15 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ I noticed that my last two blog headers have been 'So long' s - something that happened purely by accident and/or editorial laziness on my part. So I'm now going to 'complete the trilogy', as it were, but this is a farewell I really wish we didn't have to bid. RIP Peter Edwardson, aka The Pub Curmudgeon , who died unexpectedly a few days ago, at just 64. This is a sad loss; To my knowledge, I only… ## [So long, Kerala](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/11/so-long-kerala.html) _2025-11-30 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ As one of the laziest people on the planet, I frequently find myself thinking of stuff to write about, and then failing to write about it. Honestly, the amount of content that existed in my head that never made it onto page, podcast or screen is quite frightening. A prime example is my local South Indian restaurant, which I could've written about when I moved to this town almost ten years ago, or… ## [So long, and thanks for all the beer?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/09/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-beer.html) _2025-09-25 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Is this the end of the Great British Beer Festival? When I visited GBBF 2025 last month , I had a few concerns about its future. My beloved special place, dislocated and poorly attended. Something not quite right. Talking to staff there, it was felt to be 'quiet', but there was no sense of absolute disaster. We all had a pretty good time, even if it didn't feel the same. Then came the murmerings… ## [Great pubs are killing good pubs. Discuss.](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/09/great-pubs-are-killing-good-pubs-discuss.html) _2025-09-02 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ I love the Hope in Carshalton. It just won my London Pub of the Year award for the fourth time, and a few days later CAMRA turned out to be in full agreement with me, naming the Hope as the best pub in Greater London . A big achievement and an entirely deserved one, I think. But this isn't about how absolutely fucking awesome this pub is. I'm going to say something controversial; something I'm not… ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2024-25 - the results](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/08/bv-london-pub-of-year-2024-25-results.html) _2025-08-18 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Go on then, let's have a winner, shall we?!? It's been a close contest this year, particularly deciding which of the ten pubs make my top five and which will have to sit out next years competition to make way for plucky young upstart newcomers, but thems the breaks... Indeed, last year's winner, the Star & Garter in Bromley has narrowly failed to make the final this year and I do feel a slight… ## [GBBF - but not as we know it?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/08/gbbf-but-not-as-we-know-it.html) _2025-08-11 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ My relationship with the Great British Beer Festival goes back a long way - I've been attending it for over 30 years and have never missed one - so it was with a little trepidation that I attended GBBF 2025 last week. Trepidation, because it was always going to be just that bit different this year; the first GBBF to be held outside London since 1990, and, consequently, my first GBBF not at Olympia… ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2024-25 - part two](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/07/bv-london-pub-of-year-2024-25-part-two.html) _2025-07-31 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Welcome to the second half of the 2024-25 London Pub of the Year award. In the first installment we revisited last years top five, and now we're going to check out five brand new entries. (Well, two of them are brand new, the other three are, in Top-of-the-Pops parlance, re-entries, but what the fucky hey.) Let's chuffing well crack on, shall we? Lyric, Soho We begin with a pub that is new to the… ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2024-25 - part one](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/07/bv-london-pub-of-year-2024-25-part-one.html) _2025-07-28 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Like the proverbial Renegade Master, we are 'back once again'. It's time to pick a London Pub of the Year, and I feel like a very old hand at this lark nowadays. Will there be a surprise winner? Has the Greater London pub scene dramatically changed in the last 12 months? Am I still deeply frustrated with the quality and choice of cask ale in the capital? All these questions and more will be… ## [The best fish and chips in the world?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-best-fish-and-chips-in-world.html) _2025-07-09 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ The aroma hit me as soon as the car door was open. Modest, unassuming... Like a siren's musk, it attracted my senses instantly, wholeheartedly and unreservedly. Chips. Frying - as our Lord, in His infinite wisdom, undoubtedly intended - in beef dripping. I say 'attracted my senses ' because it's really more than just an aroma. It gets into your system on another level, possibly even engaging with… ## [Drink for Victory: BV's favourite cask beers of all time!](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/06/drink-for-victory-bvs-favourite-cask.html) _2025-06-03 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ The VE Day celebrations last month, fairly subdued as they were, got me thinking about VE Day 1995, which was much more of 'a thing'. Perhaps understandably, because 50 years is a 'bigger' anniversary than 80 and, more poignantly, there were many more people alive back then for whom it actually meant something tangibly memorable. Me being me, it got me thinking about Young's Victory Ale , and… ## [Time for avocado to finally fuck off?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/05/time-for-avocado-to-finally-fuck-off.html) _2025-05-07 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Has it finally had its day? Avocado, I mean. I ask the question with a sort of cautious optimism, because I've noticed over the past year or so that the once ubiquitous menu staple might be finally fading back into deserved demi-obscurity. And not before time. You big stoned bastard Now, let's be honest: It's not that strongly dislike avocados. Certainly not in the way I dislike peas, margarine or… ## [World Heritage Pints](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/04/world-heritage-pints.html) _2025-04-07 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Obviously I'm a pretty big fan of cask beer. It accounts for about 96-97% of the beer I drink, I spend way too much time seeking out new and interesting pints to tick off, and it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that drinking cask, in pubs, is a huge part of my life. I'm also well aware that I exist in a beer bubble of my own creation, that my drinking habits are far from universal and that… ## [Falling out of Like with Wetherspoons?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/03/falling-out-of-like-with-wetherspoons.html) _2025-03-11 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ The Wetherspoons 'Beer Festival' which is currently running has a lot going for it. There's a reasonable mix of beers from all over the country (including the usual 'International' offerings which are all actually what the Yanks call 'domestic' but we'll gloss over that) and a fair range of styles from which to choose. Having sourced both Vienna- and M ä rzen-style lagers on cask would seem… ## [Golden Pints: BV's best beers of 2024](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2025/01/golden-pints-bvs-best-beers-of-2024.html) _2025-01-02 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ It's that time again, when I cast an over-shouldered glance at all the new beer I got to drink over the past year and tell you which ones were best. My drinking year was ultimately cut short by a few days due to the worst 'flu' I've ever suffered. Because I don't do hangovers, I'm not really used to having headaches. And it seemed to make the neuropathic pain in my toes many, many times more… ## [Ghosts of Christmasses Pasts](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2024/12/ghosts-of-christmasses-pasts.html) _2024-12-17 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ Were the ghost of Marley to visit me in the night to deliver one of his pre-Christmas 'change your ways' diatribes, I think I have a fair idea of what he'd be banging on about. 'Ben, you've given up on life' , he'd say. 'You used to be so productive and creative. You'd come up with delicious recipes and share them with the world. You expressed opinions on food and drink in a pithy and engaging… ## [Is 'long form' blogging effectively dead?](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2024/12/is-long-form-blogging-effectively-dead.html) _2024-12-09 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ TL;DR: Probably. Quite probably. ## [BV London Pub of the Year 2023-24 - the results](https://benviveur.blogspot.com/2024/09/bv-london-pub-of-year-2023-24-results.html) _2024-09-03 · Benjamin Nunn · Ben Viveur_ What takes place once a year and involves me drinking large quantities of beer? Well, OK, it could be practically anything, admittedly, but, more specifically, it's the BV London Pub of the Year award. Yes, it's a painstaking process, visiting and revisiting pubs to determine which one is the best in the capital, but I've been doing it for well over a decade now and you can thank me later. With…