Caesar Augustus (Williams Bros)

Name: Caesar Augustus
Label: "Lager / IPA Hybrid - Microbrewed for maximum flavour!"
Brewery: Williams Bros Brewing
ABV: 4.1%

Rating: "We use the term lager/IPA hybrid because we cold ferment this beer with classic lager yeast.  The initial fermentation takes at least 2 weeks, after which we lager (store) the beer at zero degrees for a minimum of 4 weeks, during which period we add a chock load of classic IPA style hops and allow the two to marry - fanfare!" After drinking all these different ales over the years I've begun to think I might know a thing or two about beer, but I didn't even realise the word lager meant "to store" *hangs head in shame*. This hybrid lager/IPA is fantastic though and it's cheered me up a treat.

Game: I have Crysis 2 sat on the shelf looking longingly at my Xbox, but I'm not going to play it because I'm in an RPG mood! So avert your eyes Crysis 2, tonight I'm playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Wasn't sure whether to get this but IGN gave it a whopping 9.0/10. They gave Witcher 2 8.5/10 so I arrived at the crazed conclusion that Reckoning must be in some way marginally superior. And as I've played Witcher 2 constantly for the past fortnight and loved every minute of it, a Reckoning purchase can only end well surely...

Hooker (Batemans)

Name: Hooker
Label: "Have you got the balls for it? - Goes well with raw meat!!!"
Brewery: Batemans
ABV: 4.1%

Rating: I do have the balls for it as a matter of fact. A tasty brew but wouldn't want to eat raw meat at the same time, or ever for that matter.

Game: Splatterhouse is absolutely ace.  I cannot believe IGN only gave it 4 out of 10.  Why do games like this rate so badly? I think they're great. What exactly is so wrong about upgradeable heavy & light attacks, quicktime events and locked rooms that only unlock when you've cleared it of enemies?  And what frame rate problems??  Enough of the rhetorical questions. If you're undecided, bollocks to IGN - if you liked Conan, Dante's Inferno and all those types of underrated games you'll like this. 7.5/10