Maritime Salted Caramel Porter (Meantime)

Name: Maritime Salted Caramel Porter
Label: "Brewed exclusively for Marks & Spencer"
Brewery: Meantime
ABV: 5.5%

Tasting notes: "This ale is brewed by the Meantime Brewery using 7 different malts and British hops from Kent to produce a very well balanced, traditional porter, a style of ale which dates back to 1750. It's been given a fantastic Belgian-inspired twist with the flavours of rich salted caramel."

Game: We're branching out our business on Elite Dangerous. To start with we were transporting data. Now we're starting to trade proper - yesterday we travelled somewhere to buy fish. We were able to fit a whole two fish in the cargo hold. My spaceship looks pretty small but surely there's room for more than two fish?  I could have stuck a fish in each pocket and traded more? We've either got the smallest cargo containers in the world or the fish were actually 59ft megalodons [I'd like to see you try and fit those in your pocket - Ed]

Mission rating: 2 fish out of 2

Raspberry Wheat (Meantime)

Name: Raspberry Wheat
Label: "London"
Brewery: Meantime Brewery
ABV: 5.0%

Tasting notes: "Based on a pale, lightly hopped wheat beer, the refreshingly crisp fruitiness, aroma and rich colour come from the addition of fresh raspberry purée during maturation. Balancing tartness with sweetness, on its own it is a delicious aperitif, as well as being a great partner for goat's cheese, rich pâté or anything chocolatey."

Game: Currently doing some caveman-ing in Far Cry Primal. It's great being able to tame the wild beasties. You can also "pet" them too which is American for "stroke". And then you can even ride some of them (get on their backs) and rip enemies to shreds with your cat's massive teeths and claws.  This is just like Kinectimals on the Xbox 360, the only exception being you can't buy them fancy pink collars. Rating: Amazing, 8 tigers out of 10.

British Clipper IPA (Meantime)

Name: British Clipper IPA
Label: "Brewed exclusively for Marks & Spencer"
Brewery: Meantime Brewing Company
ABV: 6.0%

Tasting notes: "This rich, complex beer is brewed with British Fuggles and Goldings hops and has all the earthy, peppery notes of a classic IPA."

Game: Got a 10 hour trial of Star Wars Battlefront so I'm playing at being the rebel scums for a day or so.  It's interesting how much I suck at it, although it was a bit juddery for some reason which is totally the reason for the poor performance obviously. Looks like there'll be plenty to do when the game releases proper next week anyway, there's more game modes than you can shake a Jawa at. Just hope the lag sorts itself out or there'll be hell to pay.