Bad Elf (Ridgeway)

Name: Bad Elf
Label: "Winter's Ale - Elf Warning: Too much Winter's Ale may be bad for your elf, and may impair your ability to drive a sleigh or operate toy-making machinery"
Brewery: Ridgeway
ABV: 4.5%

Rating: "Tis a heavy hand what adds the hops to this festive amber ale. Truth be told, there's near to three pounds of fresh hops goes in every barrel of this treasured brew. And it's conditioned in the bottle, so please pour gently into your best flagon, leaving that wee bit of natural yeast behind. Ere's to your Elf!" Elves and Santa hats - time to get festive! Because it's... er... mid-November..?

Game: Finally finished Resident Evil 6! It always seemed to be a bit of a chore to load it up but then once things were underway I realised again it's actually a pretty great game and wondered why I felt so not in the mood for it every time. Oh, but the left thumbstick-waggling quick time events can go do one. Really. Annoying.

Bad King John (Ridgeway)

Name: Bad King John
Label: "A very English black ale - I challenge the privilege of trial by combat, God will raise me up a champion"
Brewery: Ridgeway Brewing
ABV: 6.0%

Rating: "Bad King John is black, bitter, intense, like the ruthless man it honours. Do not come here looking for subtlety!"  Bad King John must have been well bad. There's even a picture of someone being burnt at the stake on the back of the bottle! The beer is definitely Good King John though.

Game: The hysterics about the release day DLC for Mass Effect 3 seems to have a died down a bit. The DLC itself, irrespective of all the publicity, wasn't really worth 800 Microsoft points in all honesty. Come on, be honest.  Although *minor spoiler... I guess* you get to recruit a Prothean and he is a bit of a badass. In other news today, games apparently out sold "video" in 2011! Hooray for games! I love games, me.