Whilst in San Sebastian, I bought these two beers from a local craft beer shop, and both have made it back to the UK in my luggage and have joined the display on the top of the kitchen cabinets. And although, non-alcoholic, the design on the cans of Fanta were also Halloween themed. The Lemon Fanta had the Jack-o-Lantern face and the Orange Fanta has a Scream face design.
I've always wanted to go to Pluckley in Kent on account of it's reputation of being the Most Haunted Village in England, however I've always been mindful of the hype and the fact that the village in recent years has been swamped by so-called ghost hunting tourists which have swamped the village and made it a less desirable place to visit.
But last night in St Nicholas' church was a fabulous talk given by local historian Ed Adams to launch his new book which examines the history behind the ghosts (i.e the people and events one which they might be based) and how the retalling of the tales have added to or warped the local folklore, and the modern fakery that has added to the village's reputation. The talk had over 100 people and I have my copy of Ed's book to read over the winter months.
And to finish the evening off, I had a seasonal beer in the Black Horse pub just along from the church.
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Saturday 18th October 2025
I was shopping in Carrefour hypermarket in Calais yesterday and picked up these Belzebuth beer bottles and a couple of Raven design bottles too.
Sunday 16th February 2025
I tried out a new bar in Folkestone at the weekend and they had cans of a beer brewed in Hastings for takeaway. The design, is one of the most appealing I've seen in a long while and was designed by a tattoo artist. The beer is unsurprisngly called Krampus and is from the Brewing Brothers Brewery in Hastings. I managed to peel off the label from a can so the full illustration can be seen.
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Tueday 30th May 2023
Wasn't expecting to see this in the local beer shop , stopping off for a quick half before going to a Christmas Ghost Story storytelling event in Folkestone last night... and it was the last bottle! 12.2% Christmas Cake Imperial Porter... and the beer's name... Krampus 2022 from Tartarus Beers.
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Found another beer at the local Oktoberfest last weekend with a spooky design. Slenderman, an 11% cookies & cream flavoured stout.
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Saturday 1st October 2022
Not a bad pint if you happen to be in Rye and visit The Mermaid Inn.
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In a local shop in Whiby, I noticed these... a bit pricey for what they were but the designs are nice.
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Success... found a new beer bottle this year. Trooper, which is a beer brand owned by rock group Iron Maiden, and featuring their skeletal character Eddie on their bottles, has come up with a limited Day Of The Dead design for their beer this year. Available in Morrisons supermarket.
Its getting harder each year to find pumpkin spiced beers or beers with a different halloween or horror themed design. In Folkestone's independant 'Beer Shop' I was buying some smoked beer for Ocktoberfest and came across this can with a nice skull design on it, but with all that mess of hair, is it supposed to be a zombie Boris Johnson?
