Advantages: A good pint Disadvantages: Perhaps too good!
Adnams Broadside is a quintessential example of a good British real ale.
It looks attractive in the glass, has a good head on it (but not a fluffy artificial one by any stretch of the imagination) and it has a good, clean scent to it. You can smell that it is made from good, honest hops and yeast!
The flavour of Adnams Broadside is hard to describe.
Strong? Yes, but there is an underlying tenderness, too.
Sweet? Indeed it is somewhat sweet, but there's a good and decent undertone of the bitterness of the hops that holds everything else in equal balance.
Adnams Broadside is like all Adnams beers. Well worth seeking out. I have a bottle of Adnams SSB to be enjoyed later. But that will be for another review! ...
Advantages: Good story, enjoyable writing and exciting ending Disadvantages: No epilogue
Background
I'm sure most people have heard of this author Ian Rankin through the Rebus books and television series. This was however my first experience of his work.
About the Author
Ian Rankin was born in Fife, Scotland in 1960. He is the UK's Number 1 selling crime author. So far he has written 27 novels, of which his most successful have been the Rebus books. His first novel was indeed 'The Flood', which originally was planned for Radio 4's Short story section but was considered too long so Rankin converted it into a novel instead.
He has received many awards for his work including an OBE in 2002 for his services to literature.
The Storyline of the book
The book is set in a small Scottish town called Carsden. Whose traditional industry of coal mining was closing down due to it being uneconomic to mine there any ...
Advantages: EVERYTHING YOU COULD ASK FOR FROM HIS SOLO CAREER Disadvantages: NO ROSES, NOT EVEN ANY CHOCOLATES!
with each single. Nor is it the Ian Brown of yesteryear, with his Stone Roses counterparts fighting for the fan and his ever challenged wallet. No, this is a new era Ian Brown with units to shift.
The question is, will he with the DVD?
Sure, the die hard fans will rush out to get their hands on it like it was a free pint on a Saturday night. In all honesty though, it is an awesome line up of tracks. With the 6 live performances added to ensure anybody who already had all the videos rushed out to but the DVD, I?m pretty sure that yes, it will sell.
Admittedly, most of the videos offer up nothing new and contain nothing more than predictable but nevertheless enjoyable promos. I can?t help but wonder why Brown couldn?t have taken a heads up from U.N.K.L.E. who often produce outstanding videos for their material. Hey! Whatcha gonna do ...
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