Food and Drink

General

The Webtender - Bartenders' Handbook
Classic cocktail recipes.
http://www.webtender.com/ handbook/ general.html

Beermad
Comprehensive beer site with links to UK and other European brewery sites, a comprehensive list of UK breweries past and present (information back to 1976), UK and European pub web sites and online UK pub guides.
http://www.beermad.org.uk

CAMRA
Site of the Campaign for Real Ale. Includes month by month list of local beer festivals.
http://www.camra.org.uk/ home.aspx

Coffee

International Coffee Organization
Facts about coffee: history, types, growing, caffeine, how to make the perfect cup and the latest coffee news.
http://www.ico.org/

Tea

Tea
All about the history of tea, tea growing and blending, types of tea plus links to the Tea Council and specific companies and industries involved in the tea trade.
http://www.tea.co.uk

Water

Drinking Water Inspectorate
"The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) regulates public water supplies in England and Wales". You can find details about local drinking water quality, technical water information and news.
http://www.dwi.gov.uk

Wine

English Wine
Data on the history of English wine and which grape varieties are grown in England and Wales, lists of English vineyards and where to buy their wine.
http://www.english-wine.com

Wine Pages
Very comprehensive site on all aspects of wine including a weekly round-up of tips from UK wine newspaper columnists, vintage charts, a guide to the world's wine regions, wine links to UK wine merchants etc., and tasting notes.
http://www.wine-pages.com/

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Page last updated: 7 October 2008