Welcome to Scoopergen ! Not so much "cheery beery" as "sneery beery"...

o you remember the old days when beer scooping was fun, when crowds of social outcasts roamed the country, scooping beers in pubs and festivals, and generally had a good time?  No?  Well, I do...

This site is dedicated to beer scooping's "golden years" from 1994-1998 and the people who were there, although in the last six years it has grown to include travel reports from across the world and the UK, a scooper's pub guide, yearly awards, my favourite pub and beers of the month, how to speak like a scooper, a soapbox, vaguely beer-influenced essays and stories,  my half-arsed attempt at a blog, maps of beery places plus various other stuff accessed via the icons at the bottom.

I intend to fill the gaping void on the internet about the hobby (or obsession, depending on your point of view) of Beer Scooping / Beer Ticking, catering for everyone from the seasoned tickers in the 10,000 beer club to potential scoopers who may have heard of the hobby but were "too afraid to ask"; well, now there's no need to be - it's all here!  Your input is positively welcomed, so please email us anything you feel might be worth publishing.

      First online 21/05/2003 - all phots Gazza, Sue and Steve & content by Gazza unless credited otherwise. 

Please don't publish anything from this site without asking first!  All opinions are those of the individual contributors (especially Soapbox!).