For those of you who’ve not already seen its the marble arch 125 year anniversary this year and to celebrate they’ve got a whole host of events planned, one of which is a beer festival tuning from 1st – 4th August. As part of this festival they asked 25 people to pick their 5 favourite […]
View Post Beer Festival, cask ale, manchester, manchester beer, marble, marble arch, marble brewer, norther ale, northern beerWhat now seems like an age ago I popped down to York on the train, this wasn’t one of my usual jaunts to try and cram as many pubs in as possible it was with the specific intention of spending most if not all of the day at the Slip Inn at what promised to […]
View PostJust a quick heads up that there is a big battle of the breweries coming up at the Slip Inn, York, it starts at 12 noon on Saturday 25th June 2011. The day will feature plenty of live music, some great hot food and a fantastic selection of beers – with at least seven from […]
View PostThis weeks Meet The Brewer, comes from Colin at Marble, he’s the second brewer from Marble Brewery to take part, although Dom now brewing at Thornbridge. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? It’s the Marble Brewery in Manchester. It was named after the Marble Arch pub where it’s based. What is […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, kegged beer, manchester beer, marble brewery, northern beerMarble Brewery are one of my favourite UK breweries, they brew some really top draw beer and I’m yet to have one of their beers that I don’t like. I’ve met a few of the guys from the brewery both at twissup and they always seem really knowledgeable and up for a laugh. Marble Lagonda […]
View Post bottled beer, engish ale, IPA, manchester beer, marbleI was sorting through my beer photos a couple of days ago when I spotted a whole bunch of photos of Marble Beers, It was then when I realised I’d not actually written about any of them on here., Im also surprised Dom hasn’t nagged me at some point although other than the Marble facebook […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english ale, marbleThis week our Meet the Brewer comes from hand’s on brewer at the fantastic Marble Brewery, Dominic Driscoll, whom I recently met on Twissup, he is a serious beer nut, great drinking buddy, dunlop purofort aficionado, brewer of fine ales, builder of awesome 8 feet tall snowmen and has a twisted sense of humour. What […]
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I’ve been meaning to write this since I was absolutely blow away by the beer from the moment I opened the bottle, personally I think it’s probably the best IPA being brewed in the UK right now. Automaton has two of my favourite hops in…Citra and Saaz, which combine brilliantly to provide an array of […]
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1) Best UK Draught (Cask Or Keg) Beer: Good grief, difficult indeed. India Pale Ale Scanners Brodie’s/Kernel Collaboration really blew me away. Runners up: RockStar (DarkStar/Magic Rock collaboration (both keg and cask were absolutely delicious and I simply want more of this beer), Sour Grapes (Lovibonds), such a wonderfully balanced sour beer. Jeff’s a wizard. […]
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Last week saw lots of thirsty beer lovers descend on Staveley in Cumbria for the latest instalment in the Hawkshead Beer Festival. We arrived early afternoon on the Thursday after a quick trip round Ambleside and setting up camp at the excellent Pound Farm Campsite just over 2 miles from the Brewery in a little village called […]
View Post Beer Festival, cumbrian ale, cumbrian beer, northern beer