Over the last couple of weeks it all seems to have gone a bit mad in the UK beer scene. There seems to be this really unsavoury undercurrent of sniping, backbiting and a hint of ill feeling between CAMRA, Brewers and Bloggers. Everyone seems to have forgotten they all share something in common, something very […]
View Post beer blog, beer blogging, beer politics, BrewDogPhil over at BeerTickers very kindly sent me 3 copies of the excellent beer tickers film. As It’s bank holiday and I’m hoping a few of you will be out drinking. I’ve decided to give one copy away today to someone who sends me a picture of a new beer they have ticked today. Either […]
View Post beer tickers, free stuff, win stuffAs I write this I’m sat on a mini bus, swaithed I’m blue florescent light, on the way home from the Old Mill Brewery in Snaith, Yorkshire. I’ll be honest, before I was asked if I wanted to join my dad and his colleagues on this trip I’d not even heard of this place. But now I’m […]
View Post brewery tour, cask ale, local ale, locale, yorkshireAfter sifting through all of the entries that we had to the Daniel Thwaites competition it appeared we had just 4 people who got all of the questions correct. So in the absence of a tie breaker I asked Lee over at Thwaites to pick a number, this number corresponded to the row number of […]
View PostThis is another one of the entries in the Cooking with Beer Competition. It comes from Phil Hardy or Filrd on twitter, not only does he love his beer and chilli he supports a decent football team. You can read his blog here. Ingredients 1kg Lean casserole steak Two desert spoons Cornflour (seasoned with salt […]
View Post beer recipe, beer stew, cooking with beerI’ll be honest, I got sent a few bottles of Darwin’s Origin a while back and they’ve all long since been drank and this has been sat here half started and full of short hand so I thought it was about time I finished it off. “Darwin’s Origin is the brainchild of Debbie at Salopian […]
View Post bitter, bottled beerJust 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 great video has appeared on the SW Blog and on Glyn’s blog and now on here, why? because its great!! Beer Song by ElbowSkin from Alister Robbie on Vimeo.
View Post beer song, beer videoAfter a long day at work I took a detour on the way home, a detour to the White Swan in Stokesley, home of the Captain Cook Brewery, The brewery is going from strength to strength and has improved immensely over the last few months. The reason for me detour was mainly to try their new 7% […]
View Post captain cook, cask ale, stokesley, White Swan, Yorkshire AleI love risotto, as a result we usually have it once a week, Risotto is so flexible, it’s a great way of cooking up a tasty meal with bits of left overs or when you don’t have much in the cupboard, on the other hand you can make it really luxurious by chucking in loads […]
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