Next up in meet our meet the home brewer series is Tom Fozard or cheeeseboiger as he’s known on twitter. Does your home-brewery have a name? If so, what’s the story behind it? No, not really. There’s a loose theme to do with the names of the beers I’ve brewed, with most of them having […]
View Post home brew, home brew beer, meet the home brewerIt’s that time of year again where the Captain Cook Inn at Staithes holds it’s St George beer festival, if you’re in the area it’s well worth checking out, there are usually some great beers, sausages and pies. This years festival will kick off at 11 am on Thursday 21st April 2011 and run till […]
View Post beer festival captain cook inn, captain cook, cask ale, cask beerAt 7:30pm it’s your chance to meet people from BrewDog including Josie Ludford their Northern Territory Sales & Marketing Manager. There’ll be talk, tasters and snacks at half time. If you’ve not been to the Tyne for a while you might not know that, alongside their Gold Tankard and two other rotating Wylam beers they […]
View Post bottled beer, BrewDog, kegged beer, northern beer, the tyneAs it’s Friday and it’s also Comic Relief I thought I’d post a few beer related funnies, if you’ve got any then please leave them below. A gorilla walks into a bar, pulls up a stool, and orders a beer. The bartender pours him a tall, frothy mug and says “That’ll be five bucks.” As […]
View PostIn a first for Meet the Brewer we head across the North Sea to Norway and chat to Kjetil Jikiun of Nøgne ø What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Nøgne ø, Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri, which litteraly means Naked Island, The Uncomromising Brewery. Naked Island is a term from from the […]
View Post bottled beer, casked beer, kegged beer, Meet The Brewer, Norweigan beerHardknott are one of the breweries I have a great fondness for, this stems back to visiting Dave and Ann when they ran the Woolpack inn. It was easy to see how passionate and knowledgable they both are. Since selling th pub and moving the brewery they have gone from strength to strength, re branding […]
View PostIn the first of a new series on Beer Reviews we meet the Home Brewer, just like the Meet the Brewer but with Home Brewers…..simple really. First up is Adrian or pdtnc as those of you on twitter will know him. Does your home brewery have a name? if so what’s the story behind it? […]
View Post home brew, home brewer, home brewing, saltaireSaw this on the oatmeal and thought it was quite funny so decided to share it, you can buy a poster copy here
View Post beer facts, beer fun, friday, friday frivolityThis week Meet the Brewer comes from one of my favourite overseas breweries, housed in an iconic mill, its Menno from Brouwerij de Molen What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brouwerij de Molen which means Brewery the Mill. We are located in a historic mill build in 1697. What is […]
View Post bottled beer, dutch beer, european beer, kegged beer, Meet The Brewer, windmillWhile the cooking with beer competition is still under way I thought I’d post an old recipe and hopefully inspire a few more of you to enter. It’s best if you leave the fruit to soak for 12-24 hours but if you are in a rush then you don’t have to. You can also change […]
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