Some of you will know that a couple of weeks ago I walked from Coast to Coast, St Bees Head on the West coast to Robin Hoods Bay on the East coast. It involved over 192 miles of walking in 13 days, but this is a beer blog so you probably don’t want to know […]
View Post ale, coast to coast, hiking, local beers, pub crawl, pubs, walkingIn the recent Cask Report it mentioned about the importance of social media and an online presence for breweries and licensees and while I agree that it’s a very important (I’m a web developer by trade) tool it’s still seems that most breweries in the UK don’t consider the Internet an important medium and if […]
View Post breweries, cask report, facebook, twitterToday saw the release of the National Cask Ale Report 2010-2011. The report is written by Pete Brown and reports on the latest trends in the beer and pub market, It’s choc full of facts and figures and is well worth a read. I digested most of it over my first cuppa of the day […]
View Post ale, Beer, british beer, cask ale, drinking, english ale, pubsA few weeks ago I received something a little bit different in the post, these came in the shape of Beer Savers, Beer Savers are little silicone bottle caps that are designed to fit onto beer bottles keeping your beer fresh and fizzy. I’ve seen all sorts of stoppers and caps before but never anything like these, […]
View PostWe now have a plan for the Manchester and Huddersfield Twissup (the joint visit was the winner) thanks to Dominic from Marble Brewery and Rich from myBrewerytap. We meet at Manchester Piccadilly train station at 11.30am. From here we’ll go to Marble Brewery for a tour with Dominic and Colin and then to the Marble […]
View Post huddersfield, manchester, marble, TwissupWe”ll that’s it I’m back I’ve successfully walked from one side of the country to the other, had a fantastic time, drank some great beer and met some fantastic people. Normal beer bloggery will resume shortly so if there is anything you would like to see or if you know a brewer for the meet […]
View PostGlyn over at the Rake was taking the mickey out of the T-shirt that I wore for GBBF, not only was it bright green but it had the slogan “My idea of a balanced diet….a beer in each hand”. I thought it was quite funny and would make me easy to spot at GBBF. Like […]
View Post beer clothing, Beer t-shirtsThis week’s meet the brewer comes from a brewery that very nearly makes me want to move down south, they make some fantastic beers and I can only dream of trying them on cask. What is your brewery capacity? 60 bbrls/wk What is different about your brewery? It’s the only one in town. How long […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, english ale, Gadds, kent ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleWhile I was at The Great British Beer Festival, Dave, otherwise known a HardknottDave very kindly gave me a bottle of his latest brew, Infra Red. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Hardknott Brewery, They started off brewing up at the Woolpack Pub in Boot, then Dave and Ann sold the pub […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english beer, English IPA, IPA, red beer, red ipa, usa ipaFor those of you who don’t already know there I am off to walk from one side of the country to the other, St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay to be precise. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for as long as I can remember. So my bags are all packed and first thing in […]
View Post Beer, beer walks, coast to coast, intermission, pub walk, walking