This weeks Meet the Brewer comes from the other side of the pond, from a brewer that I’ve only ever tried one beer from but I’ve heard a lot about, mainly from Dave of Hardknott Brewery. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? The brewery is attached to a public house, […]
View Post america, american ale, american beer, Hardknott brewery, US beer, USA, usa breweryThose of you who are regular readers of the blog or who know me, will know how much of a huge fan I am of Moor Beer. Justin makes some absolutely brilliant beers and is a really nice guy to boot. I’ve been lucky enough to try alot of Moor beer both in bottle and from cask […]
View Post bottled beer, english ale, Kent, kent ale, moor brewing co, southern beerI spent the majority of yesterday at the wedding of one of my mates from school, the same mate who’s stag do I had been at a few weeks ago in Liverpool which lead to me drinking all sorts of heinous cocktails and brightly coloured drinks out of a glass bigger than my head. It was a […]
View Post boddingtons, parties, weddingsThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from a brewery that I had a tour of a few weeks ago so over to Andrew to tell you a bit more about York Brewery What is your brewery capacity? We have a 20 bbl brewlength with 180 bbls fermenting capacity or 9 brews per week What is […]
View Post bottled ale, brewery, cask ale, york, york breweryToday saw the exciting announcement that Chaos Theory has been re-released by Brewdog after much nagging by the online community and beery types around the world Brewdog have brought back what is probably my favourite beer that they have ever made…well until I tried the recent collaboration with Mikkeller – I Hardcore You, which I […]
View Post Beer, bottled beer, BrewDog, IPA, scottish aleThe votes are counted and the unanimous winner for the Twissup on Saturday 23 October is Manchester and Huddersfield! Some have suggested that two places in one day is too ambitious and won’t do justice to either destination, while others are happy with doing both. The thinking behind doing two places is that it’s a […]
View PostThis week sees our Meet the Brewer compelted by the brewery who recently won Champion Speciality Beer of Britain 2010, its Pete from Amber Ales. Where did your Brewery get it’s name? Amber Ales Ltd, named after the Amber Valley region where we are located : it is literally the valley of the river Amber […]
View PostWe’ve done Sheffield and Burton, now it’s time for the next glorious Twissup. The date will be Saturday 23 October but we haven’t selected the final destination yet, so we’ll throw it open to a vote. The idea is a good pub crawl between two different locations. Here are the two choices: Choice 1: Manchester-Huddersfield: […]
View PostA couple of weeks ago now (I have no idea where the time went) I woke up on the Mark’s living room floor, still feeling a little woosy and wondering where the almighty racket of the seagulls that Mark had warned me about was, if he thinks they were loud he wants to come and […]
View Post Beer Festival, GBBF, london beer, london pubs, pub crawlThe Captain Cook Inn, Staithes, North Yorkshire will be holding it’s 10th annual Lifeboat Beer Festival on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of August. 30 real ales, ciders and perrys will be available along with 15 different flavoured sausages. The bar will be open from 11am till midnight each day. ENTRY […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, charity, staithes