Last year I was lucky enough to get my hands on a box of Thornbridge’s marvellous Halcyon for the bargain price of £1 a bottle, After that Halcyon was hard to track down and disappeared from my life. That was until Rich from My Brewery Tap very kindly sent me a bottle of the new […]
View Post derbyshire, english ale, English IPA, IPA, my brewery tap, ThornbridgeI know this post doesn’t have beer in, nor does it have a proper picture, It does however involve a bottle of cider (including a very brief “review” but I just had to share this recipe with you. I saw it in a slow cooker book in the cheap bookshop in town so i thought […]
View Post apple, beer and food, cider, recipe, westonsWith the announcement yesterday from Brewdog that they had released a 55% beer encased in a stuffed squirel or stoat It got me wondering as to what the most outrageous beer everyone had ever tried? or even the most outrageous place you have drank a beer? What made it so outrageous? Would you drink it […]
View Post Beer, BrewDog, friday, newsThis week sees the return of Meet The Brewer with Andy from Redemption Brewing, Andy and Redemption are new(ish) onto the beer scene but i have heard some very good things about their beer and they are part of the London Brewers Alliance so are definately one to watch. What is your brewery capacity? 12 […]
View PostA couple of weeks ago the lovely people at Young’s sent me a case of their new London Gold, when I say new I really mean newly bottled, as London Gold has been around in Cask form for some time now. As they were kind enough to send me 8 bottles I decided to share […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, london, real ale, summer aleI have written this post to commemorate a momentus occasion, my local Morrisons has now started selling Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, well actually I started writing this post to celebrate it but that was over a month ago now and in the meantime Aldi decided to sell a who load of this luscious stuff for £1.29. Some […]
View Post american ale, american beer, IPA, pale ale, USAThe World Cup is now over, England failed once again and the soaps are back on TV, luckily we still have the posts from World Cup Beer Sweepstake to read through. The level of participation was way greater than we expected and 64 of you signed up, as were the generous donations of prizes from […]
View PostIn addition to the All Beer Experience kit i wrote about here, All Beer also have a rather handy beer finder website. The idea behind the beer finder is that no matter what your mood or the situation you should be able to find a beer that takes your fancy. You can search the site […]
View Post all beer, beer and food, Beer and food pairing, beer finder, beer styles, beer websiteWell I can’t hide the monkey of disappointment riding my back as I write this. To have received a country that has absolutely no chance of winning the tournament and one which is now without doubt the most prolific and innovative brewing nation in the world. Finding an American beer wasn’t going to be a […]
View Post american beer, beer and football, football, football beer, IPA, USA, world cup, world cup beerGary Richardson:- Hello, and welcome once again to the 2010 Beer World Cup Finals, with me Gary Richardson. We have seen some incredible clashes over the last fortnight, and today promises to be more of the same with our featured match, Spain versus Portugal. The team sheets have just been released and as expected Portugal have had to bring […]
View Post beer and football, football, portugal, world cup, world cup beer