I’m sat here, writing this with a slightly very fuzzy head, which can only mean one thing: there was plenty of great beer at the Big Beer Fest in Middlesbrough last night (or Saturday night if I don’t publish this until Monday). The festival was in aid of Teesside Hospice and was the first beer […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, english ale, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospiceThis week our Meet the Brewer, features Stephen Burton from Green Room Ales, I first came across Green Room Ales on Facebook, I was pretty impressed by their branding and loved the sound of their ales so thought I would ask them to take part in our feature. So over to Stephen for more about […]
View Post Green Room Ales, Meet The BrewerThe very kind guys and girls over at R & R recently sent me a bottle of Liefmans Fruit beer, which I in turn gave to my other half as she loves her fruit beers. Liefmans’ Fruit is a new introduction to the Liefmans range. It is based on older brother Liefmans Cuvée Brut (formerly […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit BeerNext up in our Meet the Publican series is Matt from Northbar, A bar which I first encountered on the Sunday after Twissup, where their hunk of bread and cheese helped line our stomach’s for the day ahead. So over to Mat for more info. What is the name of your pub and where is […]
View Post locale, Meet The Publican, north bar leeds, TwissupHere’s the announcement you have all been waiting for, it’s time for Beer Swap: Part Deux, unlike Hot Shots, we are unlikely to have Charlie Sheen or any big Hollywood stars but we do have @markdredge and lots of other bloggers/tweeters. First, Beer Swap. The ‘let’s send each other beers we can’t get near us […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, local beer, locale, TwissupIt’s Thursday, It’s lunchtime, It’s Meet The Brewer. This week we have Pete Brissenden from Hopdaemon. Pete is a top guy and he makes some great beers and for a skinny lad from down south he can certainly handle his beer, although there was one point during the aftermath of Twissup where his brain did […]
View Post Hopdaemon, Kent, kentish hops, Meet The BrewerSt Patrick’s Day holds many a fond memory for me, firstly it was my late Nanna’s birthday, surprisingly it’s one birthday I never forget and make sure I always raise a glass to her. Secondly it St Patrick’s Day and the weekend either side of it has been the scene for some epic student drinking […]
View Post english ale, Guinness, irish ale, St Georges day, St Patrick's dayBarngates Brewery is a brewery a I first came across a few years back when I was in the Lake District, looking for a few beers to take back to our tent, the shop had a few bottled beers all by Barngates so I bought one of each. This was long before I started blogging […]
View PostThis post has been sat here waiting to be completed for quite some time now but I recently found a bottle of Cornish IPA at the back of the beer cupboard, which as it happened needed drinking and in turn prompted me to finish this blog post. I first came across Cornish IPA when I […]
View Post cornish ale, english ale, IPA, Marks and SpencerDead or Alive is brewed by Roosters as part of their experimental arm, “Outlaw”. I am quite a big fan of Roosters as we see their beers around here quite a lot, nearly always on cask…in fact until I went to Beer Ritz in Leeds I hadn’t seen Roosters beer in bottles. When Zak explained […]
View Post beer ritz, IPA, local ale, locale, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beer, zak avery