This was meant to be similar to my Thornbridge Jaipur post, in that I wanted to compare cask Halcyon to bottled Halcyon, I was all set for the battle but due to Beer Festival Fail, I didn’t get chance to try the cask Halcyon. As it happens Beer merchants recently reduced some bottles of Halcyon […]
View Post english ale, green hopped, hoppy beer, IPA, real ale, Strong beerThe guys over at Brewdog have done it again, just when you think they might be starting to get things a bit wrong they go and confuse you. I can’t make my mind up on the latest news about their new beer Tactical Nuclear Penguin, it is the worlds strongest beer at a whopping 32% […]
View Post BrewDog, Stout, strong aleI’d been trying to track this beer down for a while, but the problem was the only places I could find it were places that sold it in cases of 12 and as I wasn’t sure if I would like it I had always put off buying it. Then the very kind guys over at […]
View Post Adnams, eco friendly beer, english ale, Green Beer, IPATimothy Taylor’s Landlord is possibly one of most well known beers from Yorkshire and has been around since the year dot, It also happens to be one of my favourite beers and one of those beers that I can’t decide if I prefer it on cask or in bottles. Last night we went to Vista […]
View Post english ales, local ales, Timothy Taylor, Yorkshire beerIf you are reading this then the beers I sent have reached their destination. This post is in place of the letter that was meant to go in with my beer swap parcel, I did write one I just forgot to put it in – along with a rather tasty bar of chilli chocolate i […]
View PostDrinking habits of the nation are often discussed, in the media and on blogs so i thought I would jump on the bandwagon and discuss my own drinking habits. Because I have a rather large beer cupboard, spend a lot of time talking and blogging about beer, and on a Friday i usually tweet about […]
View Post Beer drinking, beer habits, drinking habitsBrewsters Bundle was in one of the gift packs that Hogs Back Kindly sent me, I have already reviewed A over T and T.E.A and like so many other beers it has a story behind it… Brewsters Bundle was brewed to celebrate the birth of one of the brewer’s daughters. It weighs in at a […]
View Post barley wine, english ale, Hogs Back Brewery, real ale, strong aleThose lovely folk over at R & R sent me some info about the new Innis & Gunn Christmas gift packs and offering me a sample, I had a quick look at the attached PDF and as soon as I saw the words “New Innis & Gunn IPA”, I hit the reply button and very […]
View Post Innis and Gunn, IPA, oak aged beer, Oak Cask, Rum caskLast night I was due to go to the Saltburn Beer Festival, I had been looking forward to it for months, especially as I had seen the beer list and it contained some beers I really wanted to try. I had originally planned to go on the Friday but a family engagement cropped up so […]
View PostThere has been a lot of Beer Swap action across the country this week, people sending parcels, people reciving them, it’s not been without it’s problems , mainly due to the parcel delivery service we used. The good news is that not only have I received the test parcel from Mark at Real Ale Reviews, […]
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