This is one of those beers you that if you read the various blogs and tweets then you will no doubt have seen, well you are in for yet more about it as it is just too good a beer to leave off any self respecting beer blog. Jaipur is brewed buy those very clever […]
View Post english ale, English IPA, IPA, ThornbridgeIt’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people and learn new things. Thanks to social networking site Twitter I go the chance to meet someone new in the form of Stuart from Crown Brewery along with learning an awful lot […]
View Post Brewday, brewing, crown brewer, english ales, real ale, sheffieldIn anticipation of my trip down to the brewery to deliver some of my Chilli Up North Chillis to Stu and give him a hand in brewing Ring of Fire beer, I thought I would review another one of Crown’s beers (i’ve already done U.I.P.A , Wheetie Bits and the previously mentioned chilli beer Ring […]
View Post Crown Brewery, english ale, real ale, Stout, wheat beer, Wheat StoutAlright then. We’ve done all the calling for swappers and now we have the final list. Instead of randomly drawing names we split the list into North and South and then further into bloggers and tweeters. We then hand-paired everyone up based on where you are from, what you do (blog/tweet) and where you want […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesWe’ve already had some big news this week but this one could be even bigger: Beer Swap! We’ve had a couple of blog posts, there’s been lots of twittering, we’ve gained a hashtag and @beerswap, an email address and, most importantly, we’ve got a lot of interest, so much interest that we’re expanding beyond the […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesI’ve just had the info and the beer list through for the next beer festival at a local(ish) pub, its a great little pub in a stunning seaside town just south of Whitby. I’m hoping to go on the Sunday for as I can’t make the other days due to taking up the chance to […]
View Post Beer festivals, Captain Cook Inn, english ales, local alesWhile many bloggers and beer folk were out supping ale with a certain doggy themed brewery who have announced their plans to allow fans to buy shares we had our own bit of excitement…. The test beer swap parcel has landed and in one piece too, the cheap delivery option cost £4 and was pretty […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english alesA friend of Beer Reviews from twitter and a participent in the up and coming #beerswap @richardmackney has posted a great little article on his blog about his day brewing with the guys at his local microbrewery, it’s a wicked little post so thought I would share it with you incase you don’t already follow […]
View Post Brewing beer, english ale, local ales, micro brewery, nutbrook breweryBrewDog’s eagerly awaited plan to take over the world has been announced – It comes under the banner Equity for Punks. They are offerring 10,000 people the chance to buy shares at £230 for 1000 shares. It seems like a novel way of raising some cash and a better idea than going on the Dragons […]
View Post BrewDogI’ve basically just copied this post straight from Mark @ pencil and spoon – he writes far more eloquently than me and i’m in a lazy saturday morning mood, so i’ve put my comments in orange! so here are the plans for the big blogger beer swap. Awesome take up so far, reaching out to […]
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