Following up from the £1 Ale Taste Challenge a few weeks ago I thought I would let you in on some of the ales i have been buying from the supermarkets over the week or two, not only have I found some absolute crackers I have manged to try/buy quite a few new ales. I […]
View Post Bargain Beer, beer cupboard, Belgian Beer, english ales, Supermarket beerTimmermans Strawberry beer is something that i had never really taken seriously, mainly because it always thought it was a bit too sweet and as bad as it sounds, something Emily would order (she is very partial to a bit of fruit beer), so when i had the chance of trying some again* I decided […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit Beer, Lambic Beer, Strawberry Beer, TimmermansMoor’s was one of those breweries i had heard whispers about and something i had never managed to track down, Then a certain Internet purveyor of fine ales (who will be the cause of my divorce*) started stocking them, funnily enough around the time i was just about to order a few of the new […]
View Post english ales, IPA, Kent, Moor, Moor Somerland GoldYou may have already seen on twitter and on Mark Dredge’s Website that there is something called The Big Blogger Beer Swap going on, if not you can read all about it on his website. Myself and Mark from Real Ale Reviews decided to give it a “trial run” so i thought I would leave […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ale, local alesWelcome to beerreviews.co.uk the new home for beerblog.colourpool.com. Yes that’s right we finally got round to putting it on a nice easy to remember website, so fear not the lull in beer reviews and tastings will be over soon! We have also got a few new pages and exciting ideas coming your way so watch this space. […]
View Post Beer Reviews, beer tastingsNo trip to Greece would be complete without a few pints of Mythos or Alfa. Now those of you who know me will know that I am not a massive lager fan, yes I drink the odd Pilsner or Euro beer now and then but I generally drink Ale. Lager however is one of those […]
View PostTraditional English Ale or T.E.A for short, was a beer I had wanted to try for a while, so when I got my hands on a bottle in one of Hogs Back’s nice little gift sets, I was quite excited to try it, unfortunately i hadn’t had time to write up the review until now. T.E.A is […]
View Post bitter, Bottle conditioned, english ales, Hogs Back Brewery, T.E.AJust wanted to say a quick congratulations to Nick and his team @ Hambleton Ales, on winning the Sainsbury Beer Competition 2009. It’s nice to see a quality local ale producer doing well. More info can be found on on the SIBA website here I also want to say congratulations to Brewdog for their cunning […]
View Post BrewDog, english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, SainsburysThis was another of the beers that @crownbrewerstu sent me. After trying the Ring of Fire and Unpronounceable I.P.A I was really looking forward to this one, mainly because the other two had really surprised me and i thoroughly enjoyed them. The beer opened with a real fizz and started to foam out of the […]
View Post bitter, Crown Brewery, english ales, wheat beerRegular readers of the blog will know I am a big fan of Hambleton Ales, not only are they quite local to me but they make a cracking range of beers. One of my favourites is Hambleton Stallion, It’s classed as a premium bitter and personally I think it’s one of the best bitters around. […]
View Post english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, stallion, Yorkshire beer