Bowland Sky Dancer was another of the two Bowland Beers I picked up along with Headless Peg from Hambleton Brewery. This one takes it’s name from the Hen Harrier which is locally known as the Sky Dancer because of it’s elaborate flying displays, I can just imagine being sat outside a pub near the Bowland […]
View PostWhen flicking through the news this morning i saw this, it seems like a good idea to help cheer the lads out in Afghanistan up, so if you are a brewer or beer supplier please send them some beer! Taken from yahoo news: RAF chiefs are appealing for donations so British troops returning from Afghanistan […]
View Post beer for the boys, breweries, brewersThis was another of the cheap ales I picked up at the same time as the Barnsley Beers. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I had never even heard of Tomos Watkins or the Hurns Brewing Co. When I opened the bottle it was that fizzy it nearly fizzed over, this also made it […]
View Post cwrw haf, hurns brewing, Tomos watkins, welsh beerI recently acquired this beer from my dad, who was passing the Hambleton Brewery, I knew they bottled ales for other breweries after a recent tour there, however I didn’t realise they also sold them from their shop. As neither my dad or myself had heard of Bowland before we thought we would try a […]
View Post bitter, Bowland Brewery, english alesI thought i would start a bit of Friday frivolity on the Beer Blog website today and ask people for their top 10 beers of all time, i know it’s been done before but i thought it would be a nice easy introduction to what will hopefully become a regular bit of fun on the […]
View Post BrewDog, english ales, Mikkeller, saltaire, Thornbridge, top 10 beersThis was another beer that i picked up from @beermerchants on twitter, along with a couple of their others, although after tasting this one i wish i had ordered some OOKS and the other couple that i didn’t plump for. The main thing that attracted me to this ale was actually the description on the […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, Gadds, hoppy beer, ramsgateThis was one of the beers kindly sent over by @hogsbackbrewery. It was the only one out of the selection they sent that I had previously tried so I thought i would share it at the Beer bloggers day out. The bottle is gives a very upmarket feel, especially with the cool gold CAMRA cap […]
View Post A over T, english ales, Hogs Back BrewerySunday saw the 2nd Beer Blog authors “meet up”. The sun was shining and the beers were calling us, so off we headed to the first, and only stop, the Star in Middlesbrough, Recently refurbished and with a good reputations for well kept real ales and tasty food. Dan was waiting outside with a pint […]
View Post Eisbock, GCB, Good cheer beer, Ossett Brewing, Ossett Pale Gold, Pale Gold, The StarThe guys over at Hogs Back brewery kindly sent me over a selection of their ales to try, the reviews will be on here very soon, in the meantime here is a bit about them from their website. The Hogs Back Brewery is an independent brewery based in Tongham, Surrey. Their flagship real ale, ‘TEA’ (Traditional English Ale), has […]
View Post english ales, Hogsback breweryThis was another of the beers in my mixed case from @crownbrewerstu on twitter. I remember reading the description for this ale as I was putting it onto a page of it’s own on their website, It read: This traditional golden IPA (7% ABV) is full flavoured packed with bitterness from the 5kg of Bramlin […]
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