These might change tonight as I’ve got some tasty bottles lined up but here’s my list as it stands. Best UK Cask Beer – Tynebank Rhubarb and custard, followed by Truefitt Trembler and Roosters Yankee Best UK Keg Beer – Fallen brewery’s Chew Chew followed by Wylam Jakehead and Hawkshead NZPA Best UK Bottled Beer […]
View PostJonny Garrett is one half of the Craft Beer Channel’s, Youtube’s stupidest channel about beer. @beerchannel www.youtube.com/thecraftbeerchannel Best UK Cask Beer I had a true eureka moment with Vocation Pride & Joy at Tap East a few weeks back. Stunning grapefruit and mango, then a subtle sweet malt base balanced perfectly by the bitterness. It […]
View PostI’ve just realised i’ve not blogged since last years awards, there’s a stack of unfinished posts in my drafts folder but the year really has flown by. There’s been a few tweets wondering if these were happening this year so here’s an updated list, with added bits for canned beer. Feel free to do a […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beers, Golden PintsThe previous years Golden Pint Awards seem to have gone down well so thought i’d do it again this year as a bit of fun. Feel free to do a runner-up and a winner for each category (or some honourable mentions) and link to blog posts if you’ve written about winners before. Then post it […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beer, fun, Golden PintsI’ve just found this in my draft posts (along with one about GBBF) from earlier in the year, not sure why I didn’t post it (could have been the poor quality photos I took) but thought I might as well do it now. July 4th saw the first Thornbridge beer festival…dubbed Peakender, Set in the […]
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There’s plenty going on at Truefitt’s Tap in Northallerton over the next few weeks here’s a brief rundown Beer club – Sunday’s and Wednesday’s Music night with Valy Boyers – Friday 11th July Cocktail night – Saturday 12th July Pie and Pea night – Tuesday 15th July Meet the brewer – Revolutions Brewing Co – […]
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With the official opening of Hardknott On Track things have come full circle for Hardknott Brewery, The brewery originally started in the Woolpack Inn, berfore Dave and Ann sold up and moved the brewery to Millom so that they could focus on making great beer. 4 years on and with the new brewery site in […]
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One of my all time favourite breweries and in my opinion a very underrated brewery celebrates their 20th Anniversary this year and are having a bit of a knees up to mark the occasion. Details are below but if you plan on joining me there please give the brewery a shout on info@durhambrewery.co.uk and let […]
View Post2013 has been an interesting year for beer, there’s been a lot of really good beer and an awful lot of inconsistent beer, beer that’s been lauded to death and I’ve not enjoyed there’s been some great discussions and some utterly bonkers ones and there’s been a fair bit of bandwagon jumping and circle jerking […]
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Badger have launched a competition to find the perfect Badger pie, All they are asking is that the pie recipe is baked in a pie dish, it can be potato topped, macaroni bottom, crumble or lattice, let your pie personality run wild. The competition closes on 24th January 2014 and there will be an awards […]
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