Saltburn Beer Festival organised by Cleveland CAMRA as part of the town’s 150 celebrations. This event will be opened by Sharon Wilson, Saltburn’s Town Crier at Saltburn Community Centre. There will be 35 ales from different parts of the UK and 9 ciders and perries. There will also be local fruit wine, soft drinks and […]
View PostLate notice I know but Hartlepool Beer Festival starts today. It’s at Hartlepool Borough Hall, Middlegate, Hartlepool TS24 0JD and there will be approximately 50 real ales along with ciders and perries plus wine will be available. Festival Opening Times, Bands & Admission: Friday 14th October: 6pm – midnight (The Moobs plus special guests, £12) […]
View PostThis festival will be the 30th that as been held at The Cook and to acknowledge this achievement ALL 30 ALES, CIDERS AND PERRY WILL BE PRICED AT £2.00 A PINT ON THE OPENING DAY Kick off will be at 11 am on Thursday 3rd November and will run till midnight Sunday 6th. ENTRY IS […]
View Post beer festival captain cook inn, captain cook, captain cook in, cask ale, staithesFor those of you who missed it the next Twissup is in Newcastle on the 12th November 2011. I’ve tried to put together a bit of a plan with the help of Jeff, Mick from the Free Trade, Toonbeerchris and Andrew from Bacchus so here’s a rough outline of the day…things are bound to change […]
View Post newcastle, Newcastle beer, newcastle pubs, TwissupJust received the following press release, it sounds quite interesting as we don’t see enough Dark Star beers up here. Tilleys Bar, at 105 Westgate Road in Newcastle, is part of The Head Of Steam group of renowned pubs. During October, it is going to have a life-changing experience; it will, effectively, become a Dark […]
View PostThe votes have been counted, re counted and double checked and I am please to announce that the next Twissup is in Newcastle on 12th November 2011. The voting for the host city was quite close with Newcastle 5 votes ahead of Edinburgh and then Norwich a little way behind. The 12th November romped home with 49% […]
View Post cask ale, newcastle, northern beer, real ale, toon, TwissupI’ve just realised that it’s now nearly a month since the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Earls Court and then realised that I’d not written about it, party because I’ve been so busy since getting back but mainly because It was such a whirlwind of a day that I no matter what I write […]
View Post Beer Festival, bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, foreign beer, GBBFIt’s that time of year where we dust of our twadges (no not that…this), prepare our survival kits and prepare your drinking boots, Twissup is here. All you need to do is complete the form below and we will announce the results in a couple of weeks. If anyone has suggestions of places to visit or beery […]
View Post blog, bloggers, blogging, Twissup, twitterAs a change from their usual beer and food matching events the Bacchus in Newcastle has decided to hold a cheese and Norwegian beer afternoon starting at 4pm on Sunday 28th August. The beers are all from Nøgne ø brewery, the cheeses have been advised and supplied by the Norbiton fine cheese company and Norbiton’s […]
View Post beer and cheese, Beer and food pairing, Norweigan beerThis years festival sees the launch of “Boulby Dark” from “The Staithes Brewery”. After the success of “Boulby Blonde”, a light refreshing 3.5% session ale we are pleased to announce that “Boulby Dark”, a 4.0% mild, will be made available at the festival to run alongside the said Blonde from opening time on Thursday 18th […]
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