I just had the following Press release through from the guys over at Summer Wine Brewery, They are heading up the UK part of International IPA Day which will hopefully involve a couple of pubs in both the North and the South. James will be updating his blog with the bars etc very soon so […]
View Post IPA, IPA Day, social mediaThe Captain Cook Inn, Staithes, North Yorkshire will be holding it’s 11th annual Lifeboat Beer Festival on Thursday 18th (starting at 11AM), Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of August (finishing at midnight). The bar will be open from 11am till midnight each day. ENTRY IS FREE and we will be scouring the country […]
View Post captain cook, Captain Cook InnHot on the heels of Magic Rocks Brewing’s first launch night they will be taking over the pumps at another of their favourite beer venues, North Bar, Leeds on Thursday (not Thurdsay as the poster says) the 30th of June. The draught beer line up will be their first three cask beers: Curious 3.9% “Original […]
View PostJust a quick heads up that there is a big battle of the breweries coming up at the Slip Inn, York, it starts at 12 noon on Saturday 25th June 2011. The day will feature plenty of live music, some great hot food and a fantastic selection of beers – with at least seven from […]
View PostJust found this in my inbox so thought I would share it, The rather excellent Newcastle Arms in Newcastle is having a beer festival that starts tomorrow. There are some brilliant beers from some of my favourite breweries so if you are in the area then it’s worth a look. You can also get the […]
View Post Beer Festival, newcastle, northern beer, toonWhen Brewdog and Stone released Bashah way back in 2009 I was a big fan It was a genuinely interesting beer, so when they announced they were releasing two reserve versions which had fruit added I knew I had to have them. It came in two forms Bashah 2009 Highland Park and Black Raspberry Reserve and Bashah […]
View Post bottled beer, Fruit Beer, open itFriday 3rd and Saturday 4th June 2011 sees the return of the LS6 Beer Festival in Leeds’ Hyde Park. Apparently this year it’s going to be bigger and better than last year, with what promises to be a great mix of beer and bands. Tickets start at £5 and are being sold via digyorkshire.com For […]
View PostThose of you that follow me on twitter will know this is the beer I rounded off day 3 of Open It with, It was so good I’ve decided to write about it first and write the other two beers up later. I picked this bottle up from GBBF 2010 and it’s been sat in […]
View Post bottled beer, coffee beer, danish beer, hornbeer, Imperial Stout, StoutFor Open It day 2 had had planned on drinking more than just one bottle of beer but an impromptu trip out to a lovely sunny Whitby and a tour of a few of it’s fine drinking establishments didn’t leave me with much time or much space in my considerably large beer belly. Not wanting to miss […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, open it, whisky