As well as Twissup and the Otley brewery night at the White Horse, this weekend sees the start of the Welsh beer festival at The Rake in London. It Kicks off at 12 noon on the Sunday and there will be a Meet the Brewer event at 2pm with Nick & Matt Otley & If […]
View Post cask beer, cheese and beer, kegged beer, london, london beer, Meet The Brewer, the rake, welsh beer, welsh cheeseJust had the following press release through and thought it might be of interest to some of our southern readers, I wish it was a bit closer as the temptation of 15 Otley beers in one place is huge. O’ What a Weekend Come celebrate one of Wales’ most innovative craft breweries, Otley Brewing Company, […]
View Post Meet The Brewer, otley brewing, welsh beerWith Twissup York fast approaching we’ve put together a rough plan for the day, a lot of this will depend on how people are feeling and how many turn up, some of the pubs won’t fit a huge number of people in so we may have to split up and rendezvous in a bigger pub […]
View Post bloggers, pub crawl, Twissup, york, york beerLast night I went to the Saltaire meet the brewer evening at my local Weatherspoons, On offer there were 5 different beers on offer and a chance to chat to Tony from Saltaire. We arrived just after 19:30 and the pub was already quite busy, It looked as if quite a lot of people were […]
View PostI just heard about another exciting event running this month, It’s at the excellent Free Trade Inn on the banks of the Tyne in Newcastle. It runs from 27th to the 30th January On Sunday evening they have some live music with a few local Blues and Jazz ‘The Eleven’ and the ‘Cup of tea […]
View Post Beer Festival, cask beer, cider, draught beer, Newcastle beer, newcastle pubs, pub festivalI’ve just been told about a rather exciting night coming up at the Plimsoll Line in Redcar Tony, the head brewer at Saltaire Brewery will be holding a Meet the Brewer night, where not only can you ask Tony loads of really difficult questions you can sample 5 (possibly 6) of their fine ales, including. […]
View Post brewer, cask ale, Meet The Brewer, saltaire brewery, Yorkshire beer, yorkshire breweryVoting has closed for the February Twissup and we’re going to… York! Despite a last minute surge from Brighton (taking the last five votes), York is where we’ll be going with 26 of the 69 votes (Brighton picked up 21 votes, Newcastle 15, Bristol 4 and Derby a surprisingly low 3). Mark and I will […]
View Post pub crawl, Twissup, york, york beer, york breweryHere we go, the first Twissup of 2011 will take place on Saturday 26th February. It’s our regular drink-a-thon around a new place with beer bloggers, tweeters, brewers, pub managers and much more. We’ve done Sheffield, Burton and Manchester/Huddersfield, now the next one is up to everyone to decide on the location. Mark and I […]
View Post Beer bloggers, TwissupThe Stockton CAMRA Ale and Arty Beer Festival returns for its seventh year after another huge success in 2010. The festival, as always, takes place over three days (Thur 24 : Sat 26 Feb) with festival goers supping up the selections during the day and enjoying entertainment on the evening. You can expect another weekend […]
View Post beer and music, Beer Festival, CAMRA, cask aleIt’s been a brilliant year for all things beer related so this has been really hard choosing, some of them may change over the next couple of days too as I’ve got some special bottles lined up and I know a couple of local pubs are getting some great beer in too. Best UK Draught […]
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