We’ve now got the plan for the day in Burton and we owe a million thank yous to Kristy for sorting it out for us. It’s a different day to Sheffield but I think it looks absolutely brilliant and at the end we can just carry on drinking wherever we want to or those who […]
View Post Beer bloggers, bloggers, burton upon trent, TwissupEvery month everyone waits on tenterhooks, waiting for the Wikio Rankings for Wine & Beer (or Beer & Wine as I like to think of them). They remind me a little of the Celebrity Laps board on Top Gear, some say they don’t care, some say they don’t make sense, all we know is everyone […]
View Post Beer bloggers, blogosphere, wikio rankingsIf you haven’t already heard, this week is National Cask Ale Week which aims to get people celebrating the great British tradition of cask ale. Cask ale has been around for years and years and is currently having a bit of a resurgence, mainly due to the huge array of fantastic breweries, excentric brewers and […]
View Post cask ale, cask ale week, english ale, local ale, localeI’m sat here, writing this with a slightly very fuzzy head, which can only mean one thing: there was plenty of great beer at the Big Beer Fest in Middlesbrough last night (or Saturday night if I don’t publish this until Monday). The festival was in aid of Teesside Hospice and was the first beer […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, english ale, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospiceHere’s the announcement you have all been waiting for, it’s time for Beer Swap: Part Deux, unlike Hot Shots, we are unlikely to have Charlie Sheen or any big Hollywood stars but we do have @markdredge and lots of other bloggers/tweeters. First, Beer Swap. The ‘let’s send each other beers we can’t get near us […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, local beer, locale, TwissupSt Patrick’s Day holds many a fond memory for me, firstly it was my late Nanna’s birthday, surprisingly it’s one birthday I never forget and make sure I always raise a glass to her. Secondly it St Patrick’s Day and the weekend either side of it has been the scene for some epic student drinking […]
View Post english ale, Guinness, irish ale, St Georges day, St Patrick's dayI recently found out about this beer festival via twitter and Teesside Hospice kindly sent me the press release as well as the beer list so I thought I would show our support for a worthy cause by posting it on here! I hope if you are in the local area you will attend one […]
View Post Beer Festival, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospice, Yorkshire AleIt’s been a very long time since I’ve visited the Woolpack Inn, deep in the Lake District, In fact I’m not even sure Dave and Ann were there when I last went. But after previously meeting them both a few times we decided that we had to visit the pub. We set off from a […]
View Post beer tasting, cumbria, lake district, localale, woolpack dave, woolpack innThere’s been a lot of talk recently (especially last night) about drinkability of beers and according to Dom from Marble it’s a hot topic between brewers at the moment. It seems to have different meanings depending on who you are listening to. Some say it’s a way justifying a boring beer, other say it’s a sign […]
View Post drinkable beers, IPA, session aleIt’s been announced (a little bit early by all accounts) that the guys over at Brewdog have done it again, Created the world’s strongest beer and grabbed the headlines by calling it “Sink the Bismark” a reference to toppling the German beer that knocked Tactical Nuclear Penguin off the top spot. Now yet again i […]
View Post BrewDog, IPA, Strong beer