In anticipation of my trip down to the brewery to deliver some of my Chilli Up North Chillis to Stu and give him a hand in brewing Ring of Fire beer, I thought I would review another one of Crown’s beers (i’ve already done U.I.P.A , Wheetie Bits and the previously mentioned chilli beer Ring […]
View Post Crown Brewery, english ale, real ale, Stout, wheat beer, Wheat StoutTimmermans Strawberry beer is something that i had never really taken seriously, mainly because it always thought it was a bit too sweet and as bad as it sounds, something Emily would order (she is very partial to a bit of fruit beer), so when i had the chance of trying some again* I decided […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit Beer, Lambic Beer, Strawberry Beer, TimmermansMoor’s was one of those breweries i had heard whispers about and something i had never managed to track down, Then a certain Internet purveyor of fine ales (who will be the cause of my divorce*) started stocking them, funnily enough around the time i was just about to order a few of the new […]
View Post english ales, IPA, Kent, Moor, Moor Somerland GoldTraditional English Ale or T.E.A for short, was a beer I had wanted to try for a while, so when I got my hands on a bottle in one of Hogs Back’s nice little gift sets, I was quite excited to try it, unfortunately i hadn’t had time to write up the review until now. T.E.A is […]
View Post bitter, Bottle conditioned, english ales, Hogs Back Brewery, T.E.AThis was another of the beers that @crownbrewerstu sent me. After trying the Ring of Fire and Unpronounceable I.P.A I was really looking forward to this one, mainly because the other two had really surprised me and i thoroughly enjoyed them. The beer opened with a real fizz and started to foam out of the […]
View Post bitter, Crown Brewery, english ales, wheat beerRegular readers of the blog will know I am a big fan of Hambleton Ales, not only are they quite local to me but they make a cracking range of beers. One of my favourites is Hambleton Stallion, It’s classed as a premium bitter and personally I think it’s one of the best bitters around. […]
View Post english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, stallion, Yorkshire beerBowland Sky Dancer was another of the two Bowland Beers I picked up along with Headless Peg from Hambleton Brewery. This one takes it’s name from the Hen Harrier which is locally known as the Sky Dancer because of it’s elaborate flying displays, I can just imagine being sat outside a pub near the Bowland […]
View PostThis was another of the cheap ales I picked up at the same time as the Barnsley Beers. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I had never even heard of Tomos Watkins or the Hurns Brewing Co. When I opened the bottle it was that fizzy it nearly fizzed over, this also made it […]
View Post cwrw haf, hurns brewing, Tomos watkins, welsh beerI recently acquired this beer from my dad, who was passing the Hambleton Brewery, I knew they bottled ales for other breweries after a recent tour there, however I didn’t realise they also sold them from their shop. As neither my dad or myself had heard of Bowland before we thought we would try a […]
View Post bitter, Bowland Brewery, english alesThis was another beer that i picked up from @beermerchants on twitter, along with a couple of their others, although after tasting this one i wish i had ordered some OOKS and the other couple that i didn’t plump for. The main thing that attracted me to this ale was actually the description on the […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, Gadds, hoppy beer, ramsgate