I’ve been a big fan of Mallinsons ever since a bottle arrived back in one of my My Brewery Tap 52 Week Beer Club cases. Ever since then I’ve tried them both on cask and in bottle when ever I’ve had the chance. The latest of these beers is number 3 in a series they’ve […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerI’ll cut straight to the point, I love Fruli Beer, I’ve been drinking it for as long as I can remember and despite it’s bright pink appearance it seems popular with both sexes, even in the pub up the road that sells it by the pint. It’s brewed near Ghent in Belgium and has won […]
View PostWhen I spotted St Hellier Ginger Beer Shandy for 89p a bottle in Bargain Madness not for a second did I think I would be back a couple of days later buying a whole case of the stuff. I’ve never really been a fan of St Hellier drinks I’ve tried over the year, so much […]
View Post bottled beer, ginger beer, shandy, St hellierA couple of weeks ago I received a press release along with a bottle of both Melville’s Strawberry Beer and their Raspberry Beer. Melville’s is a new arm of Innis & Gunn and is the brainchild of Douglal Sharp who wanted to show off what he called some of the best fruit in the world and create […]
View Post Fruit Beer, Melville's beer, raspberry beer, Strawberry BeerA while back I was very kindly sent a selection of Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales. These included Wherry, Sundew, Nog, Nelsons Revenge, Head Cracker and Admirals Reserve I’d not had any Woodforde’s for a long time, my first was Wherry at a beer festival many moons ago. I always remember my first batch of homebrew being […]
View Post bottled beer, home brew, norfolk ales, real aleLast week, the guys over at Innis and Gunn sent me this bottle of Triple Mature Oak Aged Innis and Gunn. It’s been specially released for Fathers Day on June 19th and is on sale now in Tesco for a very reasonable £2.50 per bottle. It comes in its own distinctive bright blue box, which […]
View Post bottled beer, free beer, oak aged beerI’ll be honest, I got sent a few bottles of Darwin’s Origin a while back and they’ve all long since been drank and this has been sat here half started and full of short hand so I thought it was about time I finished it off. “Darwin’s Origin is the brainchild of Debbie at Salopian […]
View Post bitter, bottled beerAfter a long day at work I took a detour on the way home, a detour to the White Swan in Stokesley, home of the Captain Cook Brewery, The brewery is going from strength to strength and has improved immensely over the last few months. The reason for me detour was mainly to try their new 7% […]
View Post captain cook, cask ale, stokesley, White Swan, Yorkshire AleWhen 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 itDoug Odell is something of a legend in the brewing world you rarely talk to someone who loves their craft beer/hoppy beer/American beer (delete as appropriate) who doesn’t mention Odell Brewing. Unfortunately until recently I hadn’t had chance to try any of his beers, until this arrived in the post and I then found Colorado red, […]
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