Bristol Beer Factory have recently announced (well recently when I started writing this post) they are going to brew another 12 Stouts of Christmas, which is great news, it also reminded me that I’d not written about the first 12 so here goes. Myself and @davelozman had planned on splitting the 12 stouts over one night but after […]
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Hawkshead Brewery are one of my favourite breweries in not just the lakes but the whole wide world. Hawkshead Brewery was founded in 2002 in a barn at Esthwaite Water, using a second hand 7 barrel plant and over the last few years they have gone from strength to strength, firstly moving across Lake Windemere to […]
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Last weekend’s Open It saw lots of great bottles opened, shared and enjoyed throughout the country (or world??), here’s what I got through.
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Does your homebrewery have a name? if so what’s the story behind it? I’m one of those homebrewers who thought of a brewery name before I had brewed a beer. I went with Broadford Brewery. I’ve lived in Bradford most of my 34 years but didn’t feel ballsy enough to take Bradford Brewery. Broadford was […]
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A couple of days ago a bottle of Cobra and a bottle of Thornbridge Jaipur arrived in the post and went straight in the fridge and then last night a freshly baked Dominos Tandoori Hot pizza arrived just before 19:00. The pizza was swiftly shared and consumed with the beers, spot on it was too, […]
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Dust off the fancy bottles, it’s time to Open It! It’s a reason and an excuse to open those bottles you’ve been saving. Beers which you really want to drink but also really want to hold onto until a special occasion. The thing is, not all beer gets better if you leave it and the […]
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The Highland Brewing Company is one of my favourite breweries north of the border, Rob and his son produce some cracking ales which is no surprise really when Rob has been brewing for over 28 years and brewed in some great breweries across the UK. Based on the beautiful island of Orkney they are also known as […]
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I first met Pete from the Brew Company at Twissup in Sheffield, where he not only introduced me to his better half Liz who runs the Harlequinn pub in Sheffield but also to one of my now favourite tipples, Angostura 1919 rum. The Brew Company started brewing in 2007 after Pete left Cadbury’s and have […]
View Post cask ale, sheffield beer, Underrated BreweriesPork Scratchings have to be one of the best British beery bar snacks out there, crunch and salty they go with pretty much any beer you can lay your hands on. Unfortunately it would seem that the majority of packets of scratchings use rind from Danish Pigs, this travesty has lead Tom Parker Bowles and […]
View PostThe day after we’d been to the Cumbrian Beer Appreciation Group’s latest meal was mostly spent wandering around the beautiful Lake District in the rain trying to resit the temptation to go on a huge pub crawl and drink lots of Lakeland Ale, mainly because we had drank lots of beer the night before but […]
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