Last 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 PostIt’s Friday and I thought I’d write about something a little bit different today, Coffee, It’s something I probably drink more of than beer and is another one of my passions, and while this is essentially a beer website, I’ve wanted to write about it for a while so here it is. Coffee just like […]
View Post BrewDog, coffee, coffee beer, MikkellerJust before Christmas the legendary gent that is Stuart Howe from Sharp’s (you may know him from the Hugh and Oz raise the bar program that was on the BBC or as the fella who made beer with offal) sent me a bottle of a beer that in his own words he described as SUBLIME […]
View Post bottled beer, cornish beer, lager, orval, saaz, sharp'sI 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 festivalUnsure what to do during the day on new year’s eve and with the other half at work myself and Dave managed to swing some cheap train tickets to York so I decided to dig out the map I made for 2009’s trip with Mark from Real Ale Reviews add a couple of new pubs […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, cask beer, IPA, keg beer, pub crawl, train beer, york, york beer, york pubsIt’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 […]
View Post Beer bloggers, Beer festivals, bottled beer, cask beer, draught beer, Golden PintsThe 2009 Golden Pint Awards were a success so we have decided we’d have some fun with them again this year. It couldn’t be simpler, just fill in your answers to the categories below. You can do this in the comments on someone’s blog post, write them in your own blog or email them to […]
View Post beer blogger awards, blogger awards, Golden PintsThis is my favourite recipe for beer battered fish n chips, it’s totally up to you which beer you use but I find the fizzier, yeastier ones give a better texture to the batter, the trick is to have the beer really cold too. I like to fry my fish then let it stand while […]
View Post beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipesWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Green Jack : The Jack in the green : Jethro Tull Song What is your brewery capacity? 40 Barrels per brew What is different about your brewery? Most Easterly brewery in the UK, Built in an old smoke house How long have you been […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, english ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleLast week I received an email asking if I’d like to go and sample some of the ales available as part of the the NovEMBER Ale festival at my local Ember Inns. Not one to pass up on an excuse to visit the pub I hot footed it along the road to our local, Turners […]
View Post Beer Festival, cask ale, locale, pub, redcar beer