When 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 itI’ve had this review sitting round here for a good while now but never gotten round to posting it, mainly because I’ve had other stuff to say but also because Dogma was no longer available from Brewdog…..well until now. News broke a couple of days ago that Dogma was back in the Brewdog store (you […]
View Post BrewDog, heather beer, honey beer, scottish beer, unusual beerThere’s been a lot of talk about Brewdog’s Punk IPA lately, first of all they released a version called Punk X, I think it was an experiment to see what people thought of Punk IPA with a few tweeks, It was released in cask and bottle (possibly keg too) and not being able to get […]
View Post BrewDog, british beer, Canned beer, IPA, punk, scottish beerLast night @davelozman and his mrs came for tea, It’s always a great night and we usually sup some fantastic beer so I took a bit of a risk and tried to incorporate some beer into the first course. I’ve made beer batter before but only ever for big chunks of fish and I usually […]
View Post beer and food, beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipes, BrewDog, IPAOpen It night one was a success, I just opened the one bottle, the rather stunning Brewdog Abstrakt AB:04, Night two had a lot to live up to. We went up to @davelozman ‘s where he’d pulled a few special bottles from his stash and cooked a huge chunk of lamb stuffed with haggis, It […]
View Post aged beer, bottled beer, expensive beer, great beer, open it, whisky beerThis was probably Brewdog beer I was looking forward to the release of with most anticipation, those that know me or follow me on twitter will know that I’m just as obsessed with great coffee (usually from the excellent Hasbean) and everything chilli related (see my other blog) So given that AB:04 contained Hasbean coffee, […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, BrewDog, scottish beer, Strong beerLast 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 beerWhen Brewdog first arrived on the scene I remember ordering their beers online and being blow away by how different they were, their branding was spot on and the beers tasted fab, Even the early tasting case I bought that had prototype bottles of what were to become Chaos Theory and Zeitgeist showed just how […]
View Post Beer Festival, BrewDog, scottish ale, WetherspoonsWhilst doing some shopping in Morrisons on Sunday I wandered down the beer aisle to see if they had got any new or interesting beers in, unfortunately this usually ends in disappointment as they rarely have anything new or exciting, the last one I remember was Sierra Nevada Pale Ale which they started stocking a […]
View Post bottled beer, BrewDog, hoppy beer, morrisons, red beer, scottish beer, scottish red ale, Supermarket beerToday saw the exciting announcement that Chaos Theory has been re-released by Brewdog after much nagging by the online community and beery types around the world Brewdog have brought back what is probably my favourite beer that they have ever made…well until I tried the recent collaboration with Mikkeller – I Hardcore You, which I […]
View Post Beer, bottled beer, BrewDog, IPA, scottish ale