A 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 beerAs I write this I’m sat on a mini bus, swaithed I’m blue florescent light, on the way home from the Old Mill Brewery in Snaith, Yorkshire. I’ll be honest, before I was asked if I wanted to join my dad and his colleagues on this trip I’d not even heard of this place. But now I’m […]
View Post brewery tour, cask ale, local ale, locale, yorkshireI’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 beerJust a quick heads up that there is a big battle of the breweries coming up at the Slip Inn, York, it starts at 12 noon on Saturday 25th June 2011. The day will feature plenty of live music, some great hot food and a fantastic selection of beers – with at least seven from […]
View PostAfter 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, […]
View Post Americal beer, bottled beer, IPAThis week’s meet the brewer comes from Tony and Saltaire, I’m a big fan of Saltaire brewery and have been drinking them since at Uni just down the road in Bradford, they do some really interesting beers so if you see them they are definitely worth trying. What is your Brewery name and where did it come […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, Yorkshire beer