Last 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, IPAThis weeks Meet the brewer comes from a brewery just up the road from me The Captain Cook Brewery in Stokesley and from Matt Power (soon to be Truefitt) so here goes. What is your brewery capacity? These are exciting times for the brewery, we recently started to brew 4x4BBL instead of 3, we are […]
View Post captain cook, north yorkshire, northern beer, stokesley beer, Yorkshire beerBefore Christmas the very kind guys over at Stringers Beer sent me a couple of bottles of their ales to try, The first of which was Stringers IPA. The first thing that impressed me was the branding, it’s really bold and striking, it’s also really clean and simple, so much so it’s sat on the […]
View Post amarillo, cumbria, cumbrian beer, English IPA, IPA, lakeland beerLast 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 PostJust 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’ve just been told about a rather exciting night coming up at the Plimsoll Line in Redcar Tony, the head brewer at Saltaire Brewery will be holding a Meet the Brewer night, where not only can you ask Tony loads of really difficult questions you can sample 5 (possibly 6) of their fine ales, including. […]
View Post brewer, cask ale, Meet The Brewer, saltaire brewery, Yorkshire beer, yorkshire breweryMarble Brewery are one of my favourite UK breweries, they brew some really top draw beer and I’m yet to have one of their beers that I don’t like. I’ve met a few of the guys from the brewery both at twissup and they always seem really knowledgeable and up for a laugh. Marble Lagonda […]
View Post bottled beer, engish ale, IPA, manchester beer, marbleUnsure 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 become a bit of a Christmas tradition that on Christmas morning we pop round to my parents for bacon butties and a coffee based beer, last year I took Saints and Sinners Insomniac so 2010’s choice had a lot to live up to. So when Beermerchants.com got their latest delivery of delights from Mikkeller […]
View Post bottled beer, christmas day beer, coffee beer, danish beer, MikkellerHogs Back Advent Ale is brewed to celebrate the coming of Christmas and one of the few in the Hogs Back range that, until now I hadn’t tried. I usually avoid Christmas themed beers as I’ve had some pretty terrible experiences with them so was hoping that this wouldn’t be one of them. It pours […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, Christmas beer