On Saturday I finally got to go to the Rat Race Ale House, It’s a short train journey up the road but I’ve never gotten round to jumping on the train. Until recently it couldn’t open when Hartlepool were playing at home. So on Saturday I jumped on the train with Trev and we headed […]
View Post cask ale, hartlepool, pub, real aleToday’s Meet The Brewer comes from a brewery I am really fond of, they make some interesting and exciting ales and are regulars in a lot of the pubs where we end up after walking. Roosters Brewery name is because it is natural, male like most of our customers were when the brewery opened, and […]
View Post brewery, Meet The Brewer, real ale, uk beer, yorkshire, Yorkshire beerMy Antonia was something I had started to hear whispers about on twitter and from other beer bloggers so when My Brewery Tap offered to send me a bottle I snapped Rich’s hand off. I also drank it pretty much straight away but with one thing and another it’s taken me ages to get round […]
View Post american beer, coninually hopped, hops, IPA, italian beer, pilsnerThis week’s meet the brewer comes from a brewery that very nearly makes me want to move down south, they make some fantastic beers and I can only dream of trying them on cask. What is your brewery capacity? 60 bbrls/wk What is different about your brewery? It’s the only one in town. How long […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, english ale, Gadds, kent ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleWhile I was at The Great British Beer Festival, Dave, otherwise known a HardknottDave very kindly gave me a bottle of his latest brew, Infra Red. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Hardknott Brewery, They started off brewing up at the Woolpack Pub in Boot, then Dave and Ann sold the pub […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english beer, English IPA, IPA, red beer, red ipa, usa ipaThis weeks Meet the Brewer comes from the other side of the pond, from a brewer that I’ve only ever tried one beer from but I’ve heard a lot about, mainly from Dave of Hardknott Brewery. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? The brewery is attached to a public house, […]
View Post america, american ale, american beer, Hardknott brewery, US beer, USA, usa breweryThose of you who are regular readers of the blog or who know me, will know how much of a huge fan I am of Moor Beer. Justin makes some absolutely brilliant beers and is a really nice guy to boot. I’ve been lucky enough to try alot of Moor beer both in bottle and from cask […]
View Post bottled beer, english ale, Kent, kent ale, moor brewing co, southern beerThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from a brewery that I had a tour of a few weeks ago so over to Andrew to tell you a bit more about York Brewery What is your brewery capacity? We have a 20 bbl brewlength with 180 bbls fermenting capacity or 9 brews per week What is […]
View Post bottled ale, brewery, cask ale, york, york breweryToday 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 aleThis week sees our Meet the Brewer compelted by the brewery who recently won Champion Speciality Beer of Britain 2010, its Pete from Amber Ales. Where did your Brewery get it’s name? Amber Ales Ltd, named after the Amber Valley region where we are located : it is literally the valley of the river Amber […]
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