I have written this post to commemorate a momentus occasion, my local Morrisons has now started selling Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, well actually I started writing this post to celebrate it but that was over a month ago now and in the meantime Aldi decided to sell a who load of this luscious stuff for £1.29. Some […]
View Post american ale, american beer, IPA, pale ale, USAThis is Mitch’s take on the the World Cup Beer Sweepstake completely unedited and unabridged (well apart from adding a few links here and there) Anybody that knows me knows I don’t do football. I don’t watch it, I don’t show it in my pub, I don’t support a team, and I am unable to […]
View Post beer and football, denmark, football, world cupWhat is your brewery capacity? Up to 200,000Hl What is different about your brewery? We have been brewing since 1777, whilst the existing brewery was built in 1899. We only supply draught beers (cask & keg) to our own pubs of which H&W owns 250. The Chairman (Mark Woodhouse) has a team of auditors whose […]
View Post brewer, english ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleThis beer arrived as part of my Beer Swap Part Deux box from Andrew at Bristol Beer Factory, It was another new beer to me and it was another of Andrew’s own ales. Again like the IPA it came without a label, which in some ways is pretty cool as you don’t quite know what […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, bristol beer, milk stout, real ale, StoutWhat is your brewery capacity? About 5,000 barrels per annum What is different about your brewery? I don’t know really, I’ve only ever brewed in my own brewery. However, we work hard at what we do and don’t cut corners. Many UK brewers talk a good fight but their product quality gives the game away. […]
View PostOtley Brewing Company were another one of those breweries I had heard of but never seen in the wild or found anywhere to buy them when on my travels. I a strange twist of fate our local pub had some in a few months ago and my dad tried it then told me about it, unfortunately by […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, hoppy beer, otley brewing, pale ale, welsh beerLast year I was lucky enough to be sent a few bottles of Daas Organic beers which I really enjoyed (see here). So when They said they were sending me some of their new much anticipated Ambre beer I was quite excited. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Daas, they are premium organic […]
View PostThis week’s Meet The Brewer Comes from one of the stars of the recent Beer Tickers film and who has even had a beer named after him, its none other than Dave Unpronounceable from Steel City Brewing. What is different about your brewery? Mainly that we don’t have one! We are what is known in […]
View Post hops, IPA, sheffield beer, sheffiled brewingI know Mark does FABPOW’s quite a lot and they are great, I thought I would have a punt at it this week after first coming across this pairing when camping in Northumberland a few weeks ago. We were on Holy Island and some how manged to choose a day to visit when most of […]
View Post Beer and food pairing, bitter, FABPOW, food and beer, local ale, localeYes I know there has already been a blog post today, but I thought I would give those who aren’t interested in This week’s Meet the Brewer, it comes from someone who brewed some of my favourite beers of last year, who’s logo and branding is great and who’s beers got me a little twissed […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, moor beer