I recently ordered a couple of cases of Unpronounceable IPA from My Brewery Tap, Stu being the gent he is, kindly slipped in a couple of unlabelled bottles of his new Wheat Beer for me to try. Before I drank and photographed them a little bit of Blue Peter magic was needed, I managed to […]
View Post crown brewer stu, Crown Brewery, german beer, Sheffield beers, weissbier, wheat beer, white beerI’ve wanted to do blind tasting between Brewdog‘s Infamous Punk IPA and Thornbridge’s Stunning Jaipur for a while, but haven’t actually managed to keep a bottle of either in my beer cupboard long enough to compare them side by side. So with the arrival of my latest 52 week beer club I finally had both beers in […]
View Post Blind beer tasting, BrewDog, Crown Brewery, IPA, jaipur, punk, Thornbridge, uipa, unpronouncable IPAThis week’s Meet The Brewer comes from Steve at Durham Brewery, they are just up the road from me and they are one of my favourite breweries, they make some fanastic strong ales along with some pretty tasty session ales too. What is your brewery capacity? 10 barrel plant What is different about your brewery? […]
View Post Durham Brewery, english ale, local ale, locale, Meet The Brewer, real aleI’m not entirely sure where I got Naylor’s Ginger Beer from but I found it in the beer cupboard when I was looking for something a little different, so decided to crack it open. Naylor’s Ginger Beer is part of their Brewers Choice range, this is a range of seasonal and one off beers that […]
View Post english ale, ginger ale, ginger beer, NaylorsFriday night we went out for a meal with a group of friends, it’s been planned for months now as it’s hard getting everyone together, not to mention getting a table at the pub/restaurant we wanted to go to. So it was really great when we turned up at The Board Inn in Lealholme and […]
View Post beer and food, Beer Festival, north yorkshire, Timothy TaylorI write this as I am sat here with a rather large bulbous glass that has a rather small amount of what is currently the world’s strongest “beer”, Sink The Bismarck, from Brewdog. My brother bought the bottle a few weeks ago and it arrived a couple of days ago, he offered to bring some […]
View Post 41%, BrewDog, IPA, scottish ale, Strong beer, world's strongest beerThis week’s meet the brewer comes from way north of the border, Wil Wood from Fyne Ales took time out from brewing 5 times a week to complete our little questionnaire. Fyne Ales make some fine ales (see what I did there??) I’m quite partial to their Avalanche. So over to Wil to fill you […]
View Post Fyne Ales, real ale, scottish aleThis week our Meet the Brewer, features Stephen Burton from Green Room Ales, I first came across Green Room Ales on Facebook, I was pretty impressed by their branding and loved the sound of their ales so thought I would ask them to take part in our feature. So over to Stephen for more about […]
View Post Green Room Ales, Meet The BrewerThe very kind guys and girls over at R & R recently sent me a bottle of Liefmans Fruit beer, which I in turn gave to my other half as she loves her fruit beers. Liefmans’ Fruit is a new introduction to the Liefmans range. It is based on older brother Liefmans Cuvée Brut (formerly […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit BeerIt’s Thursday, It’s lunchtime, It’s Meet The Brewer. This week we have Pete Brissenden from Hopdaemon. Pete is a top guy and he makes some great beers and for a skinny lad from down south he can certainly handle his beer, although there was one point during the aftermath of Twissup where his brain did […]
View Post Hopdaemon, Kent, kentish hops, Meet The Brewer