Every now and then something unexpectedly arrives in, more often than not it’s a bill of some kind, fortuatnely this time it was something a lot more exciting…..an 8% beer from Badger, yes that’s an 8% beer from Badger, it’s not every day they release one of those. The name comes from a local legend […]
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When Matt from Truefitt brewing asked for people to go give him a hand brewing a special double india pale ale for his 50th brew there was no way I was going to miss it, even if I had drank far to much gin the night before. We arrived at the brewery just before 8am […]
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I’ve tried Adnams Ghost Ship on a few different occasions and really enjoyed but never thought it was an outstanding beer, that was until I cracked open the canned version. The first thing that hit me was the aroma, It smelled super fresh and packed full of hops, load of pithy lime and lemon, it […]
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A couple of weeks ago I received an email asking if I was available to take part in the Sharp’s connoisseur choice cook off final, apparently the recipe I’d submitted on Sharp’s Facebook pagehad been chosen by 2 michelin star chef Nathan Outlaw to represent him in the final. It seemed like far too good of an […]
View Post beer and food, beer recipe, beer recipes, bottled beer, cask ale, cornish beer, recipeWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Axholme Brewing Company. It is named after where I live, the Isle of Axholme (an inland river island in North Lincolnshire) What is your brewery capacity? 2.5 brewers barrels, or 410L if you prefer. What is different about your brewery? Our small size allows […]
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Sharp’s Brewery recently launched Cornish Pilsner, in collaboration with the Eden Project, for me It had a lot to live up to as I was a huge fan of Monsieur Rock that they brewed a while back and is now no longer available. For the Pilsner Head brewer Stuart Howe used whole Saaz hops and […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Old Worthy Brewing Co. I used to work in the scotch whisky industry and the old boys who worked at our distilleries had cracking stories of the whisky men from another era who mischievously helped themselves to the distillery ‘wash’; a form of ‘beer’ […]
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St Austell are a brewery I’ve admired for ages, but fell head over heels for when we were on honeymoon in Cornwall back in April. As you can imagine they have a lot of pubs in Cornwall and just about everywhere sells some of their beer. The St Austell pubs we visited were great, most of them […]
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On Monday 30/07/2012 The Plimsoll Line will be holding a meet the brewer session with Saltaire brewery from 7pm. Saltaire beers available will be: Empress IPA (abv 5.0%) Tykes Gold (abv 4.4%) Raspberry Blonde (abv 4.0%) Elderflower Blonde (abv 4.0%) Five Rise Pale (abv 3.9%) In addition to these we will also have available Wall’s […]
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Last week saw lots of thirsty beer lovers descend on Staveley in Cumbria for the latest instalment in the Hawkshead Beer Festival. We arrived early afternoon on the Thursday after a quick trip round Ambleside and setting up camp at the excellent Pound Farm Campsite just over 2 miles from the Brewery in a little village called […]
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