I first heard about Coniston IPA when Ian mentioned it in his Meet the Brewer and from his tweets on twitter I knew I had to try some. So on a camping trip a couple of weeks ago we decided to have a beery night in Coniston town I popped into the Black Bull for […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, cumbria, cumbrian beer, lake district, lakeland ales, lakeland beerWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Maui Brewing Co., when we set out at creating a truly local craft beer for our island we chose to keep it simple and use something that clearly spoke about who and where we are. Maui is a well-known travel destination and we wanted […]
View Post Canned beerBeer Here are a brewery I was first introduced to by Phil from Beermerchants and then re acquainted with after an order with My Brewery Tap, both of whom still stock the beers so go and order some after reading this. I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I did, I think there’s some fantastic […]
View Post bottled beer, danish beerAs a change from their usual beer and food matching events the Bacchus in Newcastle has decided to hold a cheese and Norwegian beer afternoon starting at 4pm on Sunday 28th August. The beers are all from Nøgne ø brewery, the cheeses have been advised and supplied by the Norbiton fine cheese company and Norbiton’s […]
View Post beer and cheese, Beer and food pairing, Norweigan beerInspired by Reluctant Scooper’s Twenty Breweries series I thought I’d take a look at some breweries that I think don’t get the praise and recognition they deserve, breweries that If I see one of their pumpclips or bottles I know that there’s good beer to be drank. Underrated Breweries No: 1 Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co […]
View Post bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Underrated BreweriesIt’s not often, or at all you see beers from Epic in the UK so when I spotted a couple of their beers on the list for the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) this year I got more than a little excited. As soon as I got through the door at GBBF (more on the […]
View Post bottled beer, GBBF, New zealandI’ve been a big fan of Mallinsons ever since a bottle arrived back in one of my My Brewery Tap 52 Week Beer Club cases. Ever since then I’ve tried them both on cask and in bottle when ever I’ve had the chance. The latest of these beers is number 3 in a series they’ve […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerWhat now seems like an age ago I popped down to York on the train, this wasn’t one of my usual jaunts to try and cram as many pubs in as possible it was with the specific intention of spending most if not all of the day at the Slip Inn at what promised to […]
View PostOver the last few months St Austell Brewery have had something of a re brand, nothing drastic just a little bit of a lift where here and there on the bottle labels and pump clips. To coincide with this they’ve also brought out a new beer for the summer. This comes in the form of […]
View Post BBQ Beer, bottled beer, low abv beer, real aleHot on the heels of Magic Rocks Brewing’s first launch night they will be taking over the pumps at another of their favourite beer venues, North Bar, Leeds on Thursday (not Thurdsay as the poster says) the 30th of June. The draught beer line up will be their first three cask beers: Curious 3.9% “Original […]
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