Hooky Norton Hooky Gold was one of the 4 Beer Swap test parcel beers that were sent to me by @realalereviews, Hook Norton was a brewery that I was familiar with but I had never had Hooky Gold so was looking forward to trying it. Hooky Gold is a pale and refreshing ale from Hook […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, english ales, Hook NortonThere has been a lot of Beer Swap action across the country this week, people sending parcels, people reciving them, it’s not been without it’s problems , mainly due to the parcel delivery service we used. The good news is that not only have I received the test parcel from Mark at Real Ale Reviews, […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesAlright then. We’ve done all the calling for swappers and now we have the final list. Instead of randomly drawing names we split the list into North and South and then further into bloggers and tweeters. We then hand-paired everyone up based on where you are from, what you do (blog/tweet) and where you want […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesWe’ve already had some big news this week but this one could be even bigger: Beer Swap! We’ve had a couple of blog posts, there’s been lots of twittering, we’ve gained a hashtag and @beerswap, an email address and, most importantly, we’ve got a lot of interest, so much interest that we’re expanding beyond the […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesWhile many bloggers and beer folk were out supping ale with a certain doggy themed brewery who have announced their plans to allow fans to buy shares we had our own bit of excitement…. The test beer swap parcel has landed and in one piece too, the cheap delivery option cost £4 and was pretty […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english alesI’ve basically just copied this post straight from Mark @ pencil and spoon – he writes far more eloquently than me and i’m in a lazy saturday morning mood, so i’ve put my comments in orange! so here are the plans for the big blogger beer swap. Awesome take up so far, reaching out to […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ales, local ales, pencil and spoonYou may have already seen on twitter and on Mark Dredge’s Website that there is something called The Big Blogger Beer Swap going on, if not you can read all about it on his website. Myself and Mark from Real Ale Reviews decided to give it a “trial run” so i thought I would leave […]
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