As you all know Beer Swap is currently well under way, I have sent, recieved and even drank one of my beers. I will blog about it all properly very soon, it’s been really good fun. I have created a live twitter feed below so that you can keep an eye on Beer Swap goings […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, blogger beer swapSo we’ve (or more accurately Mark, although I’ve been busy too ;o) ) let this slip quietly on by with no action. The original closing date for Beer Swap was 28th March but we will extend that until Friday 9th (we will push the whole thing back a few weeks). We will then arrange who […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, TwissupShepherd Neame 1698 was the last of my Beer Swap Beers, I know all of the reviews were supposed to have been finished before Christmas but as I received 7 beers plus the 4 test parcel beers, not to mention my trying not to drink during the week (sometimes failing miserably…a bit like tonight really), […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, Bottle conditioned, english ale, real aleGadds are a brewery I tried a few times during 2009 so when I opened by Beer Swap parcel and found a bottle of the black pearl I was over the moon, especially as it wasn’t one I’d had before and I had really enjoyed Gadds No.3, Dogbolter and Ancestors (reviews coming soon). Black Pearl […]
View Post blogger beer swap, english ale, Gadds, real aleThere 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 alesYou 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 […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ale, local ales