Last weekend’s Open It saw lots of great bottles opened, shared and enjoyed throughout the country (or world??), here’s what I got through.
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Underrated Breweries No 3: Durham Brewery
Durham Brewery have recently undergone a bit of a makeover not only releasing some new beers but they’ve changed their iconic branding and got themselves a shiny new website. The branding is starting to grow on me, I was a huge fan of the old bottles and pumpclips so I was a little shocked when […]
View PostMeet The Brewer: Jim Appelbee (William Worthington’s Brewery)
What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? William Worthington’s Brewery, Burton on Trent. Worthington’s started brewing in Burton in 1744. What is your brewery capacity? Brew length = 22.5 barrels. Current annual maximum = 4500 What is different about your brewery? It’s built in the National Brewery Centre. New vessesls, traditional […]
View PostUnderrated Breweries: No 2: Mallinsons
Following on from Underrated Brewery No 1, we have another Yorkshire based brewery. Underrated Brewery No: 2 Mallinsons. Mallinsons are a Micro brewery based in Huddersfield. They were founded in 2008, they brew a huge range of beers covering everyting from Oatmeal Stout and a delicious mild to singled dry hopped beers. They also produce […]
View PostGreat British Beer Festival 2011
I’ve just realised that it’s now nearly a month since the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Earls Court and then realised that I’d not written about it, party because I’ve been so busy since getting back but mainly because It was such a whirlwind of a day that I no matter what I write […]
View PostUnderrated Breweries No 1: Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co
Inspired 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 PostA Beery Day in Chester
A couple of weeks ago we’d arranged to go and visit some friends in Wales, where they live isn’t too far from Chester so we hopped on the bus (not bust ;op ) to go for a look around. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of pubs and beer so arrived with an […]
View PostMeet The Brewer: Ian Bradford (Brad) (Lymestone Brewery)
This week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Ian Bradford, or Brad as he’s know from Lymestone Brewery in Staffordshire. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Lymestone Brewery:- an amalgamation of the names of the towns of Newcastle under Lyme and Stone, both in Staffordshire What is your brewery capacity? 6 […]
View PostBadger Hopping Hare (4.4%)
This week was one of those weeks I was trying not to drink on a work night, unfortunately I only lasted until Wednesday night and surprisingly it wasn’t the canned Brewdog Punk IPA that had arrived earlier in the week that tempted me into breaking my abstinence, it was a a bottle from the case […]
View PostOpen It! This weekend
It’s almost time to Open It! This weekend, 3-5 December, is when we can get those special bottles and open them just for the sake of opening them. Mark and I have also managed to arrange for lots of people to be snowed in so you have an even better excuse to drink a beer […]
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