This was probably Brewdog beer I was looking forward to the release of with most anticipation, those that know me or follow me on twitter will know that I’m just as obsessed with great coffee (usually from the excellent Hasbean) and everything chilli related (see my other blog) So given that AB:04 contained Hasbean coffee, […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, BrewDog, scottish beer, Strong beerThis weeks Meet the brewer comes from home of Last of the Summer wine, a true British Classic and from two guys who after spending a few hours gettting twissed and sharing a monster curry, They were a great laugh, their passion and knowledge came across in bucket loads and I’ve got a feeling they […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, Yorkshire AleIt’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 […]
View Post Beer bloggers, bottled ale, bottled beer, open it, social media, special bottlesA few months ago Adnams released a Handcrafted Ales selection case, it contained 6 bottles, 6 different styles from around the world, well that was the plan but they were out of one of the beers so It was replaced by a second bottle of the American Style IPA, the case also included A Kolner, […]
View Post Adnams, American sytle, bottle contitioned, bottled beer, india pale ale, IPA, usa styleDust off those special bottles because Open It! is coming very soon… Friday 3 December to Sunday 5 December, get the good bottles out of the cupboard and get them open. Don’t hold back thinking that a worthy special occasion will come along soon, that you might get a new job next week, a promotion […]
View Post beer blog, Beer bloggers, blog, bloggers, blogging, Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, open itWhen Beermerchants announced they were getting a pallet load of Mikkeller beers I found my self rather excited (some would say too excited), I’d not had any beer from Mikkeller since visiting the Great British Beer Festival a few months back and he is one of my favourite if not my favourite brewer. For those […]
View Post bottled beer, danish beer, IPA, lager, MikkellerAn 8% beer from Cumbria – yup you read that right, I know it’s quite a rarity for a high ABV beer to come out of Cumbria with only a few brave people like Hardknott Dave, Strigers Beer and the odd special from Keswick brewing anything other than ~4% “sesison beer”. Croglin Vampire from Cumbrian […]
View Post bottled beer, cumbrian beer, doppelbockThis Week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Rob Hill courtesy of @Highlandbrewlew on twitter! They make some fab ales and are great craic on twitter so please try their beers if you see them. What is your Brewery name? We have an identity crisis: the company is the Highland Brewing Company Ltd; the brewery is […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, orkney, scottish ale, scottish beerRight, I need some help, I am doing a bit of reasearch for a blog project and I want to know your opinions on Big bottles of beer. I’m a big fan of 750ml bottles of beer, big bottles of IPA, Kriek and Geuze are fab for drinking while laying in the summer sun or […]
View Post big bottles, bottled beer, buying habits, drinkig habitsHere comes the next community blog project and this one is about collaboration, sharing and having an excuse to open something special. Does any of the following sound familiar… Lots of unopened bottles at home, special bottles, rare bottles, expensive bottles or just bottles that aren’t ready to be opened. Most of them are waiting […]
View Post beer blogging, Beer Events, bottled beer