A couple of weeks ago HardknottDave asked me if i wanted to test his soon to be launched online shop, happy to help a mate and with the chance to order a pre release version of his newest bottled beer, I logged on and got stuck in. Not long after my paypal receipt had arrived […]
View Post Bottle conditioned beer, bottled beer, cumbria, cumbrian beer, hardknott, real aleDurham 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 Post bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, Durham Brewery, real ale, Underrated Breweries, vegan beerWhat 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 Post bottled ale, bottled beer, burton, burton upon trent, cask ale, Meet The BrewerThe kind people at Wychwood sent me a lovely little package of blue cheese, dark chocolate and a bottle of Ginger Beard, all in a cool little wicker basket that her indoors has now commandeered to keep toiletries in. While the chocolate and cheese was a delicious and a nice touch, I was most interested […]
View Post bottled beer, free beer, ginger beerWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brasserie de Brunehaut. Founded in 1890 in the village of Brunehaut, by the Allard-Groetembril family What is your brewery capacity? 4500 Hl/year What is different about your brewery? We are artisanal, we make NO compromise with quality, we grow our own barley, we have been the […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, Meet The BrewerI’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 Post Beer Festival, bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, foreign beer, GBBFI 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 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 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 […]
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