I’ve been a big fan of Mallinsons ever since a bottle arrived back in one of my My Brewery Tap 52 Week Beer Club cases. Ever since then I’ve tried them both on cask and in bottle when ever I’ve had the chance. The latest of these beers is number 3 in a series they’ve […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerOver the last few months St Austell Brewery have had something of a re brand, nothing drastic just a little bit of a lift where here and there on the bottle labels and pump clips. To coincide with this they’ve also brought out a new beer for the summer. This comes in the form of […]
View Post BBQ Beer, bottled beer, low abv beer, real aleWhen I spotted St Hellier Ginger Beer Shandy for 89p a bottle in Bargain Madness not for a second did I think I would be back a couple of days later buying a whole case of the stuff. I’ve never really been a fan of St Hellier drinks I’ve tried over the year, so much […]
View Post bottled beer, ginger beer, shandy, St hellierA while back I was very kindly sent a selection of Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales. These included Wherry, Sundew, Nog, Nelsons Revenge, Head Cracker and Admirals Reserve I’d not had any Woodforde’s for a long time, my first was Wherry at a beer festival many moons ago. I always remember my first batch of homebrew being […]
View Post bottled beer, home brew, norfolk ales, real aleLast week, the guys over at Innis and Gunn sent me this bottle of Triple Mature Oak Aged Innis and Gunn. It’s been specially released for Fathers Day on June 19th and is on sale now in Tesco for a very reasonable £2.50 per bottle. It comes in its own distinctive bright blue box, which […]
View Post bottled beer, free beer, oak aged beerI’ll be honest, I got sent a few bottles of Darwin’s Origin a while back and they’ve all long since been drank and this has been sat here half started and full of short hand so I thought it was about time I finished it off. “Darwin’s Origin is the brainchild of Debbie at Salopian […]
View Post bitter, bottled beerI’ve teamed up with Daniel Thwaites to offer one lucky reader the chance to win some free beer, all you need to do is answer the questions below and hit submit. The winner will be the person with the most correct answers, in the event of a tie a winner will be drawn at random. […]
View Post bottled beer, competition, free beerWhen Brewdog and Stone released Bashah way back in 2009 I was a big fan It was a genuinely interesting beer, so when they announced they were releasing two reserve versions which had fruit added I knew I had to have them. It came in two forms Bashah 2009 Highland Park and Black Raspberry Reserve and Bashah […]
View Post bottled beer, Fruit Beer, open itDoug Odell is something of a legend in the brewing world you rarely talk to someone who loves their craft beer/hoppy beer/American beer (delete as appropriate) who doesn’t mention Odell Brewing. Unfortunately until recently I hadn’t had chance to try any of his beers, until this arrived in the post and I then found Colorado red, […]
View Post Americal beer, bottled beer, IPAThis week’s meet the brewer comes from Tony and Saltaire, I’m a big fan of Saltaire brewery and have been drinking them since at Uni just down the road in Bradford, they do some really interesting beers so if you see them they are definitely worth trying. What is your Brewery name and where did it come […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, Yorkshire beer