Marble Brewery are one of my favourite UK breweries, they brew some really top draw beer and I’m yet to have one of their beers that I don’t like. I’ve met a few of the guys from the brewery both at twissup and they always seem really knowledgeable and up for a laugh. Marble Lagonda […]
View Post bottled beer, engish ale, IPA, manchester beer, marbleUnsure what to do during the day on new year’s eve and with the other half at work myself and Dave managed to swing some cheap train tickets to York so I decided to dig out the map I made for 2009’s trip with Mark from Real Ale Reviews add a couple of new pubs […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, cask beer, IPA, keg beer, pub crawl, train beer, york, york beer, york pubsIt’s become a bit of a Christmas tradition that on Christmas morning we pop round to my parents for bacon butties and a coffee based beer, last year I took Saints and Sinners Insomniac so 2010’s choice had a lot to live up to. So when Beermerchants.com got their latest delivery of delights from Mikkeller […]
View Post bottled beer, christmas day beer, coffee beer, danish beer, MikkellerIt’s been a brilliant year for all things beer related so this has been really hard choosing, some of them may change over the next couple of days too as I’ve got some special bottles lined up and I know a couple of local pubs are getting some great beer in too. Best UK Draught […]
View Post Beer bloggers, Beer festivals, bottled beer, cask beer, draught beer, Golden PintsHogs Back Advent Ale is brewed to celebrate the coming of Christmas and one of the few in the Hogs Back range that, until now I hadn’t tried. I usually avoid Christmas themed beers as I’ve had some pretty terrible experiences with them so was hoping that this wouldn’t be one of them. It pours […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, Christmas beerWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Lovibonds Brewery. Lovibonds is quite a historic name in British brewing that unfortunately died a death in the late 60’s. We resurrected it in 2005. What is your brewery capacity? We do a lot of 750l (~5 UK barrel) batches and are moving into […]
View Post bottled beer, keg beer, london brewersI’ll always have a soft spot for Innis and Gunn, It was one of the first beers I got into and into in a big way, I used to drink it all of the time, recently I’ve found it a bit sweet so stopped drinking it, a shame really as it was a true gateway […]
View Post bottled beer, draught beer, oak aged beer, scottish beerThis weeks Meet The Brewer comes from Jon over at Stringers Beer (or Stringers – no apostrophe), who are based over in beautiful Cumbria and make some cracking beers. They have some great branding and their casks are bright yellow and purple so what’s not to like! What is your brewery capacity? A minuscule 11 […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, cumbrian beer, lake district, lakeland ales, Meet The BrewerThis week’s Meet the brewer comes from one of the first breweries I started drinking who are just a short trip down the road from me and close by to some excellent hiking and stunning scenery. What is your brewery capacity? 80,000 barrels What is different about your brewery? We use the Yorkshire Square […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, real ale, yorkshire, Yorkshire beerOpen It night one was a success, I just opened the one bottle, the rather stunning Brewdog Abstrakt AB:04, Night two had a lot to live up to. We went up to @davelozman ‘s where he’d pulled a few special bottles from his stash and cooked a huge chunk of lamb stuffed with haggis, It […]
View Post aged beer, bottled beer, expensive beer, great beer, open it, whisky beer