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 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 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 BreweriesI’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 beerThis years festival sees the launch of “Boulby Dark” from “The Staithes Brewery”. After the success of “Boulby Blonde”, a light refreshing 3.5% session ale we are pleased to announce that “Boulby Dark”, a 4.0% mild, will be made available at the festival to run alongside the said Blonde from opening time on Thursday 18th […]
View Post Beer Festival, captain cook, cask ale, real ale, staithesMeet the Brewer returns again this week wtih another Yorkshire Brewery and not just any brewery it’s a NanoBrewery. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brass Castle Brewery – it’s located on Brass Castle Hill in Pocklington, East Yorks What is your brewery capacity? 1 bbl nanobrewery. What is different […]
View Post cask ale, real ale, vegan beer, yorkshire, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerAfter an excellent day in Chester the plans for the next couple of days included more walking that beer but that’s not to say it didn’t include a fair bit of beer. You can read about the walking here or have a nose at my photos here, so I thought I’d do a quick round […]
View Post beer and walking, cask ale, cask beer, cumbrian beer, welsh beerA 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 Post bottled ale, cask ale, locale, pub crawl, pubs, real ale, tasting trayA couple of saturday’s ago my self and @davelozman hopped on the train to Newcastle, to grab some lunch then hit a few pubs, well that was the plan anyway. We livened up the train journey by sharing a bottle of Raison d etre from Dog fish head and then a bottle of chaos theory […]
View Post cask ale, local ale, locale, newcastle, northern beer, TwissupAs I write this I’m sat on a mini bus, swaithed I’m blue florescent light, on the way home from the Old Mill Brewery in Snaith, Yorkshire. I’ll be honest, before I was asked if I wanted to join my dad and his colleagues on this trip I’d not even heard of this place. But now I’m […]
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