After a long day at work I took a detour on the way home, a detour to the White Swan in Stokesley, home of the Captain Cook Brewery, The brewery is going from strength to strength and has improved immensely over the last few months. The reason for me detour was mainly to try their new 7% […]
View Post captain cook, cask ale, stokesley, White Swan, Yorkshire AleThis 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 beerSaturday night saw a trip up to the much anticipated White Swan and Captain Cook Beer festival (not to be confused with the Captain Cook pub beer festival which was on at the same time in Staithes). We arrived at the White Swan in Stokesley in the early evening after a rather eventful taxi ride, […]
View Post beer and cheese, Beer Festival, captain cook, cask ale, hand pulled aleAs the sun beats down outside (not that I can see it as our office window is currently boarded up) I can’t but help wish away the week as I’m ready for a walk and a pint outside a pub. It seems like so long ago since my last pint sat outside in the sun, […]
View Post cask ale, muker, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beer, yorkshire dalesThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from a brewery I visited a couple of years ago, they make some delicious beers which are pretty easy to get hold of and quite often make an apperance in pubs round here. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Ossett Brewery, named after the […]
View Post cask ale, local ale, locale, Yorkshire beerLast Friday night a group of us went to the Black Sheep Beer and Food Night at the brewery in Masham, 3 of us were beer bloggers the other 3 were our partners, some of who enjoy the odd beer and some who don’t drink beer at all. We arrived in Masham a little early, […]
View Post beer and food, Beer and food pairing, black sheep, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire AleIt’s that time of year again where the Captain Cook Inn at Staithes holds it’s St George beer festival, if you’re in the area it’s well worth checking out, there are usually some great beers, sausages and pies. This years festival will kick off at 11 am on Thursday 21st April 2011 and run till […]
View Post beer festival captain cook inn, captain cook, cask ale, cask beerThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Ian Bradford, or Brad as he’s know from Lymestone Brewery in Staffordshire. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Lymestone Brewery:- an amalgamation of the names of the towns of Newcastle under Lyme and Stone, both in Staffordshire What is your brewery capacity? 6 […]
View Post bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, micro brewery, real ale, staffordshireThis week’s meet the brewer comes from the depths of lovely Yorkshire and a brewery who’s beers I’ve been drinking for as long as I can remember. What is your brewery capacity? 420 UK Barrels a week What is different about your brewery? We are able to brew both traditional English ales and Continental style […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, copper dragon, Meet The Brewer, yorkshire, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerI’ve just been told about a rather exciting night coming up at the Plimsoll Line in Redcar Tony, the head brewer at Saltaire Brewery will be holding a Meet the Brewer night, where not only can you ask Tony loads of really difficult questions you can sample 5 (possibly 6) of their fine ales, including. […]
View Post brewer, cask ale, Meet The Brewer, saltaire brewery, Yorkshire beer, yorkshire brewery