This week’s Meet The Brewer is from Jonathan at Rough Draft Brewing Co in North Yorkshire. Along with filling this in Jonathan is also running a Meet the Brewer evening at The Station Hotel in Northallerton on 1 March 2012, from 7pm onwards. There will four or five beers of his beers to try – some […]
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The Highland Brewing Company is one of my favourite breweries north of the border, Rob and his son produce some cracking ales which is no surprise really when Rob has been brewing for over 28 years and brewed in some great breweries across the UK. Based on the beautiful island of Orkney they are also known as […]
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What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? We are the Revolutions Brewing Company. The name is a reference to the revolutions of vinyl record-playing turntables. Before CDs and digital downloads music used to revolve at 33 and 45 rpm — and for those with longer memories, 78 rpm. Until the high […]
View Post cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, yorkshire breweryI was going to write a huge post about what happened when Twissup hit Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, but to be honest, there’s been lots of great write-ups which you can read here, here, here, here , here and here (If I’ve missed your link stick it in the comments at the bottom) So […]
View Post Beer bloggers, bottled beer, cask beer, newcastle, TwissupI’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 week sees the return of Meet the Brewer, it’s been a while as brewers are busy brewing beer, which is good to hear!! What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? The Cliff Quay Brewery, we are house in part of the former Tolly Cobbold Brewery on Cliff Quay in Ipswich. What […]
View Post cask beer, Cliff Quay Brewery, real aleAfter 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 […]
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