This week’s Meet The Brewer comes from a little closer to home, with Ian from Coniston Brewery in the lovely Lake District, taking time out from his busy schedule to fill us in about the brewery. If you are ever in the area it’s definitely worth a visit but best left until after you’ve climbed Coniston Old […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, cumbrian beer, kegged beer, lakeland beer, Meet The BrewerBefore Christmas the very kind guys over at Stringers Beer sent me a couple of bottles of their ales to try, The first of which was Stringers IPA. The first thing that impressed me was the branding, it’s really bold and striking, it’s also really clean and simple, so much so it’s sat on the […]
View Post amarillo, cumbria, cumbrian beer, English IPA, IPA, lakeland 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 BrewerAn 8% beer from Cumbria – yup you read that right, I know it’s quite a rarity for a high ABV beer to come out of Cumbria with only a few brave people like Hardknott Dave, Strigers Beer and the odd special from Keswick brewing anything other than ~4% “sesison beer”. Croglin Vampire from Cumbrian […]
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