Yes I know there has already been a blog post today, but I thought I would give those who aren’t interested in This week’s Meet the Brewer, it comes from someone who brewed some of my favourite beers of last year, who’s logo and branding is great and who’s beers got me a little twissed […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, moor beerThis beer arrived as part of my Beer Swap Part Deux box from Andrew at Bristol Beer Factory, It was another new beer to me which is great as that’s the whole point of Beer Swap. The first thing that jumps out about Goat’s Leap is the label, I think it’s great, I love the […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, Bottle conditioned, Bristol Beer Factory, english ale, English IPA, IPA, real aleLast week I joined my dad on their yearly institute brewery trip, over the years we have been to loads of different breweries and this year was a new one for me, one I had wanted to have a nose round for quite a while as we get quite a lot of their beers up here both […]
View Post brewery, brewery tour, english ale, pale ale, york, Yorkshire AleI first came across Moor JJJ IPA when I was talking to Phil from Beermerchants, he mentioned he was getting some in and that it was a strong IPA from one of his local breweries, He was pretty excited about being able to sell it on the site, and quite rightly so, it’s not sold […]
View Post beermerchants, english ale, IPA, kent ale, moor beerI’ve been a fan of Worthington White Shield for some time now, even more so after a visit to the brewery and meeting Steve Wellington during Twissup does Burton Upon Trent. White Shield is one of those iconic beers that just about every beer drinker has heard of if not tried. It’s one of, if […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, burton upon trent, english ale, IPA, pale ale, real aleMy Beer Swap Part Deux beers arrived a couple of weeks ago now, Andrew over at Bristol Beer Factory was quick off the mark in sending them and they arrived packaged very well along with a little note telling me what the beers were, as they were all bottle conditioned I decided to put them […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, Bristol Beer Factory, english ale, English IPA, ipa. dry hopped, real aleAfter last week’s break in our regular Meet The Brewer feature we return with a bang, This week it’s the turn of Stuart Howe from, Sharp’s Brewery. I was really pleased when Stuart agreed to take part in the feature as I’ve been following his blog for a while now and he brews some of […]
View Post cornish ale, english ale, Meet The Brewer, sharp's brewer, stuart howeThis morning on my way out of the door i bumped into postman pat in his litte red van, he handed me a parcel that I wasn’t expecting, I put it in the footwell of my car and set off to work, quite excited as to what might be in it. On arrival at work […]
View Post Beer Swap, bristol ale, english ale, local ale, localeThis week’s Meet The Brewer comes from Steve at Durham Brewery, they are just up the road from me and they are one of my favourite breweries, they make some fanastic strong ales along with some pretty tasty session ales too. What is your brewery capacity? 10 barrel plant What is different about your brewery? […]
View Post Durham Brewery, english ale, local ale, locale, Meet The Brewer, real aleI’m not entirely sure where I got Naylor’s Ginger Beer from but I found it in the beer cupboard when I was looking for something a little different, so decided to crack it open. Naylor’s Ginger Beer is part of their Brewers Choice range, this is a range of seasonal and one off beers that […]
View Post english ale, ginger ale, ginger beer, Naylors