If you haven’t already heard, this week is National Cask Ale Week which aims to get people celebrating the great British tradition of cask ale. Cask ale has been around for years and years and is currently having a bit of a resurgence, mainly due to the huge array of fantastic breweries, excentric brewers and […]
View Post cask ale, cask ale week, english ale, local ale, localeI’m sat here, writing this with a slightly very fuzzy head, which can only mean one thing: there was plenty of great beer at the Big Beer Fest in Middlesbrough last night (or Saturday night if I don’t publish this until Monday). The festival was in aid of Teesside Hospice and was the first beer […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, english ale, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospiceSt Patrick’s Day holds many a fond memory for me, firstly it was my late Nanna’s birthday, surprisingly it’s one birthday I never forget and make sure I always raise a glass to her. Secondly it St Patrick’s Day and the weekend either side of it has been the scene for some epic student drinking […]
View Post english ale, Guinness, irish ale, St Georges day, St Patrick's dayThis post has been sat here waiting to be completed for quite some time now but I recently found a bottle of Cornish IPA at the back of the beer cupboard, which as it happened needed drinking and in turn prompted me to finish this blog post. I first came across Cornish IPA when I […]
View Post cornish ale, english ale, IPA, Marks and SpencerI’ve recently gotten into Moor Beers in a big way, ever since having my first bottle of Somerland Gold and JJJ IPA towards the end of 2009 I’ve been wanting to try Moor of there beers (see what I did there??) So when I received a tip off that Beer Merchants was getting some in […]
View Post Beer merchants, english ale, Kent, moor beer, moor brewing co, real aleAcorn is a brewery that’s beer is available on cask quite regularly round these parts as they are based just down the road in Barnsley, having said that we don’t see them in bottles very much, if at all, mainly because we are lacking any sort of decent bottle shop. I came across Gorlovka, or […]
View Post Acorn, Barnsley, english ale, english ales, Imperial Stout, Stout, Yorkshire AleIt’s that time of the week again where it’s time to meet a new brewer, this time It is Chris from Ilkley Brewery in Yorkshire, they make some cracking (and award winning) beers so if you see them anywhere, give them a go. So over to Chris.. What is your brewery capacity? Currently 16 BBL […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, Yorkshire beerSamuel Berry’s Pale Ale was one of Crown Brewery’s beers that I hadn’t had until I visited the Hillsborough Hotel to help brew Ring of Fire 2009. I was given a taster while I was there and also bought a bottle home with me, it was meant to be drank on the train but I […]
View Post Crown Brewery, english ale, local ale, pale ale, real ale, the hillsboroughNext up (and a day later than usual) in our meet the brewer feature, we have two for the price of one, as both Steve and Phil from Saints and Sinners have taken a grilling. If you haven’t heard of Saints & Sinners then I suggest you read this, then keep a close eye on […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, Saints & SinnersShepherd Neame 1698 was the last of my Beer Swap Beers, I know all of the reviews were supposed to have been finished before Christmas but as I received 7 beers plus the 4 test parcel beers, not to mention my trying not to drink during the week (sometimes failing miserably…a bit like tonight really), […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, Bottle conditioned, english ale, real ale