It’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people and learn new things. Thanks to social networking site Twitter I go the chance to meet someone new in the form of Stuart from Crown Brewery along with learning an awful lot […]
View Post Brewday, brewing, crown brewer, english ales, real ale, sheffieldAlright then. We’ve done all the calling for swappers and now we have the final list. Instead of randomly drawing names we split the list into North and South and then further into bloggers and tweeters. We then hand-paired everyone up based on where you are from, what you do (blog/tweet) and where you want […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesWe’ve already had some big news this week but this one could be even bigger: Beer Swap! We’ve had a couple of blog posts, there’s been lots of twittering, we’ve gained a hashtag and @beerswap, an email address and, most importantly, we’ve got a lot of interest, so much interest that we’re expanding beyond the […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesI’ve just had the info and the beer list through for the next beer festival at a local(ish) pub, its a great little pub in a stunning seaside town just south of Whitby. I’m hoping to go on the Sunday for as I can’t make the other days due to taking up the chance to […]
View Post Beer festivals, Captain Cook Inn, english ales, local alesWhile many bloggers and beer folk were out supping ale with a certain doggy themed brewery who have announced their plans to allow fans to buy shares we had our own bit of excitement…. The test beer swap parcel has landed and in one piece too, the cheap delivery option cost £4 and was pretty […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english alesI’ve basically just copied this post straight from Mark @ pencil and spoon – he writes far more eloquently than me and i’m in a lazy saturday morning mood, so i’ve put my comments in orange! so here are the plans for the big blogger beer swap. Awesome take up so far, reaching out to […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ales, local ales, pencil and spoonFollowing up from the £1 Ale Taste Challenge a few weeks ago I thought I would let you in on some of the ales i have been buying from the supermarkets over the week or two, not only have I found some absolute crackers I have manged to try/buy quite a few new ales. I […]
View Post Bargain Beer, beer cupboard, Belgian Beer, english ales, Supermarket beerMoor’s was one of those breweries i had heard whispers about and something i had never managed to track down, Then a certain Internet purveyor of fine ales (who will be the cause of my divorce*) started stocking them, funnily enough around the time i was just about to order a few of the new […]
View Post english ales, IPA, Kent, Moor, Moor Somerland GoldTraditional English Ale or T.E.A for short, was a beer I had wanted to try for a while, so when I got my hands on a bottle in one of Hogs Back’s nice little gift sets, I was quite excited to try it, unfortunately i hadn’t had time to write up the review until now. T.E.A is […]
View Post bitter, Bottle conditioned, english ales, Hogs Back Brewery, T.E.AJust wanted to say a quick congratulations to Nick and his team @ Hambleton Ales, on winning the Sainsbury Beer Competition 2009. It’s nice to see a quality local ale producer doing well. More info can be found on on the SIBA website here I also want to say congratulations to Brewdog for their cunning […]
View Post BrewDog, english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, Sainsburys