As part of the second Open It I’ve lined up a few beers I’ve been keeping for one reason or another, the first two I decided to open were Mikkeller 1000 IBU and the Mikkeller Barrel Aged 1000 IBU. I’d been keeping these two to try side by side and to be honest I was […]
View Post barrel aged beer, bottled beer, danish beer, DIPA, Double IPA, IIPA, IPAA couple of weeks ago I won some delicious goodies from Olives Et Al on Twitter, as I won them using my Beer Reviews account I thought I’d try and pair what they sent me with beer so here are the results and a little bit of info about Olives Et Al. Olives Et Al […]
View Post bar snacks, beer and food, Beer and food pairing, beer snacks, food pairing, IPA, pilsner, soutThere’s been a lot of talk about Brewdog’s Punk IPA lately, first of all they released a version called Punk X, I think it was an experiment to see what people thought of Punk IPA with a few tweeks, It was released in cask and bottle (possibly keg too) and not being able to get […]
View Post BrewDog, british beer, Canned beer, IPA, punk, scottish beerLast night @davelozman and his mrs came for tea, It’s always a great night and we usually sup some fantastic beer so I took a bit of a risk and tried to incorporate some beer into the first course. I’ve made beer batter before but only ever for big chunks of fish and I usually […]
View Post beer and food, beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipes, BrewDog, IPABefore 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 beerMarble Brewery are one of my favourite UK breweries, they brew some really top draw beer and I’m yet to have one of their beers that I don’t like. I’ve met a few of the guys from the brewery both at twissup and they always seem really knowledgeable and up for a laugh. Marble Lagonda […]
View Post bottled beer, engish ale, IPA, manchester beer, marbleUnsure what to do during the day on new year’s eve and with the other half at work myself and Dave managed to swing some cheap train tickets to York so I decided to dig out the map I made for 2009’s trip with Mark from Real Ale Reviews add a couple of new pubs […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, cask beer, IPA, keg beer, pub crawl, train beer, york, york beer, york pubsA few months ago Adnams released a Handcrafted Ales selection case, it contained 6 bottles, 6 different styles from around the world, well that was the plan but they were out of one of the beers so It was replaced by a second bottle of the American Style IPA, the case also included A Kolner, […]
View Post Adnams, American sytle, bottle contitioned, bottled beer, india pale ale, IPA, usa styleWhen Beermerchants announced they were getting a pallet load of Mikkeller beers I found my self rather excited (some would say too excited), I’d not had any beer from Mikkeller since visiting the Great British Beer Festival a few months back and he is one of my favourite if not my favourite brewer. For those […]
View Post bottled beer, danish beer, IPA, lager, MikkellerThe Kernel Brewery were a brewery I first found out about via twitter and Phil from Beermerchants. I’ve since become hooked on their delicious range of beers, so much so that I can’t belive I’ve not written about them before now. The Simco IPA as the name suggests is a single hopped IPA using the […]
View Post british beer, english beer, IPA, london beer