Sharp’s Brewery recently launched Cornish Pilsner, in collaboration with the Eden Project, for me It had a lot to live up to as I was a huge fan of Monsieur Rock that they brewed a while back and is now no longer available. For the Pilsner Head brewer Stuart Howe used whole Saaz hops and […]
View Post bottled beer, cornish beer, cornish lager, lager, sharp's, sharp's brewer, stuart howeBeer and food pairing is something many people (including my self) often put a lot of time and effort into, just like those in the wine industry and restaurants. Finding the perfect beer to go with a dish can be a royal pain in the bottom but to be honest most beer will go with […]
View Post beer and food, bottled beer, FABPOW, fabpw, lager, light beer, scottish beerJust before Christmas the legendary gent that is Stuart Howe from Sharp’s (you may know him from the Hugh and Oz raise the bar program that was on the BBC or as the fella who made beer with offal) sent me a bottle of a beer that in his own words he described as SUBLIME […]
View Post bottled beer, cornish beer, lager, orval, saaz, sharp'sWhen 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, MikkellerWhen we were at Twissup in Burton Upon Trent, Kristy kept mentioning that she was going to revolutionise the way people drank “beer” at home. None of us quite knew what to expect but were all secretly hoping that it involved White Shield and P2. A couple of weeks later a package arrived on my […]
View Post coors, home draught, lager, molson coorsI was very kindly sent this from Adnams a few weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to type my notes up for a while now but not got round to it, until now. It’s grey and rainy outside and just the site of the picture as I was uploading it cheered me up, it brought […]
View Post Adnams, english lager, lager, light beer, southern beer, summer beerI can hear you all thinking, “A lager? on Beer Reviews??” It’s not the first time – I reviewed Brewdog’s 77 Lager a while back, and when this one was sent to me I thought it would be rude not go give it a go. With Brooklyn Lager, the word “Lager” is a bit misleading […]
View Post american ale, lager, pale aleI recently ordered some Zeitgeist from Brewdog using their 70% discount code, I thought it would also be a good chance to reduce the postage and order some 77 Lager and some Dogma. 77 Lager is BrewDog’s attempt at making a lager that actually tastes of something. It’s brewed with 100% malt and fresh hops. The […]
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