I’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 hospiceDead or Alive is brewed by Roosters as part of their experimental arm, “Outlaw”. I am quite a big fan of Roosters as we see their beers around here quite a lot, nearly always on cask…in fact until I went to Beer Ritz in Leeds I hadn’t seen Roosters beer in bottles. When Zak explained […]
View Post beer ritz, IPA, local ale, locale, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beer, zak averyIt’s Thursday and that can only mean one thing, Meet the Brewer – this week it is the turn of Dan Baxter from Abbeydale in Sheffield, I last drank one of their beers on Twissup and it was very good indeed. So over to Dan to fill you in.. What is your brewery capacity? We […]
View Post local ale, locale, Meet The Brewer, Sheffield beers, TwissupI recently found out about this beer festival via twitter and Teesside Hospice kindly sent me the press release as well as the beer list so I thought I would show our support for a worthy cause by posting it on here! I hope if you are in the local area you will attend one […]
View Post Beer Festival, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospice, Yorkshire AleIt had been a while since I had Morrissey Fox‘s Blonde, mainly because I remember it being a bit a bit boring, but when I saw the Brunette I thought I’d give the Blonde another chance and do a side by side tasting. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Morrissey Fox, they started […]
View Post bitter ale, blonde ale, brunette, local ale, locale, Morrissey Fox, Yorkshire AleIt’s Thursday and that can only mean one thing…It’s time for Meet the Brewer, this week It’s Pete Robert’s from The Brew Company in Sheffield, I recently met Pete at Twissup and he is really passionate about his beer and has some interesting ideas and plans for the future so keep an eye on him. […]
View Post local ale, Meet The Brewer, pete roberts, real ale, sheffield, The Brew Company, Yorkshire AleI came across Askrigg Ale while looking for beers for Beer Swap, the bright orange label was really distinctive on the rather dull looking shelves at Lewis and Coopers in Northallerton. As it turns out all of the labels and bottles brewed by the Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co follow the same style, which I have […]
View Post local ale, locale, real ale, Yorkshire beerThursday can only mean one thing, it’s time for meet the brewer, this week’s featured brewer is Dave from Hardknott, AKA WoolpackDave. I’ve met Dave a couple of times and he’s a cracking bloke, game for a laugh and knows his beer, he is also great at writing about beer, pubs and the beer industry […]
View Post Hardknott brewery, lake district, local ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, woolpack ann, woolpack daveSamuel 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 hillsboroughJust before Christmas I posted about the Winter warms, pale ales, pork pies and porters festival at The Captain Cook Inn, in Staithes, Emily offered to play chofur provided we were back for her to bring her horse in. For those of you who don’t know the Captain Cook Inn, It’s a cracking little pub […]
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