Following on from Underrated Brewery No 1, we have another Yorkshire based brewery. Underrated Brewery No: 2 Mallinsons. Mallinsons are a Micro brewery based in Huddersfield. They were founded in 2008, they brew a huge range of beers covering everyting from Oatmeal Stout and a delicious mild to singled dry hopped beers. They also produce […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, real ale, Underrated Breweries, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerThe votes have been counted, re counted and double checked and I am please to announce that the next Twissup is in Newcastle on 12th November 2011. The voting for the host city was quite close with Newcastle 5 votes ahead of Edinburgh and then Norwich a little way behind. The 12th November romped home with 49% […]
View Post cask ale, newcastle, northern beer, real ale, toon, TwissupThis years festival sees the launch of “Boulby Dark” from “The Staithes Brewery”. After the success of “Boulby Blonde”, a light refreshing 3.5% session ale we are pleased to announce that “Boulby Dark”, a 4.0% mild, will be made available at the festival to run alongside the said Blonde from opening time on Thursday 18th […]
View Post Beer Festival, captain cook, cask ale, real ale, staithesMeet the Brewer returns again this week wtih another Yorkshire Brewery and not just any brewery it’s a NanoBrewery. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brass Castle Brewery – it’s located on Brass Castle Hill in Pocklington, East Yorks What is your brewery capacity? 1 bbl nanobrewery. What is different […]
View Post cask ale, real ale, vegan beer, yorkshire, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerThis week sees the return of Meet the Brewer, it’s been a while as brewers are busy brewing beer, which is good to hear!! What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? The Cliff Quay Brewery, we are house in part of the former Tolly Cobbold Brewery on Cliff Quay in Ipswich. What […]
View Post cask beer, Cliff Quay Brewery, real aleOver the last few months St Austell Brewery have had something of a re brand, nothing drastic just a little bit of a lift where here and there on the bottle labels and pump clips. To coincide with this they’ve also brought out a new beer for the summer. This comes in the form of […]
View Post BBQ Beer, bottled beer, low abv beer, real aleA couple of weeks ago we’d arranged to go and visit some friends in Wales, where they live isn’t too far from Chester so we hopped on the bus (not bust ;op ) to go for a look around. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of pubs and beer so arrived with an […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, locale, pub crawl, pubs, real ale, tasting trayA while back I was very kindly sent a selection of Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales. These included Wherry, Sundew, Nog, Nelsons Revenge, Head Cracker and Admirals Reserve I’d not had any Woodforde’s for a long time, my first was Wherry at a beer festival many moons ago. I always remember my first batch of homebrew being […]
View Post bottled beer, home brew, norfolk ales, real aleWhat is your brewery capacity? 5 Barrel with a half barrel pilot plant for crazy stuff. What is different about your brewery? Good question, there are so many small breweries around and dare i say it some pretty average beers…I guess we’re different because we never stop trying to improve our beers. There is no […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, real aleThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Ian Bradford, or Brad as he’s know from Lymestone Brewery in Staffordshire. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Lymestone Brewery:- an amalgamation of the names of the towns of Newcastle under Lyme and Stone, both in Staffordshire What is your brewery capacity? 6 […]
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