Williams Brothers recently saw me mention this post about Frank’s Ginger Ale and dropped me a line, offering to send me some of their new Ginger Beer, which was part of a test batch they had brewed and were looking for feedback on. I was so excited when the beer arrived I cracked one open […]
View Post ginger beer, real ale, scottish ale, williams brothersShepherd Neame 1698 was the last of my Beer Swap Beers, I know all of the reviews were supposed to have been finished before Christmas but as I received 7 beers plus the 4 test parcel beers, not to mention my trying not to drink during the week (sometimes failing miserably…a bit like tonight really), […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, Bottle conditioned, english ale, real aleNext up in our meet the brewer feature is Fergus Fitzgerald from Adnams, For those of you who haven’t heard of Adnams, they are based in Southwold and do a cracking range of beers, they also run a selection of hotels and even do wine – yes wine! So over to Fergus for more about […]
View Post Adnams, english ale, Green Beer, Meet The Brewer, real aleGadds are a brewery I tried a few times during 2009 so when I opened by Beer Swap parcel and found a bottle of the black pearl I was over the moon, especially as it wasn’t one I’d had before and I had really enjoyed Gadds No.3, Dogbolter and Ancestors (reviews coming soon). Black Pearl […]
View Post blogger beer swap, english ale, Gadds, real aleWhitstable Oyster Stout was the 2nd of the Whitstable beers that Pete sent as part of Beer (but you already gathered that from the title) Just like the Raspberry Wheat this one came in a 330ml bottle with the same picture on, which as I said before I really liked, so I was pleased to see […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ale, real ale, Stout, WhitstableI’ve decided to publish number 3 in our Meet the Brewer series a little early this week, anyone would think it was Christmas!I first came across Great Heck Brewing on Twitter and wanted to find out a bit more about them so was pleased when Denzil agreed to join in with Meet the Brewer. So […]
View Post english ale, great heck, local ale, Meet the brwer, real ale, Yorkshire beerWhat is your Brewery name? Thornbridge Brewery – We have two sites running at the moment, our Hall Brewery and Riverside Brewery What is your brewery capacity? The Hall Brewery has a 10 bbl brewlength and the Riverside Brewery has a 30 bbl brewlength. We have 60 barrels of fermentation capacity at the Hall and […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, ThornbridgeLast week together with Mark’s Dredge (from pencil and spoon) and Fletcher (from real ale reviews) we launched the Golden Pint Awards (not the new jazzy logo thanks to robsterowski) so I thought it was about time I filled in the categories my self, It’s taken me ages to decide on some of the categories […]
View Post american beer, beer blogger awards, english ale, Golden Pints, real aleI first came across Doctor Okells IPA in the summer, when I bought some when in the Lake District, after trying it when we got home I wished I had bought more, then a few months ago when I was looking in the cheapo shop’s in town I saw that home bargains were selling it […]
View Post english ale, IPA, Okells, real aleFor those of you who haven’t heard of it (or looked at our places to buy beer page) My brewery tap is an online beer shop that sells beer directly from breweries, so when you place an order your beer comes straight from the people that made it, this in theory gives you access to […]
View Post 52 week beer club, english ales, my brewery tap, real ale