It was the Sunday after Twissup does Burton Upon Trent and it was time for me to head home, fortunately my train ticket said I had to go via Sheffield so I had arranged to meet brewers extraordinaire Stuart from Crown Brewery and Kelly Ryan from Thornbridge along with the legend that Reluctant Scooper, we […]
View Post Crown Brewery, scooping, sheffield, Sheffield Tap, sunday drinking, Thornbridge, TwissupWell that’s it, Twissup Part Deux is well and truley over, it was one hell of a weekend, you will no doubt read lots of different posts and look at millions of pictures of the day’s events so I was going to keep it short, but failed miserably. Some of the stuff might be in […]
View Post blogger meet up, blue moon, burton, molson coors, sheffield, Twissup, white shieldRecenlty the lovely @ginsoak and @the_brew_co took over the Harlequin Pub in Sheffield, it’s certainly been keeping them busy and they have had their fair share of teething troubles (you can read about them here) but despite the lack of sleep and sit down meals they are battling on and have decided to put on […]
View Post Beer Festival, ginsoak, sheffield, sheffield beer, The Brew Co, The Brew Company, the harlequinThis is the first a a new series called meet the publican where we grill a publican in the hope that we learn something new about them and their pub. This edition is Liz Aspden. What is the name of your pub and where is it? The Harlequin, Sheffield. We’re part of Sheffield’s (in)famous valley […]
View Post brew pubs, landlady, landlord, local pubs, Meet The Publican, sheffieldStu gave me this bottle of Smokin Oktoberfest way back when I visited him and the Crown Brewery for my brewday and it really has taken me this long to get round to writing about it (sorry Stu), Another apology must also go out for the picture, I’ve stolen it from Stu’s blog, mainly because […]
View Post Crown Brewery, oktoberfest, sheffield, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerIt’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 AleIt seems like so long ago since I jumped on the train heading for Sheffield, but looking at the calendar it was only on Saturday, I can only put this down to either some sort of spacetime continum or a monumental hangover, which led to a couple of days of being dazed and confused. You […]
View Post beer blogger meet up, Crown Brewery, hillsborough hotel, marble, sheffield, Thornbridge, TwissupThis is something that’s been in the wings for a while and after a fair bit of discussion lately we (the 2 Marks and I) plumped for the 23rd Jan in Sheffield. The plan is to take a rather beery tour of the various pubs and drinking establishment’s in Sheffield, starting at the Sheffield Tap, […]
View Post beer blogger meet up, Beer bloggers, sheffield, tweet upIt’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people and learn new things. Thanks to social networking site Twitter I go the chance to meet someone new in the form of Stuart from Crown Brewery along with learning an awful lot […]
View Post Brewday, brewing, crown brewer, english ales, real ale, sheffield