After a long day at work I took a detour on the way home, a detour to the White Swan in Stokesley, home of the Captain Cook Brewery, The brewery is going from strength to strength and has improved immensely over the last few months. The reason for me detour was mainly to try their new 7% […]
View Post captain cook, cask ale, stokesley, White Swan, Yorkshire AleAs the sun beats down outside (not that I can see it as our office window is currently boarded up) I can’t but help wish away the week as I’m ready for a walk and a pint outside a pub. It seems like so long ago since my last pint sat outside in the sun, […]
View Post cask ale, muker, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beer, yorkshire dalesLast Friday night a group of us went to the Black Sheep Beer and Food Night at the brewery in Masham, 3 of us were beer bloggers the other 3 were our partners, some of who enjoy the odd beer and some who don’t drink beer at all. We arrived in Masham a little early, […]
View Post beer and food, Beer and food pairing, black sheep, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire AleThis week’s meet the brewer comes from the depths of lovely Yorkshire and a brewery who’s beers I’ve been drinking for as long as I can remember. What is your brewery capacity? 420 UK Barrels a week What is different about your brewery? We are able to brew both traditional English ales and Continental style […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, copper dragon, Meet The Brewer, yorkshire, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerThis weeks Meet the brewer comes from home of Last of the Summer wine, a true British Classic and from two guys who after spending a few hours gettting twissed and sharing a monster curry, They were a great laugh, their passion and knowledge came across in bucket loads and I’ve got a feeling they […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, Yorkshire AleLast week I joined my dad on their yearly institute brewery trip, over the years we have been to loads of different breweries and this year was a new one for me, one I had wanted to have a nose round for quite a while as we get quite a lot of their beers up here both […]
View Post brewery, brewery tour, english ale, pale ale, york, Yorkshire AleI got an interesting message on facebook from one of they guys over at Cropton Brewery so thought I would share the details with you. Come and stay with us and learn how to brew your own beer. You will be taught about the brewing process, learn which malts and hops to choose to create […]
View Post brew your own beer, Brewday, Cropton, local ale, Yorkshire AleDead 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 averyI 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 Ale