A couple of days ago a bottle of Cobra and a bottle of Thornbridge Jaipur arrived in the post and went straight in the fridge and then last night a freshly baked Dominos Tandoori Hot pizza arrived just before 19:00. The pizza was swiftly shared and consumed with the beers, spot on it was too, […]
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Just a quick heads up that The Free Trade Inn in Newcastle is hosting the launch of what sounds like a fantastic beer, Tyne Bank Piccolo Black from 19:00 on Monday 6th Feb 2012. Piccolo Black, is a collaboration between local Barista, Piccolo Coffee and Tyne Bank Brewery. It is a black pale ale brewed […]
View Post coffee beer, newcastle, Newcastle beer, real ale, the free trade inn, toon
Dust off the fancy bottles, it’s time to Open It! It’s a reason and an excuse to open those bottles you’ve been saving. Beers which you really want to drink but also really want to hold onto until a special occasion. The thing is, not all beer gets better if you leave it and the […]
View PostWhere did your brewery name come from? Harbour Brewing Company. Rhys and I met in a pub in Padstow and decided we would open a brewery. The first thing we did was celebrate by drinking a few beers and deciding a name. It seemed a good idea to name ourselves after the place the idea […]
View Post cornish ale, cornish beer, hoppy beer, light ale, low abvThe Highland Brewing Company is one of my favourite breweries north of the border, Rob and his son produce some cracking ales which is no surprise really when Rob has been brewing for over 28 years and brewed in some great breweries across the UK. Based on the beautiful island of Orkney they are also known as […]
View Post bottled beer, cask beer, real ale, scottish beer, Strong beer
A few months ago well known Yorkshire Brewery, Black Sheep did something a little bit different. Known for producing a solid range of tasty cask and bottled beer they decided to brew a beer they’d not tried before…an Imperial Russian Stout, weighing in at 8.5% ABV, what’s more they then sent the beer on a […]
View Post bottled beer, real ale, Stout, york, Yorkshire beer
This week’s meet the brewer comes from a brewery close to my heart as their Workie Ticket was one of the first beers I ever had at a beer festival, It’s also one that’s recently undergone a bit of a transformation and is going from strength to strength Where did your brewery name come from? […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, geordie beer, northern beerI realise we are now well and truly into 2012 and I’ve not done posted much, I’ve got many excuses so I won’t list them all but the two main reasons have been trying to sort out this new design and secondly planning my impending wedding, both of which I’m quite excited about. As you […]
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In case you missed the round up, both Rick and The Beer Monkey have done some excellent round ups of this years Golden Pint awards which has saved me a massive job so is much appreciated guys!! I was going to copy and paste the results from both into here but you really should go […]
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