Pork Scratchings have to be one of the best British beery bar snacks out there, crunch and salty they go with pretty much any beer you can lay your hands on. Unfortunately it would seem that the majority of packets of scratchings use rind from Danish Pigs, this travesty has lead Tom Parker Bowles and […]
View PostThe day after we’d been to the Cumbrian Beer Appreciation Group’s latest meal was mostly spent wandering around the beautiful Lake District in the rain trying to resit the temptation to go on a huge pub crawl and drink lots of Lakeland Ale, mainly because we had drank lots of beer the night before but […]
View PostIn anticipation of Twissup tomorrow here’s a meet the brewer with Mark from Tyne Bank Brewery, which we will be going for a look around. What is your brewery name and where did it come from? Tyne Bank Brewery. The name was chosen due the brewery being located on the banks of the Tyne just […]
View PostLast week saw the latest get together of the Cumbrian Beer Appreciation Group (CBAG), after seeing tweets from previous events I’d quite fancied going to one but had never manged to time my holidays with the meals, this time however my luck was in and we were planning on heading to the Lake District when […]
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It seems wrong that I’ve not written about Magic Rock beers on here before, especially as I’ve supped an awful lot of them from bottle, cask and even keg. So I thought it was about time I broke the duck, jumped on the bandwagon and wrote a little bit about them. Based in Huddersfield, Magic […]
View Post beer and cheese, beer and food, Beer and food pairingSaltburn Beer Festival organised by Cleveland CAMRA as part of the town’s 150 celebrations. This event will be opened by Sharon Wilson, Saltburn’s Town Crier at Saltburn Community Centre. There will be 35 ales from different parts of the UK and 9 ciders and perries. There will also be local fruit wine, soft drinks and […]
View PostJust like with the excellent Salopian Oracle, I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the beers I’ve been sent lately, the latest of which is from Innis & Gunn. Innis & Gunn are one of those breweries that divides opinion, some love their beers, others can’t stand them, for me it’s probably the […]
View PostI’m just getting round to catching up on a few beers I’ve been sent over the last few months, Salopian very kindly sent me a couple of bottles that I drank a while back and just like Darwin’s Origin they gave me a real surprise. According to the blurb, The creation of Oracle came about because […]
View Post bottled beerA couple of weeks ago HardknottDave asked me if i wanted to test his soon to be launched online shop, happy to help a mate and with the chance to order a pre release version of his newest bottled beer, I logged on and got stuck in. Not long after my paypal receipt had arrived […]
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