If you’ve not seen Beer Tickers Beyond The Ale then you’ve missed a treat. If you’ve no idea what it is then check out my review here. If you fall into either of the above or have seen it and want your own shiny new, cellophane wrapped copy to watch then all you have to do is […]
View PostMeet The Brewer: Marc-Antoine De Mees (Brasserie de Brunehaut)
What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brasserie de Brunehaut. Founded in 1890 in the village of Brunehaut, by the Allard-Groetembril family What is your brewery capacity? 4500 Hl/year What is different about your brewery? We are artisanal, we make NO compromise with quality, we grow our own barley, we have been the […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, Meet The BrewerGreat British Beer Festival 2011
I’ve just realised that it’s now nearly a month since the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) at Earls Court and then realised that I’d not written about it, party because I’ve been so busy since getting back but mainly because It was such a whirlwind of a day that I no matter what I write […]
View Post Beer Festival, bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, foreign beer, GBBFConiston Infinity IPA (6%)
I first heard about Coniston IPA when Ian mentioned it in his Meet the Brewer and from his tweets on twitter I knew I had to try some. So on a camping trip a couple of weeks ago we decided to have a beery night in Coniston town I popped into the Black Bull for […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, cumbria, cumbrian beer, lake district, lakeland ales, lakeland beerMeet The Brewer: Garrett W Marrero (Maui Brewing Co)
What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Maui Brewing Co., when we set out at creating a truly local craft beer for our island we chose to keep it simple and use something that clearly spoke about who and where we are. Maui is a well-known travel destination and we wanted […]
View Post Canned beerTwissup Time
It’s that time of year where we dust of our twadges (no not that…this), prepare our survival kits and prepare your drinking boots, Twissup is here. All you need to do is complete the form below and we will announce the results in a couple of weeks. If anyone has suggestions of places to visit or beery […]
View Post blog, bloggers, blogging, Twissup, twitterMeet The Brewer: Christian Skovdal Andersen (Beer Here)
Beer Here are a brewery I was first introduced to by Phil from Beermerchants and then re acquainted with after an order with My Brewery Tap, both of whom still stock the beers so go and order some after reading this. I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I did, I think there’s some fantastic […]
View Post bottled beer, danish beerBacchus Nøgne ø Beer and Cheese Afternoon 28th August 2011
As a change from their usual beer and food matching events the Bacchus in Newcastle has decided to hold a cheese and Norwegian beer afternoon starting at 4pm on Sunday 28th August. The beers are all from Nøgne ø brewery, the cheeses have been advised and supplied by the Norbiton fine cheese company and Norbiton’s […]
View Post beer and cheese, Beer and food pairing, Norweigan beerUnderrated Breweries No 1: Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co
Inspired by Reluctant Scooper’s Twenty Breweries series I thought I’d take a look at some breweries that I think don’t get the praise and recognition they deserve, breweries that If I see one of their pumpclips or bottles I know that there’s good beer to be drank. Underrated Breweries No: 1 Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co […]
View Post bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Underrated Breweries