I love risotto, as a result we usually have it once a week, Risotto is so flexible, it’s a great way of cooking up a tasty meal with bits of left overs or when you don’t have much in the cupboard, on the other hand you can make it really luxurious by chucking in loads […]
View Post cooking with beer, recipeJust found this in my inbox so thought I would share it, The rather excellent Newcastle Arms in Newcastle is having a beer festival that starts tomorrow. There are some brilliant beers from some of my favourite breweries so if you are in the area then it’s worth a look. You can also get the […]
View Post Beer Festival, newcastle, northern beer, toonI’ve teamed up with Daniel Thwaites to offer one lucky reader the chance to win some free beer, all you need to do is answer the questions below and hit submit. The winner will be the person with the most correct answers, in the event of a tie a winner will be drawn at random. […]
View Post bottled beer, competition, free beerWhen Brewdog and Stone released Bashah way back in 2009 I was a big fan It was a genuinely interesting beer, so when they announced they were releasing two reserve versions which had fruit added I knew I had to have them. It came in two forms Bashah 2009 Highland Park and Black Raspberry Reserve and Bashah […]
View Post bottled beer, Fruit Beer, open itDoug Odell is something of a legend in the brewing world you rarely talk to someone who loves their craft beer/hoppy beer/American beer (delete as appropriate) who doesn’t mention Odell Brewing. Unfortunately until recently I hadn’t had chance to try any of his beers, until this arrived in the post and I then found Colorado red, […]
View Post Americal beer, bottled beer, IPAThis week’s meet the brewer comes from Tony and Saltaire, I’m a big fan of Saltaire brewery and have been drinking them since at Uni just down the road in Bradford, they do some really interesting beers so if you see them they are definitely worth trying. What is your Brewery name and where did it come […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, Yorkshire beerFriday 3rd and Saturday 4th June 2011 sees the return of the LS6 Beer Festival in Leeds’ Hyde Park. Apparently this year it’s going to be bigger and better than last year, with what promises to be a great mix of beer and bands. Tickets start at £5 and are being sold via digyorkshire.com For […]
View PostThose of you that follow me on twitter will know this is the beer I rounded off day 3 of Open It with, It was so good I’ve decided to write about it first and write the other two beers up later. I picked this bottle up from GBBF 2010 and it’s been sat in […]
View Post bottled beer, coffee beer, danish beer, hornbeer, Imperial Stout, StoutFor Open It day 2 had had planned on drinking more than just one bottle of beer but an impromptu trip out to a lovely sunny Whitby and a tour of a few of it’s fine drinking establishments didn’t leave me with much time or much space in my considerably large beer belly. Not wanting to miss […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, open it, whisky