Hardknott are one of the breweries I have a great fondness for, this stems back to visiting Dave and Ann when they ran the Woolpack inn. It was easy to see how passionate and knowledgable they both are. Since selling th pub and moving the brewery they have gone from strength to strength, re branding […]
View PostIn the first of a new series on Beer Reviews we meet the Home Brewer, just like the Meet the Brewer but with Home Brewers…..simple really. First up is Adrian or pdtnc as those of you on twitter will know him. Does your home brewery have a name? if so what’s the story behind it? […]
View Post home brew, home brewer, home brewing, saltaireSaw this on the oatmeal and thought it was quite funny so decided to share it, you can buy a poster copy here
View Post beer facts, beer fun, friday, friday frivolityThis week Meet the Brewer comes from one of my favourite overseas breweries, housed in an iconic mill, its Menno from Brouwerij de Molen What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brouwerij de Molen which means Brewery the Mill. We are located in a historic mill build in 1697. What is […]
View Post bottled beer, dutch beer, european beer, kegged beer, Meet The Brewer, windmillWhile the cooking with beer competition is still under way I thought I’d post an old recipe and hopefully inspire a few more of you to enter. It’s best if you leave the fruit to soak for 12-24 hours but if you are in a rush then you don’t have to. You can also change […]
View Post beer and food, beer cake, beer in foodIt already seems like ages ago since I hopped on the short train journey to York for the first Twissup of 2011. I arrived way too early so went for a quick wander around the lovely historic streets and had a look a the market in the square, only just resisting the urge to buy […]
View Post cask beer, keg beer, Twissup, york, york beer, york beers, york pubcrawl, york twissupA couple of weeks ago I won some delicious goodies from Olives Et Al on Twitter, as I won them using my Beer Reviews account I thought I’d try and pair what they sent me with beer so here are the results and a little bit of info about Olives Et Al. Olives Et Al […]
View Post bar snacks, beer and food, Beer and food pairing, beer snacks, food pairing, IPA, pilsner, soutThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from Ian Bradford, or Brad as he’s know from Lymestone Brewery in Staffordshire. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Lymestone Brewery:- an amalgamation of the names of the towns of Newcastle under Lyme and Stone, both in Staffordshire What is your brewery capacity? 6 […]
View Post bottled ale, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, micro brewery, real ale, staffordshireI’ve been cooking with beer for a while now and have bought plenty of cook books that either use beer in the recipes or suggest beers to go with the recipes in the books. I’ve even made up some of my own recipes like the Punk IPA Prawns. I know other people must do it […]
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