A couple of days ago I spotted Richard Fox’s Beer and Food book going cheap so decided to order it and see what it was like. I’ve only had a quick flick through so there will be a proper review of it soon, but in the meantime I decided to make his beer mashed potatoes […]
View Post beer and food, beer recipes, bottled beer, cooking with beerThere’s been a lot of talk about Brewdog’s Punk IPA lately, first of all they released a version called Punk X, I think it was an experiment to see what people thought of Punk IPA with a few tweeks, It was released in cask and bottle (possibly keg too) and not being able to get […]
View Post BrewDog, british beer, Canned beer, IPA, punk, scottish beerAs well as Twissup and the Otley brewery night at the White Horse, this weekend sees the start of the Welsh beer festival at The Rake in London. It Kicks off at 12 noon on the Sunday and there will be a Meet the Brewer event at 2pm with Nick & Matt Otley & If […]
View Post cask beer, cheese and beer, kegged beer, london, london beer, Meet The Brewer, the rake, welsh beer, welsh cheeseFor my bit of Friday Fun I thought I would post a few of my favourite beer labels, in no particular order, most of these were taken on my mobile because I’m too lazy to dig out the ones from my camera. There’s also a few that I couldn’t find like Brewdog Zephyr and some […]
View Post beer branding, beer labelling, beer labels, bottled beer, sexy labelsThis week was one of those weeks I was trying not to drink on a work night, unfortunately I only lasted until Wednesday night and surprisingly it wasn’t the canned Brewdog Punk IPA that had arrived earlier in the week that tempted me into breaking my abstinence, it was a a bottle from the case […]
View Post badger beer, bottled ale, bottled beer, clear bottles, Seasonal aleJust had the following press release through and thought it might be of interest to some of our southern readers, I wish it was a bit closer as the temptation of 15 Otley beers in one place is huge. O’ What a Weekend Come celebrate one of Wales’ most innovative craft breweries, Otley Brewing Company, […]
View Post Meet The Brewer, otley brewing, welsh beerWith Twissup York fast approaching we’ve put together a rough plan for the day, a lot of this will depend on how people are feeling and how many turn up, some of the pubs won’t fit a huge number of people in so we may have to split up and rendezvous in a bigger pub […]
View Post bloggers, pub crawl, Twissup, york, york beerLast night @davelozman and his mrs came for tea, It’s always a great night and we usually sup some fantastic beer so I took a bit of a risk and tried to incorporate some beer into the first course. I’ve made beer batter before but only ever for big chunks of fish and I usually […]
View Post beer and food, beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipes, BrewDog, IPA