The Queen Victoria in Gosforth is having a first birthay beer bash to celebrate Justin’s first year as manager. It runs from the 17th – 19th December and the beers all spell out Firsty B’day Bash The beers are: Fuller’s ESB 5.5% Idle Sod 4.2% RCH Old Slug Porter 4.5% Spectrum Captain Scarlet 4.5% Timothy […]
View PostOpen It night one was a success, I just opened the one bottle, the rather stunning Brewdog Abstrakt AB:04, Night two had a lot to live up to. We went up to @davelozman ‘s where he’d pulled a few special bottles from his stash and cooked a huge chunk of lamb stuffed with haggis, It […]
View Post aged beer, bottled beer, expensive beer, great beer, open it, whisky beerThis was probably Brewdog beer I was looking forward to the release of with most anticipation, those that know me or follow me on twitter will know that I’m just as obsessed with great coffee (usually from the excellent Hasbean) and everything chilli related (see my other blog) So given that AB:04 contained Hasbean coffee, […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, BrewDog, scottish beer, Strong beerThis weeks Meet the brewer comes from home of Last of the Summer wine, a true British Classic and from two guys who after spending a few hours gettting twissed and sharing a monster curry, They were a great laugh, their passion and knowledge came across in bucket loads and I’ve got a feeling they […]
View Post bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Meet The Brewer, Yorkshire AleIt’s almost time to Open It! This weekend, 3-5 December, is when we can get those special bottles and open them just for the sake of opening them. Mark and I have also managed to arrange for lots of people to be snowed in so you have an even better excuse to drink a beer […]
View Post Beer bloggers, bottled ale, bottled beer, open it, social media, special bottlesA few months ago Adnams released a Handcrafted Ales selection case, it contained 6 bottles, 6 different styles from around the world, well that was the plan but they were out of one of the beers so It was replaced by a second bottle of the American Style IPA, the case also included A Kolner, […]
View Post Adnams, American sytle, bottle contitioned, bottled beer, india pale ale, IPA, usa styleWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Green Jack : The Jack in the green : Jethro Tull Song What is your brewery capacity? 40 Barrels per brew What is different about your brewery? Most Easterly brewery in the UK, Built in an old smoke house How long have you been […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, english ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleDust off those special bottles because Open It! is coming very soon… Friday 3 December to Sunday 5 December, get the good bottles out of the cupboard and get them open. Don’t hold back thinking that a worthy special occasion will come along soon, that you might get a new job next week, a promotion […]
View Post beer blog, Beer bloggers, blog, bloggers, blogging, Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, open itLast week I received an email asking if I’d like to go and sample some of the ales available as part of the the NovEMBER Ale festival at my local Ember Inns. Not one to pass up on an excuse to visit the pub I hot footed it along the road to our local, Turners […]
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