Glyn over at the Rake was taking the mickey out of the T-shirt that I wore for GBBF, not only was it bright green but it had the slogan “My idea of a balanced diet….a beer in each hand”. I thought it was quite funny and would make me easy to spot at GBBF. Like […]
View Post beer clothing, Beer t-shirtsThis week’s meet the brewer comes from a brewery that very nearly makes me want to move down south, they make some fantastic beers and I can only dream of trying them on cask. What is your brewery capacity? 60 bbrls/wk What is different about your brewery? It’s the only one in town. How long […]
View Post bottled ale, cask ale, english ale, Gadds, kent ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleWhile I was at The Great British Beer Festival, Dave, otherwise known a HardknottDave very kindly gave me a bottle of his latest brew, Infra Red. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Hardknott Brewery, They started off brewing up at the Woolpack Pub in Boot, then Dave and Ann sold the pub […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english beer, English IPA, IPA, red beer, red ipa, usa ipaFor those of you who don’t already know there I am off to walk from one side of the country to the other, St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay to be precise. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for as long as I can remember. So my bags are all packed and first thing in […]
View Post Beer, beer walks, coast to coast, intermission, pub walk, walkingThis weeks Meet the Brewer comes from the other side of the pond, from a brewer that I’ve only ever tried one beer from but I’ve heard a lot about, mainly from Dave of Hardknott Brewery. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? The brewery is attached to a public house, […]
View Post america, american ale, american beer, Hardknott brewery, US beer, USA, usa breweryThose of you who are regular readers of the blog or who know me, will know how much of a huge fan I am of Moor Beer. Justin makes some absolutely brilliant beers and is a really nice guy to boot. I’ve been lucky enough to try alot of Moor beer both in bottle and from cask […]
View Post bottled beer, english ale, Kent, kent ale, moor brewing co, southern beerI spent the majority of yesterday at the wedding of one of my mates from school, the same mate who’s stag do I had been at a few weeks ago in Liverpool which lead to me drinking all sorts of heinous cocktails and brightly coloured drinks out of a glass bigger than my head. It was a […]
View Post boddingtons, parties, weddingsThis week’s Meet the Brewer comes from a brewery that I had a tour of a few weeks ago so over to Andrew to tell you a bit more about York Brewery What is your brewery capacity? We have a 20 bbl brewlength with 180 bbls fermenting capacity or 9 brews per week What is […]
View Post bottled ale, brewery, cask ale, york, york breweryToday saw the exciting announcement that Chaos Theory has been re-released by Brewdog after much nagging by the online community and beery types around the world Brewdog have brought back what is probably my favourite beer that they have ever made…well until I tried the recent collaboration with Mikkeller – I Hardcore You, which I […]
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