The votes are counted and the unanimous winner for the Twissup on Saturday 23 October is Manchester and Huddersfield! Some have suggested that two places in one day is too ambitious and won’t do justice to either destination, while others are happy with doing both. The thinking behind doing two places is that it’s a […]
View PostThis week sees our Meet the Brewer compelted by the brewery who recently won Champion Speciality Beer of Britain 2010, its Pete from Amber Ales. Where did your Brewery get it’s name? Amber Ales Ltd, named after the Amber Valley region where we are located : it is literally the valley of the river Amber […]
View PostWe’ve done Sheffield and Burton, now it’s time for the next glorious Twissup. The date will be Saturday 23 October but we haven’t selected the final destination yet, so we’ll throw it open to a vote. The idea is a good pub crawl between two different locations. Here are the two choices: Choice 1: Manchester-Huddersfield: […]
View PostA couple of weeks ago now (I have no idea where the time went) I woke up on the Mark’s living room floor, still feeling a little woosy and wondering where the almighty racket of the seagulls that Mark had warned me about was, if he thinks they were loud he wants to come and […]
View Post Beer Festival, GBBF, london beer, london pubs, pub crawlThe Captain Cook Inn, Staithes, North Yorkshire will be holding it’s 10th annual Lifeboat Beer Festival on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of August. 30 real ales, ciders and perrys will be available along with 15 different flavoured sausages. The bar will be open from 11am till midnight each day. ENTRY […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, charity, staithesI was sorting through my beer photos a couple of days ago when I spotted a whole bunch of photos of Marble Beers, It was then when I realised I’d not actually written about any of them on here., Im also surprised Dom hasn’t nagged me at some point although other than the Marble facebook […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english ale, marbleThis week’s Meet The Brewer comes from Chris who Brews for Bristol Beer Factory, I first came across them on twitter when they joing in with Beer Swap and sent me some rather tasty ales! What is your brewery capacity? 80bbls per week What is different about your brewery? Sited in an old brewery building, […]
View Post Beer Swap, Bristol Beer Factory, english ale, Meet The BrewerOne of the many reasons it’s been a bit quiet on here of late (other than hosting problems) is that this time last week I was down south for the Great British Beer Festival, I felt slightly under prepared having only briefly glanced at the beer list, decided not to make a list, mainly because […]
View Post american beer, Beer Festival, english ale, GBBF, locale, londonSorry about the downtime earlier and the current speed of the site, I’m currently experiencing hosting problems and am looking to move the site, so if the site dissapears for a few hours please dont panic, it will be back!
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