When I was first assigned the Netherlands I hadnt a clue what beer was brewed in the country. Five minutes into my search I thought I was going to end up drinking Heineken or Grolsch. A trusty old google search for Dutch breweries led me to this site. At this point I was lost. So […]
View Post beer and football, european beer, world cup, world cup beerHaving previously enjoyed the BeerSwap experience I was all a lather to see that the originators of this marvellous twitter powered beery escapade had come up with another brilliant idea…….World Cup Beer Sweepstake. I drew the plucky Slovakia, therefore no chance of winning the World Cup but I hoped I would be in with a shout of having […]
View PostI’d been following news about the beer tickers film on twitter for a while and it seemed to be getting a bit of a following, so just before Christmas I decided to buy a copy on DVD, I watched it not long after and started writing this post, when doing a bit of house keeping […]
View PostThis is Mitch’s take on the the World Cup Beer Sweepstake completely unedited and unabridged (well apart from adding a few links here and there) Anybody that knows me knows I don’t do football. I don’t watch it, I don’t show it in my pub, I don’t support a team, and I am unable to […]
View Post beer and football, denmark, football, world cupWhat is your brewery capacity? Up to 200,000Hl What is different about your brewery? We have been brewing since 1777, whilst the existing brewery was built in 1899. We only supply draught beers (cask & keg) to our own pubs of which H&W owns 250. The Chairman (Mark Woodhouse) has a team of auditors whose […]
View Post brewer, english ale, Meet The Brewer, real aleDrawn: (Sigh) South Korea South Korea. The Internet hub of Asia, where the average man on the street already has a 100 Mbps broadband speed, and will have ten times as much by 2012. Where, it seems, the national past-time is to play multiplayer online games rather than drink beer. According to ‘extensive Google researchâ„¢’ […]
View Post football, word cup, world beerThis beer arrived as part of my Beer Swap Part Deux box from Andrew at Bristol Beer Factory, It was another new beer to me and it was another of Andrew’s own ales. Again like the IPA it came without a label, which in some ways is pretty cool as you don’t quite know what […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, bristol beer, milk stout, real ale, StoutWhat is your brewery capacity? About 5,000 barrels per annum What is different about your brewery? I don’t know really, I’ve only ever brewed in my own brewery. However, we work hard at what we do and don’t cut corners. Many UK brewers talk a good fight but their product quality gives the game away. […]
View PostOtley Brewing Company were another one of those breweries I had heard of but never seen in the wild or found anywhere to buy them when on my travels. I a strange twist of fate our local pub had some in a few months ago and my dad tried it then told me about it, unfortunately by […]
View Post Bottle conditioned, hoppy beer, otley brewing, pale ale, welsh beer