A few weeks back I recieved a Duvel gift pack and press release in the post, The pack contained 2 bottles of Duvel and a nice big branded Duvel Glass. The whole box is well put together and covered in the nice but simple Duvel branding, the box has lots of information about Duvel on […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Golden ale, Strong beerI first encountered Stannington Stout when I visited Crown Brewery to help brew Ring of Fire 2009. Although by the time I drank it I may have been a little worse for wear, I did however enter “Lovely roast almost smokey flavour” to my phone. So when Stu sent me some that he had bottled […]
View Post Crown Brewery, dark beer, sheffiled beer, StoutThis weeks Meet the Brewer is Mike from Okells, I first encountered Okells a while back when I tried one of their beers in a local pub, soon after I noticed that our local cheap shop had cases of their Dr Okells IPA very very cheap so I bought a load and it was delicious, […]
View Post IPA, Meet The BrewerI recently had an email from a marketing company asking me if I would like a case of beer for my self and a case of beer for one of you lucky readers. All it involved was posting a link to the beer’s website and embedding a teaser video for their latest campaign….Great I thought, […]
View Post advertisng, Shepherd Neame, sink the bismarck, spitfireI couple of weeks ago Fergus from Adnams sent me a couple of rather special bottles of beer. Until now i’ve not been able to talk about one of them so now the shackles are off I can spill the beans. The first of the two beers was Adnams Extra, this once award winning beer […]
View Post Adnams, beer samples, cask ale, cask ale week, fergus fitzgerald, real aleAfter last week’s break in our regular Meet The Brewer feature we return with a bang, This week it’s the turn of Stuart Howe from, Sharp’s Brewery. I was really pleased when Stuart agreed to take part in the feature as I’ve been following his blog for a while now and he brews some of […]
View Post cornish ale, english ale, Meet The Brewer, sharp's brewer, stuart howeThis morning on my way out of the door i bumped into postman pat in his litte red van, he handed me a parcel that I wasn’t expecting, I put it in the footwell of my car and set off to work, quite excited as to what might be in it. On arrival at work […]
View Post Beer Swap, bristol ale, english ale, local ale, localeIt’s time to do my bit for trying to encourage girls/women/ladies (which ever you prefer) to drink more Ale. There has been a lot said over the last week or so from both sides of big blue sea and from commercial and non commercial views, you can read some of it here, here and here, […]
View Post beer and girls, beer for girls, girls beerTo commemorate Saint Georges Day and All Things English, The Captain Cook Inn,Staithes, North Yorkshire will be holding it’s 7th annual English Heritage Beer,Banger and Pork Pie Festival on Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday25th of April. The bar will be open from 11am till midnight each day and ENTRY IS FREE. Some […]
View Post Beer Festival, Captain Cook Inn, staithes