Every month everyone waits on tenterhooks, waiting for the Wikio Rankings for Wine & Beer (or Beer & Wine as I like to think of them). They remind me a little of the Celebrity Laps board on Top Gear, some say they don’t care, some say they don’t make sense, all we know is everyone […]
View Post Beer bloggers, blogosphere, wikio rankingsI write this as I am sat here with a rather large bulbous glass that has a rather small amount of what is currently the world’s strongest “beer”, Sink The Bismarck, from Brewdog. My brother bought the bottle a few weeks ago and it arrived a couple of days ago, he offered to bring some […]
View Post 41%, BrewDog, IPA, scottish ale, Strong beer, world's strongest beerThis week’s meet the brewer comes from way north of the border, Wil Wood from Fyne Ales took time out from brewing 5 times a week to complete our little questionnaire. Fyne Ales make some fine ales (see what I did there??) I’m quite partial to their Avalanche. So over to Wil to fill you […]
View Post Fyne Ales, real ale, scottish aleIf you haven’t already heard, this week is National Cask Ale Week which aims to get people celebrating the great British tradition of cask ale. Cask ale has been around for years and years and is currently having a bit of a resurgence, mainly due to the huge array of fantastic breweries, excentric brewers and […]
View Post cask ale, cask ale week, english ale, local ale, localeI’m sat here, writing this with a slightly very fuzzy head, which can only mean one thing: there was plenty of great beer at the Big Beer Fest in Middlesbrough last night (or Saturday night if I don’t publish this until Monday). The festival was in aid of Teesside Hospice and was the first beer […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, english ale, local ale, locale, middlesbrough, teesside hospiceThis week our Meet the Brewer, features Stephen Burton from Green Room Ales, I first came across Green Room Ales on Facebook, I was pretty impressed by their branding and loved the sound of their ales so thought I would ask them to take part in our feature. So over to Stephen for more about […]
View Post Green Room Ales, Meet The BrewerThe very kind guys and girls over at R & R recently sent me a bottle of Liefmans Fruit beer, which I in turn gave to my other half as she loves her fruit beers. Liefmans’ Fruit is a new introduction to the Liefmans range. It is based on older brother Liefmans Cuvée Brut (formerly […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit BeerNext up in our Meet the Publican series is Matt from Northbar, A bar which I first encountered on the Sunday after Twissup, where their hunk of bread and cheese helped line our stomach’s for the day ahead. So over to Mat for more info. What is the name of your pub and where is […]
View Post locale, Meet The Publican, north bar leeds, TwissupHere’s the announcement you have all been waiting for, it’s time for Beer Swap: Part Deux, unlike Hot Shots, we are unlikely to have Charlie Sheen or any big Hollywood stars but we do have @markdredge and lots of other bloggers/tweeters. First, Beer Swap. The ‘let’s send each other beers we can’t get near us […]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, local beer, locale, Twissup