This post has taken me a while to publish, not because I’ve been busy (even though I have), not because I’ve had other beer reviews to post (which I have) but due to the fact I couldn’t think of a fancy title, which I thought the beer deserved. I was explaining the dilemma to a […]
View Post american IPA, Beer merchants, best beer in the world, California, IPA, US beerI came across Askrigg Ale while looking for beers for Beer Swap, the bright orange label was really distinctive on the rather dull looking shelves at Lewis and Coopers in Northallerton. As it turns out all of the labels and bottles brewed by the Yorkshire Dales Brewing Co follow the same style, which I have […]
View Post local ale, locale, real ale, Yorkshire beerAcorn is a brewery that’s beer is available on cask quite regularly round these parts as they are based just down the road in Barnsley, having said that we don’t see them in bottles very much, if at all, mainly because we are lacking any sort of decent bottle shop. I came across Gorlovka, or […]
View Post Acorn, Barnsley, english ale, english ales, Imperial Stout, Stout, Yorkshire AleThe Captain Cook Inn at Staithe’s is having another beer festival, Neil the landlord sent me the details so I thought I would share them. The Captain Cook is a great little pub at the top of the bank in Staithes, well worth a visit if you are passing. To commemorate Saint Georges Day and […]
View Post Beer Festival, Beer festivals, Captain Cook Inn, staithesI found Mikkeller beers through a certain purveyor of fine ales, I’ve had quite a few different ones now and have built up a little bit of a backlog as far as reviewing them goes, So I thought i would start with one of my favourite ones and go from there. According to the Mikkeller […]
View PostThursday can only mean one thing, it’s time for meet the brewer, this week’s featured brewer is Dave from Hardknott, AKA WoolpackDave. I’ve met Dave a couple of times and he’s a cracking bloke, game for a laugh and knows his beer, he is also great at writing about beer, pubs and the beer industry […]
View Post Hardknott brewery, lake district, local ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, woolpack ann, woolpack daveIt seems like so long ago since I jumped on the train heading for Sheffield, but looking at the calendar it was only on Saturday, I can only put this down to either some sort of spacetime continum or a monumental hangover, which led to a couple of days of being dazed and confused. You […]
View Post beer blogger meet up, Crown Brewery, hillsborough hotel, marble, sheffield, Thornbridge, TwissupIt’s that time of the week again where it’s time to meet a new brewer, this time It is Chris from Ilkley Brewery in Yorkshire, they make some cracking (and award winning) beers so if you see them anywhere, give them a go. So over to Chris.. What is your brewery capacity? Currently 16 BBL […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, Yorkshire beerSamuel Berry’s Pale Ale was one of Crown Brewery’s beers that I hadn’t had until I visited the Hillsborough Hotel to help brew Ring of Fire 2009. I was given a taster while I was there and also bought a bottle home with me, it was meant to be drank on the train but I […]
View Post Crown Brewery, english ale, local ale, pale ale, real ale, the hillsborough