In the first of a series of guest posts on Beer Reviews, We let Kristy of BitterSweet Partnership loose to talk about what ever she wanted, as despite her love for a certain brand, she has some interesting points to make, so over to Kristy…. Did you know that the UK consumes over 26 million […]
View Post beer for girls, beer for women, BitterSweet, WomenHighland Brewing Co are a micro brewery based on Orkney, I got chatting to Lew on twitter and we arranged a little swap – some of his (and his dad’s) beer for some of my winter chilli chutney. Before I knew it 4 bottles of rather tasty looking ale had landed on my doorstep waiting […]
View Post Highland brewing, orkney, real ale, scottish aleNext up (and a day later than usual) in our meet the brewer feature, we have two for the price of one, as both Steve and Phil from Saints and Sinners have taken a grilling. If you haven’t heard of Saints & Sinners then I suggest you read this, then keep a close eye on […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, Saints & SinnersWilliams Brothers recently saw me mention this post about Frank’s Ginger Ale and dropped me a line, offering to send me some of their new Ginger Beer, which was part of a test batch they had brewed and were looking for feedback on. I was so excited when the beer arrived I cracked one open […]
View Post ginger beer, real ale, scottish ale, williams brothersShepherd Neame 1698 was the last of my Beer Swap Beers, I know all of the reviews were supposed to have been finished before Christmas but as I received 7 beers plus the 4 test parcel beers, not to mention my trying not to drink during the week (sometimes failing miserably…a bit like tonight really), […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, Bottle conditioned, english ale, real aleI know this is a little bit late and it run’s into new year’s day, but it would have been wrong of me not to include those drinks that I drank after Midnight. It shows that when I drank I usually drank over the recomended daily allowance, this was mainly down to the strength of […]
View Post binge drinking, drinking habits, nhsI can hear you all thinking, “A lager? on Beer Reviews??” It’s not the first time – I reviewed Brewdog’s 77 Lager a while back, and when this one was sent to me I thought it would be rude not go give it a go. With Brooklyn Lager, the word “Lager” is a bit misleading […]
View Post american ale, lager, pale aleWay back in September I was sent these two bottles of Westmalle beer, One Tripel and one Dubbel, I decided the best way to tackle them would be one after the other. For those of you who haven’t heard of Westmalle it is brewed in a Trappist Abbey in Belgium, from what I have heard it’s only […]
View Post abbey beers, Belgian Beer, double, dubbel, tripel, WestmalleNext up in our meet the brewer feature is Fergus Fitzgerald from Adnams, For those of you who haven’t heard of Adnams, they are based in Southwold and do a cracking range of beers, they also run a selection of hotels and even do wine – yes wine! So over to Fergus for more about […]
View Post Adnams, english ale, Green Beer, Meet The Brewer, real ale