Gadds are a brewery I tried a few times during 2009 so when I opened by Beer Swap parcel and found a bottle of the black pearl I was over the moon, especially as it wasn’t one I’d had before and I had really enjoyed Gadds No.3, Dogbolter and Ancestors (reviews coming soon). Black Pearl […]
View Post blogger beer swap, english ale, Gadds, real aleWhitstable Oyster Stout was the 2nd of the Whitstable beers that Pete sent as part of Beer (but you already gathered that from the title) Just like the Raspberry Wheat this one came in a 330ml bottle with the same picture on, which as I said before I really liked, so I was pleased to see […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ale, real ale, Stout, WhitstableThis is a little late as it was supposed to auto post but for some reason it didn’t so..I Just wanted to wish all our readers a Happy and Prosperous 2010, we wish you all the best in everything you do and hope you enjoy your beer throughout the year. A big thanks to everyone who reads […]
View PostIn this week’s Meet the Brewer feature, Mikkel from the legendary Danish brewery, Mikkeller answers our questions. For those of you who haven’t heard of Mikkeller I suggest you try your best to track down some of their beers, every single one that I have had has been top notch, especially Stateside IPA and Beer […]
View Post danish beer, Meet The Brewer, MikkellerThis is the last update in my NHS tracker series it’s also the last one before the Christmas and new years eve drinking log. Personally I don’t think I did too bad during week 3 although it would seem I was on or over the limit most days that I drank. Again I’ve not drank […]
View Post binge drinking, drinking habits, nhsJust before Christmas I posted about the Winter warms, pale ales, pork pies and porters festival at The Captain Cook Inn, in Staithes, Emily offered to play chofur provided we were back for her to bring her horse in. For those of you who don’t know the Captain Cook Inn, It’s a cracking little pub […]
View Post Beer Festival, english ale, local aleI’ve just had an email from the guys over at Durham Brewery wishing their drinkers a Merry Christmas, it also contained this useful bit of beer care info so I thought I would share the email with you. Hello Drinkers, Just a quick note to say that normal places for keeping beer in this weather […]
View Post Beer care, Durham BreweryI’ve decided to publish number 3 in our Meet the Brewer series a little early this week, anyone would think it was Christmas!I first came across Great Heck Brewing on Twitter and wanted to find out a bit more about them so was pleased when Denzil agreed to join in with Meet the Brewer. So […]
View Post english ale, great heck, local ale, Meet the brwer, real ale, Yorkshire beerI’ve just had the beer list through for the winter warmers, pale ales, pork pies and porters festival, I’ve already persuaded our lass to drive so I will most certainly be popping in for a bit, if only to try Adnams old ale and the Kelham Island beers along with a few pies. Anyway here […]
View Post beer and food, Beer Festival, Captain Cook Inn, porters