A return to York has been on the cards for me for some time, so when I got chatting to Mark from Real Ale Reviews about taking a day off work and going for a few beers we decided that York would be a great place to go as it was easy for us both […]
View PostBeer Swap Beer #4 Whitstable Raspberry Wheat Beer (5.2%)
Whitstable Raspberry Wheat Beer was another of the Beer Swap beers sent by Pete. I’ll be honest and until the beers arrived, I had not heard of Whitstable brewery, so as is usually the case with new things, I headed off to Google and ended up on the Whitstable brewery website, which told me they are […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ale, Fruit Beer, Kent, wheat beer, WhitstableMeet the brewer – Kelly Ryan (Thornbridge)
What is your Brewery name? Thornbridge Brewery – We have two sites running at the moment, our Hall Brewery and Riverside Brewery What is your brewery capacity? The Hall Brewery has a 10 bbl brewlength and the Riverside Brewery has a 30 bbl brewlength. We have 60 barrels of fermentation capacity at the Hall and […]
View Post english ale, Meet The Brewer, real ale, ThornbridgeBig Blogger Tweet Up
This is something that’s been in the wings for a while and after a fair bit of discussion lately we (the 2 Marks and I) plumped for the 23rd Jan in Sheffield. The plan is to take a rather beery tour of the various pubs and drinking establishment’s in Sheffield, starting at the Sheffield Tap, […]
View Post beer blogger meet up, Beer bloggers, sheffield, tweet upThe Golden Pints – My awards go to..
Last week together with Mark’s Dredge (from pencil and spoon) and Fletcher (from real ale reviews) we launched the Golden Pint Awards (not the new jazzy logo thanks to robsterowski) so I thought it was about time I filled in the categories my self, It’s taken me ages to decide on some of the categories […]
View Post american beer, beer blogger awards, english ale, Golden Pints, real aleMy Drinking Habits : NHS Tracker Week 2 Update
Just a quick update on the NHS thing so far, it looks like I’ve been a naughty boy, again it’s not alot of bottles just a couple of rather strong ones: According to their little warning in the last 7 days i am 2.7 units over the daily recommended allowance and I am officialy at […]
View PostBeer Swap Beer #3 Hopdaemon Leviathan (6%)
Leviathan was the last of the trio of Hopdaemon beers that Pete sent as part of Beer Swap, I had enjoyed the other two (Skrimshander and Green Daemon Hellas) so to say I was looking forward to this was an understatement, the description on the bottle and on the Hopdaemon website sounded right up my […]
View Post Beer Swap, english ale, Hopdaemon, Kent, kentish hopsThe Golden Pints: Beer Blogger Awards 2009
The year is almost over and there becomes an inevitable point in which we take a look over our shoulders and evaluate how the past 12 months has been, before looking forward to the next. As Beer Swap rolls on (there’s no hurry, just drink and be happy), Mark’s Dredge (from pencil and spoon) and […]
View Post Beer Awards, best beer, Golden PintsMeet the brewer – Crown brewer Stu
Welcome to the first in a new series of articles on Beer Reviews, Hopefully it will give you a little in sight into the guys and gals behind some of the beers you drink. If you are a brewer and i’ve not already asked you to join in then please get in touch. First up […]
View Post crown brewer stu, Crown Brewery, Meet The Brewer, Yorkshire beer