Brewsters Bundle was in one of the gift packs that Hogs Back Kindly sent me, I have already reviewed A over T and T.E.A and like so many other beers it has a story behind it… Brewsters Bundle was brewed to celebrate the birth of one of the brewer’s daughters. It weighs in at a […]
View Post barley wine, english ale, Hogs Back Brewery, real ale, strong aleThose lovely folk over at R & R sent me some info about the new Innis & Gunn Christmas gift packs and offering me a sample, I had a quick look at the attached PDF and as soon as I saw the words “New Innis & Gunn IPA”, I hit the reply button and very […]
View Post Innis and Gunn, IPA, oak aged beer, Oak Cask, Rum caskLast night I was due to go to the Saltburn Beer Festival, I had been looking forward to it for months, especially as I had seen the beer list and it contained some beers I really wanted to try. I had originally planned to go on the Friday but a family engagement cropped up so […]
View PostThere has been a lot of Beer Swap action across the country this week, people sending parcels, people reciving them, it’s not been without it’s problems , mainly due to the parcel delivery service we used. The good news is that not only have I received the test parcel from Mark at Real Ale Reviews, […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesThis is one of those beers you that if you read the various blogs and tweets then you will no doubt have seen, well you are in for yet more about it as it is just too good a beer to leave off any self respecting beer blog. Jaipur is brewed buy those very clever […]
View Post english ale, English IPA, IPA, ThornbridgeIt’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people and learn new things. Thanks to social networking site Twitter I go the chance to meet someone new in the form of Stuart from Crown Brewery along with learning an awful lot […]
View Post Brewday, brewing, crown brewer, english ales, real ale, sheffieldIn anticipation of my trip down to the brewery to deliver some of my Chilli Up North Chillis to Stu and give him a hand in brewing Ring of Fire beer, I thought I would review another one of Crown’s beers (i’ve already done U.I.P.A , Wheetie Bits and the previously mentioned chilli beer Ring […]
View Post Crown Brewery, english ale, real ale, Stout, wheat beer, Wheat StoutAlright then. We’ve done all the calling for swappers and now we have the final list. Instead of randomly drawing names we split the list into North and South and then further into bloggers and tweeters. We then hand-paired everyone up based on where you are from, what you do (blog/tweet) and where you want […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local alesWe’ve already had some big news this week but this one could be even bigger: Beer Swap! We’ve had a couple of blog posts, there’s been lots of twittering, we’ve gained a hashtag and @beerswap, an email address and, most importantly, we’ve got a lot of interest, so much interest that we’re expanding beyond the […]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ales, local ales