Welcome to beerreviews.co.uk the new home for beerblog.colourpool.com. Yes that’s right we finally got round to putting it on a nice easy to remember website, so fear not the lull in beer reviews and tastings will be over soon! We have also got a few new pages and exciting ideas coming your way so watch this space. […]
View Post Beer Reviews, beer tastingsNo trip to Greece would be complete without a few pints of Mythos or Alfa. Now those of you who know me will know that I am not a massive lager fan, yes I drink the odd Pilsner or Euro beer now and then but I generally drink Ale. Lager however is one of those […]
View PostTraditional English Ale or T.E.A for short, was a beer I had wanted to try for a while, so when I got my hands on a bottle in one of Hogs Back’s nice little gift sets, I was quite excited to try it, unfortunately i hadn’t had time to write up the review until now. T.E.A is […]
View Post bitter, Bottle conditioned, english ales, Hogs Back Brewery, T.E.AJust wanted to say a quick congratulations to Nick and his team @ Hambleton Ales, on winning the Sainsbury Beer Competition 2009. It’s nice to see a quality local ale producer doing well. More info can be found on on the SIBA website here I also want to say congratulations to Brewdog for their cunning […]
View Post BrewDog, english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, SainsburysThis was another of the beers that @crownbrewerstu sent me. After trying the Ring of Fire and Unpronounceable I.P.A I was really looking forward to this one, mainly because the other two had really surprised me and i thoroughly enjoyed them. The beer opened with a real fizz and started to foam out of the […]
View Post bitter, Crown Brewery, english ales, wheat beerRegular readers of the blog will know I am a big fan of Hambleton Ales, not only are they quite local to me but they make a cracking range of beers. One of my favourites is Hambleton Stallion, It’s classed as a premium bitter and personally I think it’s one of the best bitters around. […]
View Post english ales, Hambleton Ales, nick stafford, stallion, Yorkshire beerBowland Sky Dancer was another of the two Bowland Beers I picked up along with Headless Peg from Hambleton Brewery. This one takes it’s name from the Hen Harrier which is locally known as the Sky Dancer because of it’s elaborate flying displays, I can just imagine being sat outside a pub near the Bowland […]
View PostWhen flicking through the news this morning i saw this, it seems like a good idea to help cheer the lads out in Afghanistan up, so if you are a brewer or beer supplier please send them some beer! Taken from yahoo news: RAF chiefs are appealing for donations so British troops returning from Afghanistan […]
View Post beer for the boys, breweries, brewersThis was another of the cheap ales I picked up at the same time as the Barnsley Beers. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I had never even heard of Tomos Watkins or the Hurns Brewing Co. When I opened the bottle it was that fizzy it nearly fizzed over, this also made it […]
View Post cwrw haf, hurns brewing, Tomos watkins, welsh beer