It’s ages since I’ve written about a particular beer, mainly because I’ve been busy but also because I’ve kind of got stuck in a rut with beer, having had too many beers that just didn’t get me excited enough to put the effort into writing a blog post about it, until I popped into the […]
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I’ve made this a couple of times now and served it with both Stoemp and skinny fries (the photo is of the skinny fries and salad version), it’s best done in the slow cooker but if you don’t have one you can do it one the stove or in the oven. The stoemp can be […]
View Post beef in ale, beef in beer, Belgian Beer
On our recent trip to Belgium one of my favourite meals was pork ribs cooked in Kriek and served with a huge bowl of salty, crispy skinny fries and mayo, It was delicious so I’ve re created the flavours using pork shoulder and my slow cooker. It’s really easy and you can choose to leave […]
View Post beer and food, cherry beer, cooking with beer, Fruit Beer
It’s been strange old year, I’ve possibly not drank as many new beers or got out as much as I’d have liked, but I did get to brew a beer for my wedding with Roosters, help brew Truefitt’s 50th brew, spend the day in a michelan star kitchen then cook for them courtesy of Sharps […]
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Ok I know people who make cider aren’t called brewers but when I met Peter at IndyMan Beer Con and tried his cider I really wanted him to take part in this because of his passion and knowledge, the cider is damn tasty too, so here’s his entry What is your Brewery name and where […]
View Post1) Best UK Draught (Cask Or Keg) Beer: Good grief, difficult indeed. India Pale Ale Scanners Brodie’s/Kernel Collaboration really blew me away. Runners up: RockStar (DarkStar/Magic Rock collaboration (both keg and cask were absolutely delicious and I simply want more of this beer), Sour Grapes (Lovibonds), such a wonderfully balanced sour beer. Jeff’s a wizard. […]
View Post Beer Awards, Golden PintsThe previous years Golden Pint Awards have been a great success so here we go again for the 4th Year. Feel free to do a runner-up and a winner for each category (or some honourable mentions) and link to blog posts if you’ve written about winners before. For the open category you can choose whatever […]
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Leigh from the Good Stuff asked me if I wanted to take part in his food and beer Christmas day post, I agreed and had intended to cook each of the dishes as a bit of a trial run but haven’t had the time so I’m just going to mention what I’m planning on having. […]
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On Saturday after a day of drinking a whole load of different styles of beer, including IPA, Stout, Saison, Barley Wine and even a Cucumber beer, I was lured in by the smell of Chrismas wafting over the bar at Pivni inYork, the smell was mulled cider at £3.50 for a stemmed glass it wasn’t […]
View Post cider, dry cider, mulled cider, recipes