This beer arrived as part of my Beer Swap Part Deux box from Andrew at Bristol Beer Factory, It was another new beer to me and it was another of Andrew’s own ales. Again like the IPA it came without a label, which in some ways is pretty cool as you don’t quite know what [...]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, bristol beer, milk stout, real ale, StoutAfter receiving some excellent beers from Richard Mackney (@Richardmackney) and getting some great feedback from my recipient Scott Edwards (@Edwards80) in Beer swap #1 there was no way I was going to miss out on Part Deux. Firstly I set about researching who I was sending too. I discovered that Billy Hall (@dad2dam2dum2mum) wasn’t overly [...]
View Post beer blog, Beer Swap, beer swap part deux, local ale, localeI was very kindly sent this from Adnams a few weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to type my notes up for a while now but not got round to it, until now. It’s grey and rainy outside and just the site of the picture as I was uploading it cheered me up, it brought [...]
View Post Adnams, english lager, lager, light beer, southern beer, summer beerThis beer arrived as part of my Beer Swap Part Deux box from Andrew at Bristol Beer Factory, It was another new beer to me which is great as that’s the whole point of Beer Swap. The first thing that jumps out about Goat’s Leap is the label, I think it’s great, I love the [...]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, Bottle conditioned, Bristol Beer Factory, english ale, English IPA, IPA, real aleMy Beer Swap Part Deux beers arrived a couple of weeks ago now, Andrew over at Bristol Beer Factory was quick off the mark in sending them and they arrived packaged very well along with a little note telling me what the beers were, as they were all bottle conditioned I decided to put them [...]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, Bristol Beer Factory, english ale, English IPA, ipa. dry hopped, real aleAs you all know Beer Swap is currently well under way, I have sent, recieved and even drank one of my beers. I will blog about it all properly very soon, it’s been really good fun. I have created a live twitter feed below so that you can keep an eye on Beer Swap goings [...]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, blogger beer swapThis morning on my way out of the door i bumped into postman pat in his litte red van, he handed me a parcel that I wasn’t expecting, I put it in the footwell of my car and set off to work, quite excited as to what might be in it. On arrival at work [...]
View Post Beer Swap, bristol ale, english ale, local ale, localeBy now if you are taking part in Beer Swap Part Deux, you should have had the email informing you of who you are sending beers too, if you haven’t then please check your spam folder, if it isn’t in there then please email beerswapuk@googlemail.com and let us know. Assuming you have received the email [...]
View Post Beer bloggers, Beer Swap, beer swapping, Beerswap, bloggersSo we’ve (or more accurately Mark, although I’ve been busy too ;o) ) let this slip quietly on by with no action. The original closing date for Beer Swap was 28th March but we will extend that until Friday 9th (we will push the whole thing back a few weeks). We will then arrange who [...]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, TwissupHere’s the announcement you have all been waiting for, it’s time for Beer Swap: Part Deux, unlike Hot Shots, we are unlikely to have Charlie Sheen or any big Hollywood stars but we do have @markdredge and lots of other bloggers/tweeters. First, Beer Swap. The ‘let’s send each other beers we can’t get near us [...]
View Post Beer Swap, Beerswap, local beer, locale, Twissup