A couple of days ago I spotted Richard Fox’s Beer and Food book going cheap so decided to order it and see what it was like. I’ve only had a quick flick through so there will be a proper review of it soon, but in the meantime I decided to make his beer mashed potatoes [...]
View Post beer and food, beer recipes, bottled beer, cooking with beerA few weeks ago I received something a little bit different in the post, these came in the shape of Beer Savers, Beer Savers are little silicone bottle caps that are designed to fit onto beer bottles keeping your beer fresh and fizzy. I’ve seen all sorts of stoppers and caps before but never anything like these, [...]
View PostGlyn over at the Rake was taking the mickey out of the T-shirt that I wore for GBBF, not only was it bright green but it had the slogan “My idea of a balanced diet….a beer in each hand”. I thought it was quite funny and would make me easy to spot at GBBF. Like [...]
View Post beer clothing, Beer t-shirtsIn addition to the All Beer Experience kit i wrote about here, All Beer also have a rather handy beer finder website. The idea behind the beer finder is that no matter what your mood or the situation you should be able to find a beer that takes your fancy. You can search the site [...]
View Post all beer, beer and food, Beer and food pairing, beer finder, beer styles, beer websiteI’d been following news about the beer tickers film on twitter for a while and it seemed to be getting a bit of a following, so just before Christmas I decided to buy a copy on DVD, I watched it not long after and started writing this post, when doing a bit of house keeping [...]
View PostI first met Alex from All Beer at the Twissup in Sheffield, where he kindly organised for us to visit a few of the breweries in Sheffield. Since then Alex and All Beer seem to have gone from strength to strength. I’ve been spotting the All Beer Experience Kits all over the place including at [...]
View Post all beer, beer books, beer gifts, beer glass, beer present, beer stylesBeer blogger extraordinaire and Beer Ritz Leeds head honcho Zak Avery, famed for his use of an over sized wine glass, recently launched a book entitled 500 beers, having met Zak a couple of times now and watching all his videos on Youtube, I decided it would be rude not to buy a copy. As [...]
View Post 500 beers, beer styles, zak averyFor those of you who haven’t heard of it (or looked at our places to buy beer page) My brewery tap is an online beer shop that sells beer directly from breweries, so when you place an order your beer comes straight from the people that made it, this in theory gives you access to [...]
View Post 52 week beer club, english ales, my brewery tap, real aleIf you are looking for a Christmas gift for the beer lover who has everything then why not try a Zap Cap? The Guys over at Zap-cap.com very kindly sent me over a top of the range Stainless steel Zap Cap to try out. For those of you who haven’t seen one a Zap Cap [...]
View Post beer gadget, bottle opener, Zap cap