Salopian brewery make one of my favourite beers in Darwin’s Origin so when they got in touch and asked if I fancied trying their 7.2% Vertigo there was no way I was going to decline. I didn’t know much about the beer so was a bit surprised when it poured as dark as it did [...]
View Post black ipa, bottled beer, IPA, Strong beer
Every now and then something unexpectedly arrives in, more often than not it’s a bill of some kind, fortuatnely this time it was something a lot more exciting…..an 8% beer from Badger, yes that’s an 8% beer from Badger, it’s not every day they release one of those. The name comes from a local legend [...]
View Post bottled beer, Dorset ale, Limited edition, strong ale, Strong beer
I’ve tried Adnams Ghost Ship on a few different occasions and really enjoyed but never thought it was an outstanding beer, that was until I cracked open the canned version. The first thing that hit me was the aroma, It smelled super fresh and packed full of hops, load of pithy lime and lemon, it [...]
View Post Adnams, Canned beer, pale ale
Sharp’s Brewery recently launched Cornish Pilsner, in collaboration with the Eden Project, for me It had a lot to live up to as I was a huge fan of Monsieur Rock that they brewed a while back and is now no longer available. For the Pilsner Head brewer Stuart Howe used whole Saaz hops and [...]
View Post bottled beer, cornish beer, cornish lager, lager, sharp's, sharp's brewer, stuart howe
Last week Hardknott ran an #OpenTheRhetoric event on twitter where the idea was those with a bottle of their latest beer would open it then discuss it via twitter. I was lucky enough to have a bottle so decided to try and pair it with some food and make a proper event of it. I [...]
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Recently I received an email asking if I’d like to try the new Eden project fathers day gift set which comprised of a lovely little jute bag, 2 bottles of Eden Ale and a huge kilner jar of Eden Ale and Walnut chutney, as it happened we were in Cornwall and planning to call in at the Eden Project [...]
View Post ale chutney, beer gifts, bottled beer, cornish ale
Just before St Patricks Day this bottle arrived wrapped in a Jiffy bag, quite how it survived the post I’m not entirely sure but it did and a few days later it ended up in my glass. As far as I’m aware it’s the first time the Innis & Gunn have brewed a stout and [...]
View Post bottled beer, scottish beer, Stout
A few months ago well known Yorkshire Brewery, Black Sheep did something a little bit different. Known for producing a solid range of tasty cask and bottled beer they decided to brew a beer they’d not tried before…an Imperial Russian Stout, weighing in at 8.5% ABV, what’s more they then sent the beer on a [...]
View Post bottled beer, real ale, Stout, york, Yorkshire beer
It seems wrong that I’ve not written about Magic Rock beers on here before, especially as I’ve supped an awful lot of them from bottle, cask and even keg. So I thought it was about time I broke the duck, jumped on the bandwagon and wrote a little bit about them. Based in Huddersfield, Magic [...]
View Post beer and cheese, beer and food, Beer and food pairingJust like with the excellent Salopian Oracle, I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the beers I’ve been sent lately, the latest of which is from Innis & Gunn. Innis & Gunn are one of those breweries that divides opinion, some love their beers, others can’t stand them, for me it’s probably the [...]
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