Following up from the £1 Ale Taste Challenge a few weeks ago I thought I would let you in on some of the ales i have been buying from the supermarkets over the week or two, not only have I found some absolute crackers I have manged to try/buy quite a few new ales. I [...]
View Post Bargain Beer, beer cupboard, Belgian Beer, english ales, Supermarket beerYou may have already seen on twitter and on Mark Dredge’s Website that there is something called The Big Blogger Beer Swap going on, if not you can read all about it on his website. Myself and Mark from Real Ale Reviews decided to give it a “trial run” so i thought I would leave [...]
View Post Beer Swap, blogger beer swap, english ale, local alesWelcome 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 PostJust 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, SainsburysWhen 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, brewersI thought i would start a bit of Friday frivolity on the Beer Blog website today and ask people for their top 10 beers of all time, i know it’s been done before but i thought it would be a nice easy introduction to what will hopefully become a regular bit of fun on the [...]
View Post BrewDog, english ales, Mikkeller, saltaire, Thornbridge, top 10 beersI was sent this press release by R & R (the people who kindly sent me the Innis and Gunn, I really enjoyed reading it so thought you might like to read it too….and maybe give it a go, it’s certainly something ill be giving a crack sometime soon. Could Chablis with Oysters, Champagne with [...]
View Post Beer and food pairing, beer and puddingsThere seems to be a lot in the press today about the release of BrewDog’s new 18% tokyo* beer, it would seem the press have latched onto it and aren’t letting go. Now this might upset a few people but we have a feeling its something BrewDog planned, what better way to get some free [...]
View Post 18% beer, binge drinking, BrewDog, tokyoThought I’d give the readers of Beer Blog a quick heads up on a post I noticed on another blog, the guys over @ blog o beer have been tipped off by James @ BrewDog about a special offer. You can read all about it here but, to sum it up, they are offering a [...]
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