I’ve been a big fan of Mallinsons ever since a bottle arrived back in one of my My Brewery Tap 52 Week Beer Club cases. Ever since then I’ve tried them both on cask and in bottle when ever I’ve had the chance. The latest of these beers is number 3 in a series they’ve [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, cask ale, cask beer, Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire beerHogs Back Advent Ale is brewed to celebrate the coming of Christmas and one of the few in the Hogs Back range that, until now I hadn’t tried. I usually avoid Christmas themed beers as I’ve had some pretty terrible experiences with them so was hoping that this wouldn’t be one of them. It pours [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, Christmas beerThis was probably Brewdog beer I was looking forward to the release of with most anticipation, those that know me or follow me on twitter will know that I’m just as obsessed with great coffee (usually from the excellent Hasbean) and everything chilli related (see my other blog) So given that AB:04 contained Hasbean coffee, [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, BrewDog, scottish beer, Strong beerDust off those special bottles because Open It! is coming very soon… Friday 3 December to Sunday 5 December, get the good bottles out of the cupboard and get them open. Don’t hold back thinking that a worthy special occasion will come along soon, that you might get a new job next week, a promotion [...]
View Post beer blog, Beer bloggers, blog, bloggers, blogging, Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, open itWhile I was at The Great British Beer Festival, Dave, otherwise known a HardknottDave very kindly gave me a bottle of his latest brew, Infra Red. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Hardknott Brewery, They started off brewing up at the Woolpack Pub in Boot, then Dave and Ann sold the pub [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english beer, English IPA, IPA, red beer, red ipa, usa ipaI was sorting through my beer photos a couple of days ago when I spotted a whole bunch of photos of Marble Beers, It was then when I realised I’d not actually written about any of them on here., Im also surprised Dom hasn’t nagged me at some point although other than the Marble facebook [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, bottled beer, english ale, marbleA couple of weeks ago the lovely people at Young’s sent me a case of their new London Gold, when I say new I really mean newly bottled, as London Gold has been around in Cask form for some time now. As they were kind enough to send me 8 bottles I decided to share [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, london, real ale, summer aleOtley Brewing Company were another one of those breweries I had heard of but never seen in the wild or found anywhere to buy them when on my travels. I a strange twist of fate our local pub had some in a few months ago and my dad tried it then told me about it, unfortunately by [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, hoppy beer, otley brewing, pale ale, welsh 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 aleI’ve been a fan of Worthington White Shield for some time now, even more so after a visit to the brewery and meeting Steve Wellington during Twissup does Burton Upon Trent. White Shield is one of those iconic beers that just about every beer drinker has heard of if not tried. It’s one of, if [...]
View Post Bottle conditioned, burton upon trent, english ale, IPA, pale ale, real ale