http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXPk5hhWfqc
View Post
Salopian Automaton IPA (7%)
I’ve been meaning to write this since I was absolutely blow away by the beer from the moment I opened the bottle, personally I think it’s probably the best IPA being brewed in the UK right now. Automaton has two of my favourite hops in…Citra and Saaz, which combine brilliantly to provide an array of […]
View PostMeet the Brewer: Sean Ayling (Pig and Porter)
What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Pig and Porter, my wife thought of it. It’s because we are an event catering business, specialising in Hog Roasts and barbecued food, that brews it’s own beer. What is your brewery capacity? We currently cuckoo brew so, depending on the brewery, it is […]
View PostShepherd Neame Brilliant ale (5.6%)
Shepherd Neame have been doing a great job of late with the release of their Classic Collection, including Generation Ale, India Pale Ale and Double Stout, all with new branding that has a lovely historical feel to it and (thankfully) steps away from the glossy labels and clear bottles of main Shepherd Neame range. The […]
View PostBacchus Siren Craft Brew take over 20th-21st July 2013
The info for this just landed in my inbox so I thought I’d share it with you as the Bacchus is a cracking pub and the event sounds like it will be a cracker, unfortunately I won’t be there as it’s at the same time as Hawkshead Beer Festival. It starts on the 20th July […]
View PostMeet The Brewer: Nick Berkovits (Timothy Taylor's)
What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd, named after our founder Timothy Taylor himself in 1858. What is your brewery capacity? That’s a hard one to answer really as all breweries can be manipulated to achieve volumes out with your plants normal capabilities. Even micros these […]
View PostMeet The Brewer: Natural Selection Brewing
What is your name? Campbell Morrissy (American), David Ross (Scottish), Patrick Howell (Canadian), and Bruce Smith (Scottish). We are all Brewing & Distilling MSc students at Heriot-Watt University. What is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Natural Selection Brewing. I don’t quite know the origin, I guess it just evolved. (I love […]
View PostHomebrew – AG#4 Flying Lotus Hidden Jasmine
I hadn’t really planned to start experimenting with flavours until I’d cracked a good solid pale ale but I decided I was pretty pleased with AG#3 Rudi Good and had a yearning to make a beer with Jasmine and Green Tea in it after running out of the delicious Outlaw Mad Hatter. This required a […]
View PostHarbour Light Ale (3.7%)
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know just how much shouted about this beer a couple of weeks ago when I was down in Cornwall, those of you who know me know that I’m not easily pleased when it comes to beers and that I don’t often drink more than one of the […]
View PostHomebrew – AG#3 Rudi Good
I’m finishing writing this while AG#4 cools which may be a bit alte but I’ve been so busy and really not had the motivation to blog. Ag#3 was an attempt to improve on my last two pale ales and uses some Dr Rudi hops which I liberated from Truefitt brewery when I helped brew the […]
View Post