Last week saw lots of thirsty beer lovers descend on Staveley in Cumbria for the latest instalment in the Hawkshead Beer Festival. We arrived early afternoon on the Thursday after a quick trip round Ambleside and setting up camp at the excellent Pound Farm Campsite just over 2 miles from the Brewery in a little village called […]
View Post Beer Festival, cumbrian ale, cumbrian beer, northern beerBlaydon RFC is holding it’s yearly Beer and Music Festival starting on Friday 10th August 2012. Feedback from the two previous events has led to a complete makeover on the event this year: The venue will be a large Marquee with the benefits of having the event under one roof. There will be a number of […]
View PostThis just landed in my inbox so thought I’d share it as it sound like a blooming good festival and if I wasn’t going to the Hawkshed Beer Festival on Thursday I’d have popped up to Newcastle this weekend. We kick off on Friday at 3pm when our 3 bars will open. We have […]
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The Plimsoll Line in Redcar are having another meet the brewer night, this time with Black Paw brewery. Black Paw are based in Durham and have been brewing since July 2011 the beers will include Bishop’s Best, Paw’s Gold, Dark Seam, Polar Paw and Black Paw IPA Checkout their Facebook for more info and pop down any time after 19:00 on the 2nd […]
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Things have been a bit hectic since my trip to Leeds for the European Beer Bloggers Conference so this post has taken a while to get to the top of my list. Lots has already been written, plenty of photographs shared and plenty of stories told and fondly remembered. It was my first Beer Bloggers conference and […]
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The last Battle of the Breweries pitted Marble against Summer Wine and was a great day out with plenty of excellent beers and a tasty BBQ. This one promises to be another corker with 16 beers from 2 of Yorkshires best breweries….Mallinsons and Roosters. It kicks off at midday and along with the beer there […]
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As new regular feature at The Plimsoll Line in Redcar are holding Meet the Brewer events with different local breweries, the events will be held once a month for the next few months, each one will include a chance to sample a range of beers from the featured brewery as well as the opportunity to […]
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Saturday afternoon saw the grand opening of Truefitt Brewery, I was looking to going and having a look round especially after I’d been involved in the design of his branding and pumpclips through my company LemonTop Creative. We arrived just after 14:30 and there were already plenty of people with a beer in hand chatting […]
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Matt over at Truefitt Brewing Company … Middlesbrough’s newest brewery would like to invite you along to his open day on the 12th May, The day kicks off at the brewery (3 Carcut Road, Lawson Industrial estate, Middlesbrough, TS3 6QL) at 14:30 Matt’s 4 core beers will be along with some nibbles. There will be […]
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Over 130 beers plus more than 30 cliders and perries will be available at Northumbria University Student Union, 2 Sandyford Road, NE1 8SB. On Wednesday 18th the doors open at 18:00 and close at 22:30 Thursday 12:00 til 22:30 Friday 12:00 til 22:30 Saturday 12:00 to 17:00 Entry is £3 per session unless you have a […]
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