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Total eclipse of the palate
Its sometimes interesting to compare two or more beers in a series, to find out what different treatment can bring to the flavour of the beer. Sunturn brew is an 11% barley wine from our Norwegian...
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MacIvor's Scoops Silver
Greg and the team at MacIvor's cider are this week celebrating their first of hopefully many awards for their cider. The traditional dry cider (reviewed on this blog back in June 2012) won silver in...
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An eclectic bunch
One of the most consistently interesting brewers in the UK is Summer Wine. Back in January 2012 I reviewed their core-range. Here are three of their more "out there" offerings.Dr Paracelsus' list of...
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Humulus Hit
Northern Ireland's newest beer comes courtesy of the biggest brewers -Whitewater. Originally brewed for the Belfast beer festival last November it proved such a success there (being crowned Champion...
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Wetherspoon Spring 2013 Beer Festival
Wetherspoon do a lot to further the availability of real ale in the UK and the biggest push comes twice a year during their fortnight-long real ale festivals. The Spring 2013 list has just been...
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Unlikely Places
Sometimes you bump into people in the most unlikely of places. A trip down to the Linen Green craft village last week ended with a coffee in the cafe : who should bump into me but Davy from Tempted...
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SPBW - the source of keg bashing
From Fictionaddictions.comAside from having an acronym unnervingly close to JK Rowling's "Society for Protection of Elvish Welfare" (SPEW), the Society for Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW)...
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Its been almost 2 years since I sat down to write my first blog post and I'd never have thought then that I'd still be doing it 2 years (and numerous beers!) later. I'm under no illusions that its a...
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Antipodean Gems
One of the New Zealand breweries I was most impressed by on my recent trip (and beforehand) is 8 wired. So much so that I managed to track down some of their beers at the excellent bottle shop when I...
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Serendipity
It shouldn't surprise my readers to find out that beer isn't the only alcoholic beverage that I enjoy. In fact, even the not so eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed the link to all of my whisky...
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A Ness-essary Review
This weekend my friend and fellow drinking blogger Reuben (@TaleofAle) headed up for a spot of evening imbibing. After an enjoyable meal and a catch up with brewing developments at the Brewers House we...
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CABPOM: Luckie Ales 56/ and Comte
The French and Scots have teamed up before, but never has a pairing been as successful as this (even if I do say so myself!) Luckie 56/ is part of Stuart's Resurrection series, that is beers that have...
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Buxton Small Batch
I've not been shy to proclaim my love of Buxton beers, from the aggressively hoppy yet oh so tropically fruit moreish Axe Edge to the loving caress of chocolate enrobed orange of Imperial Black Rocks...
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Noster Not for me
An interesting bunch this. My eye was caught by the sleek, shapely bottles on the Drinkstore page and before I knew it I was cracking them open one Saturday evening with Reuben (Tale of Ale).VG Noster...
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The Improved Barley Mow
From @Barleymowbris Twitter feedOn my previous visit to Bristol I managed a swift pint in Bristol Beer Factory pub the Barley Mow. It turned out to be my pint of the year, scoring a perfect 5 on...
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The original whisky barrel aged beer
A new limited edition Ola Dubh has just been released from Harviestoun, aged in a 1991 Highland Park whisky cask. 20,000 bottles are available in various places around the country and also soon from...
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Love & Death Inc: The beers
Its taken a little longer than planned to get this post written up, but etter late than never!As previously mentioned, Belfast cocktail destination Love & Death Inc have recently launched a new...
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IPA is dead Part 3
In what is now becoming an annual tradition, Brewdog have recently released a batch of single-hopped IPAs. I bought a set of four bottles but also managed to snag a couple of one-offs in Brewdog...
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A taste of the Ridings
I've always felt an affinity for Yorkshire, it feels similar in part to my home county of Somerset but with friendlier, more down to Earth people. After being welcomed with open arms to Leeds for the...
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Another loch, another brewer
It seems its becoming fashionable to name breweries after loch's these days. Fyne Ales have been around the longest (since 2001) then a small outfit called Loch Leven opened in 2009. Loch Ness set up...
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