Image courtesy of Mark Newton – Northly Nice Welcome to a long overdue issue of “Lautering With Intent” a relaxed behind the scenes beer chat with the breweries we love here at Otter’s Tears. As you can see, the lovely folks at Duration are in focus today, a brewery aiming to totally immerse themselves into […]
Smoke and Monsters – Torrside Brewing
I make no secret that I’m a devoted fan of Torrside Brewery, in fact, I’m more than happy to shout it from the rooftops and I’ll tell you exactly why. Clearly, I enjoy their beer, it’s delicious, that is a given. They brew beer without compromise as detailed in the post about our collaborative beer […]
Legendary ales from the underworld…
Tartarus Beers – Lautering With Intent Tartarus, a brewery with a dark soul drawing inspiration from the myths and legends lurking in the deepest regions of the underworld. I was introduced to Tartarus through a recommendation from two friends John and Fras, who were both keen that I try their beer. As soon as I […]
Blimey, the elders…
Torrside are a brewery who’s beers get overlooked far too often for my liking, by those of you seeking the latest double dry-hopped juice bomb when perusing the shops and bar tops. But trust me, you should stop, peruse and try them, attain enlightenment. Owned by wonderfully genuine group of friends who turned their home-brewing […]
Class in a glass!
I’ve always been a glassware nut, I think it stems from my many visits to Belgium. Where you walk into a bar with a beer menu more akin to a karaoke song list with page after page of wonders. A beer is chosen and the barkeep still manages to find the correct, usually branded glass, […]
I see a Rainbow Rising… #RainbowProject16
This weekend sees the latest instalment in what has become one of the most exciting beer events in the modern beer world, the International Rainbow Project. Last night Siren Craft Brew had the beer Twitterati glued to their screens during #CraftBeerHour as one by one they announced the beers that each collaborative brewery pairing had created, […]
Times, they are a changin’
We are currently enjoying a vibrant and ever expanding beer scene and it may seem to be going slightly against the grain to want to be “just” a great beer shop. So I wanted to write a few words here to give our perspective and the reasons why we are trying to be exactly that. […]
Stone Brewing Berlin
STONE BREWING SPECIAL Stone Brewing have long been a go-to staple for any serious craft beer drinker interested in what good American brewing can offer, with beers like Ruination, Cali-Belgique and the oh-so subtly named Arrogant Bastard snapped up if found. In recent years though, they seemed to lose their edge slightly in a market with so many […]
Fuller, Smith and Turner…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there has never been a better time to be a lover of good beer, certainly in my lifetime anyway. We are awash with new breweries from here and another great brew from there, so much so that it is often difficult to keep up. However, it […]
There’s “Norway” of telling you how good these Lervig beers are…
“Nor’way” of knowing how long they will last either….. 😉 Awful puns aside, take look at our current stock of beers from Norwegian brewmasters Lervig Aktiebryggeri. We hope you agree it’s a pretty epic selection including some very rare beasts, hitting the UK in VERY limited numbers. We have Lervig collaborations with some of the […]