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 […]
The Brewery Of St Mars Of The Desert, Sheffield’s Koelest brewers.
Welcome to “Lautering With Intent”. This is the first in what will be a regular series of relaxed, behind the scenes chats with the people brewing the beer I’m incredibly proud to be able to offer you here. Not so much your standard meet the brewer affair, more about what makes the small independent breweries […]
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 […]
Tour de Trappist” with “John Clarke
John Clarke, Editor of Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s “Opening Times” for over 29 years, is one of the most knowledgeable “beer people” we know, especially when it comes to Belgium. In fact, he spends so much time in Europe, he requires a VISA to get back into Stockport and often classes Bruges ’t Brugs […]