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Since I koved to Nottingham 30 years back beer has justmgot, better and better so this is a thread to celebrate these smaller breweries that make life more joyful.
Starting with one local to where I happen to be today and have been sampling in bottles and on draught with gratitude.
http://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
Some Nottingham stars to follow but please add your own in the meantime.
Starting with one local to where I happen to be today and have been sampling in bottles and on draught with gratitude.
http://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk
Some Nottingham stars to follow but please add your own in the meantime.
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In reply to Offwidth:
Appropriate for here - Top Out brewery near Edinburgh. Had a very nice wheat beer this evening. All the labels are mountain themed.
Appropriate for here - Top Out brewery near Edinburgh. Had a very nice wheat beer this evening. All the labels are mountain themed.
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In reply to Offwidth:
red squirrel brewery in herts is rather nice. Apparently they have a good shops as well although I have only been to the brewery itself (spare room with a couple of picnic tables and windows overlooking the tanks plus a shelf of beers and a couple of kegs. superb).
red squirrel brewery in herts is rather nice. Apparently they have a good shops as well although I have only been to the brewery itself (spare room with a couple of picnic tables and windows overlooking the tanks plus a shelf of beers and a couple of kegs. superb).
In reply to prog99:
I was going to say that! The wheat beer is very nice indeed.
Buxton are the other brewery that I can think of who clearly have a climber on the staff - they did a collaboration brew with a Dutch brewery called Oedipus and called it "Ring Your Mother". All excellent stuff if you like US-style IPAs, very strong dark beers, or, er, very strong dark US-style IPAs.
> Appropriate for here - Top Out brewery near Edinburgh. Had a very nice wheat beer this evening. All the labels are mountain themed.
I was going to say that! The wheat beer is very nice indeed.
Buxton are the other brewery that I can think of who clearly have a climber on the staff - they did a collaboration brew with a Dutch brewery called Oedipus and called it "Ring Your Mother". All excellent stuff if you like US-style IPAs, very strong dark beers, or, er, very strong dark US-style IPAs.
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In reply to Offwidth:
Have loved traditional real ales for about 30 years or so and really welcome all the new breweries that have opened up lately.
However, I think some of the 'craft beers' are trying to be too clever for their own good with their strong flavours, etc. It is beer after all and meant to be drunk in pints. Might be just me though, but I find some of the newer beers a bit cloying and I really don't want to start drinking half's...
Have loved traditional real ales for about 30 years or so and really welcome all the new breweries that have opened up lately.
However, I think some of the 'craft beers' are trying to be too clever for their own good with their strong flavours, etc. It is beer after all and meant to be drunk in pints. Might be just me though, but I find some of the newer beers a bit cloying and I really don't want to start drinking half's...
In reply to Offwidth:
Pissed, or quick typing?
Seriously, we are very lucky in Nottingham beer-wise, for the simple reason that no big brewer/pubco dominates the county.
Since Shippo's, Home, Kimbo & Mansfield went west, Nottingham has been a small brewery hotspot - no big breweries in the county, so masses of opportunity for small breweries & pubs selling small brewery products.
Castle Rock is now the biggest brewery in the county.
> Since I koved to Nottingham 30 years back beer has justmgot,
Pissed, or quick typing?
Seriously, we are very lucky in Nottingham beer-wise, for the simple reason that no big brewer/pubco dominates the county.
Since Shippo's, Home, Kimbo & Mansfield went west, Nottingham has been a small brewery hotspot - no big breweries in the county, so masses of opportunity for small breweries & pubs selling small brewery products.
Castle Rock is now the biggest brewery in the county.
In reply to FactorXXX:
That is kind of the point of it though. And not just newer stuff - lots of great traditional Belgian beers obviously aren't "sessionable", because they aren't meant to be. Come to that, you couldn't do a session on pints of malt whisky (or at least, I couldn't) - doesn't mean it's not great.
Plenty of them are just over-sweet, mind.
> It is beer after all and meant to be drunk in pints. Might be just me though, but I find some of the newer beers a bit cloying and I really don't want to start drinking half's...
That is kind of the point of it though. And not just newer stuff - lots of great traditional Belgian beers obviously aren't "sessionable", because they aren't meant to be. Come to that, you couldn't do a session on pints of malt whisky (or at least, I couldn't) - doesn't mean it's not great.
Plenty of them are just over-sweet, mind.
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In reply to Offwidth:
Took some of this to North Lees
http://www.therealalecompany.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/328x...
Got it from a new beer off in Sherwood, does mainly world ales though, called Beer Dock, that has on licence too. Worth a look if visiting nottingham wall, just up from the end of haydn road on mansfield road.
Took some of this to North Lees
http://www.therealalecompany.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/328x...
Got it from a new beer off in Sherwood, does mainly world ales though, called Beer Dock, that has on licence too. Worth a look if visiting nottingham wall, just up from the end of haydn road on mansfield road.
In reply to Ramblin dave:
That is kind of the point of it though. And not just newer stuff - lots of great traditional Belgian beers obviously aren't "sessionable", because they aren't meant to be. Come to that, you couldn't do a session on pints of malt whisky (or at least, I couldn't) - doesn't mean it's not great.
Obviously down to individual taste. I just find the whole concept a bit strange and to me it's all a bit of a modern version of the eighties wine bar...
That is kind of the point of it though. And not just newer stuff - lots of great traditional Belgian beers obviously aren't "sessionable", because they aren't meant to be. Come to that, you couldn't do a session on pints of malt whisky (or at least, I couldn't) - doesn't mean it's not great.
Obviously down to individual taste. I just find the whole concept a bit strange and to me it's all a bit of a modern version of the eighties wine bar...
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In reply to Chris Harris:
Names I remember well from my uni days in the 80s, and the reason I drank Guiness - boy were they rank !
Likewise the likes of Wards and tetley, gone and best forgotten. I'll nominate Bradfield as my favourite Sheffield brewery - Farmers bitter in particular- but it's just great to have such a variety and standard. Whatever I was drinking in the Rutland on Friday was pretty good, so good that I can't remember what it was !
> Since Shippo's, Home, Kimbo & Mansfield went west, Nottingham has been a small brewery hotspot - no big breweries in the county, so masses of opportunity for small breweries & pubs selling small brewery products.
Names I remember well from my uni days in the 80s, and the reason I drank Guiness - boy were they rank !
Likewise the likes of Wards and tetley, gone and best forgotten. I'll nominate Bradfield as my favourite Sheffield brewery - Farmers bitter in particular- but it's just great to have such a variety and standard. Whatever I was drinking in the Rutland on Friday was pretty good, so good that I can't remember what it was !
In reply to Chris the Tall:
Philistine, a pint of Tetley's served close to the brewery (in the brewery was even better) was fine. But in the spirit of the thread http://greyhawkbrewery.co.uk/
Philistine, a pint of Tetley's served close to the brewery (in the brewery was even better) was fine. But in the spirit of the thread http://greyhawkbrewery.co.uk/
In reply to Ramblin dave:
Buxton are the other brewery that I can think of who clearly have a climber on the staff - they did a collaboration brew with a Dutch brewery called Oedipus and called it "Ring Your Mother".
The next one should be called 'Crag Swag'.
You start off in the evening with a full memory, drink a few 'Crag Swags' and lose a few bits of that memory along the way. The next day, you phone your mates and ask if they remember anything so that you can get your full memory back...
Buxton are the other brewery that I can think of who clearly have a climber on the staff - they did a collaboration brew with a Dutch brewery called Oedipus and called it "Ring Your Mother".
The next one should be called 'Crag Swag'.
You start off in the evening with a full memory, drink a few 'Crag Swags' and lose a few bits of that memory along the way. The next day, you phone your mates and ask if they remember anything so that you can get your full memory back...
In reply to FactorXXX:
If it's not your thing it's not your thing. For my part I quite like the fact that these days I can get a Belgian dubbel or an Imperial IPA to sip and savor if I want to but still have the option of going out and doing a session on really cracking 4% ABV milds and bitters. Best of both worlds!
> Obviously down to individual taste. I just find the whole concept a bit strange and to me it's all a bit of a modern version of the eighties wine bar...
If it's not your thing it's not your thing. For my part I quite like the fact that these days I can get a Belgian dubbel or an Imperial IPA to sip and savor if I want to but still have the option of going out and doing a session on really cracking 4% ABV milds and bitters. Best of both worlds!
In reply to Sir Chasm:
Folk always used to tell me that back in my Leeds days. But no, Tetleys for me has always been horrible, despite me loving my ales.
Folk always used to tell me that back in my Leeds days. But no, Tetleys for me has always been horrible, despite me loving my ales.
In reply to jimjimjim:
Thank goodness that isn't true! I was in The Organ Grinder last week and every beer they had was a citrus golden ale. Might as well serve lager as BG Sips. It was so bad we walked to the Malt Cross after a couple.
Fortunately most breweries create a range of beers from golden pseudo-fosters to lovely chestnut and dark ales. I would put Milestone forward for my favourite Nottinghamshire brewery although Brampton from Chesterfield over't border is my favourite brewery overall.
> Blue Monkey is one of Nottingham's best.
Thank goodness that isn't true! I was in The Organ Grinder last week and every beer they had was a citrus golden ale. Might as well serve lager as BG Sips. It was so bad we walked to the Malt Cross after a couple.
Fortunately most breweries create a range of beers from golden pseudo-fosters to lovely chestnut and dark ales. I would put Milestone forward for my favourite Nottinghamshire brewery although Brampton from Chesterfield over't border is my favourite brewery overall.
In reply to Siward:
Likewise. I did 3 years at Leeds Uni & managed 4 pints of Tetley's during that period.
> Folk always used to tell me that back in my Leeds days. But no, Tetleys for me has always been horrible, despite me loving my ales.
Likewise. I did 3 years at Leeds Uni & managed 4 pints of Tetley's during that period.
In reply to Chris Harris:
Hah! It's a combination of speed typing on a tablet and declining eyesight... quality not quantity is my watchword these days. The m is right next to where I normally hit the spacebar.
Hah! It's a combination of speed typing on a tablet and declining eyesight... quality not quantity is my watchword these days. The m is right next to where I normally hit the spacebar.
In reply to Offwidth:
Whatever, it made you sound well sizzled, Steve. One of the most amusing posts for aeons
Whatever, it made you sound well sizzled, Steve. One of the most amusing posts for aeons
In reply to Offwidth:
West Beer.
Brewed in Glasgow according to the Reinheitsgebot (German 1516 Purity Law) and available in both their own pubs and other pubs and clubs across the country.
Personal preference is the Hefeweizen.
https://www.westbeer.com/
West Beer.
Brewed in Glasgow according to the Reinheitsgebot (German 1516 Purity Law) and available in both their own pubs and other pubs and clubs across the country.
Personal preference is the Hefeweizen.
https://www.westbeer.com/
In reply to Offwidth:
http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk ...almost a big player these days
http://www.nottinghambrewery.co.uk/our_beers.html
http://www.alcazarbrewery.co.uk
http://www.bluemonkeybrewery.com/beers ... the beers are not all the same so the visit reported above was bad luck
http://www.navigationbrewery.com/ourbeers.html
There is also Magpie Brewery but their website seems to be down at the moment but they can be found on Facebook.
http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk ...almost a big player these days
http://www.nottinghambrewery.co.uk/our_beers.html
http://www.alcazarbrewery.co.uk
http://www.bluemonkeybrewery.com/beers ... the beers are not all the same so the visit reported above was bad luck
http://www.navigationbrewery.com/ourbeers.html
There is also Magpie Brewery but their website seems to be down at the moment but they can be found on Facebook.
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In reply to Chris Harris:
Yeah, I miss my days in Nottingham - used to drink a lot of Castle Rock, also Nottingham Brewery. Blue Monkey were just about starting up when I was there, I think. Good stuff from South Yorkshire and Derbyshire was also fairly common.
Small breweries around Cambridge these days are mostly very mediocre or inconsistent. Crafty Beers are pretty good (and confusingly named, since they aren't remotely crafty), Black Bar do some interesting stuff, Three Blind Mice from Ely are showing some promise, otherwise I'd mostly rather have something less local and more good from Adnams or Woodfordes or someone.
> Seriously, we are very lucky in Nottingham beer-wise, for the simple reason that no big brewer/pubco dominates the county.
Yeah, I miss my days in Nottingham - used to drink a lot of Castle Rock, also Nottingham Brewery. Blue Monkey were just about starting up when I was there, I think. Good stuff from South Yorkshire and Derbyshire was also fairly common.
Small breweries around Cambridge these days are mostly very mediocre or inconsistent. Crafty Beers are pretty good (and confusingly named, since they aren't remotely crafty), Black Bar do some interesting stuff, Three Blind Mice from Ely are showing some promise, otherwise I'd mostly rather have something less local and more good from Adnams or Woodfordes or someone.
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In reply to Chris the Tall:
I remember a press release from Nottingham CAMRA, expressing disappointment at the lack of local response to their "Save Home Ales" campaign.
We were all shouting "Shut the bloody place, it's piss".
> Names I remember well from my uni days in the 80s, and the reason I drank Guiness - boy were they rank !
I remember a press release from Nottingham CAMRA, expressing disappointment at the lack of local response to their "Save Home Ales" campaign.
We were all shouting "Shut the bloody place, it's piss".
In reply to Offwidth:
As a brewer I want to add a big up to Nottingham yeast which is the best yeast I have ever used: http://www.danstaryeast.com/products/nottingham-ale-beer-yeast
As a brewer I want to add a big up to Nottingham yeast which is the best yeast I have ever used: http://www.danstaryeast.com/products/nottingham-ale-beer-yeast
In reply to Offwidth:
Check out this nomination for 'Shed of the Year'. Proper 'micro' brewery:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/gin-distillery-nominated-for-shed-of-the-y...
Check out this nomination for 'Shed of the Year'. Proper 'micro' brewery:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/gin-distillery-nominated-for-shed-of-the-y...
In reply to Offwidth:
You missed off the ones round the corner from Nottingham Wall, Black Iris moved from Derby this year and Robin Hood, no on premises sales from those two though.
> There is also Magpie Brewery but their website seems to be down at the moment but they can be found on Facebook.
You missed off the ones round the corner from Nottingham Wall, Black Iris moved from Derby this year and Robin Hood, no on premises sales from those two though.
In reply to Offwidth:
There's a fantastic beer shop on the Melton Road - Hopology. Keeps a cracking range of local and international beers.
Though the Magpie beers are available in bottles from the cornershop on the other side of the road!
There's a fantastic beer shop on the Melton Road - Hopology. Keeps a cracking range of local and international beers.
Though the Magpie beers are available in bottles from the cornershop on the other side of the road!
In reply to Offwidth:
These two are both local to me and produce some cracking beer:
http://rudgatebrewery.co.uk/
http://www.treboom.co.uk/
This thread reminds me to dig out my brewing kit and put the strings up for my hops
jk
These two are both local to me and produce some cracking beer:
http://rudgatebrewery.co.uk/
http://www.treboom.co.uk/
This thread reminds me to dig out my brewing kit and put the strings up for my hops
jk
In reply to Chris Harris:
I left CAMRA because of their blinkered campaigns for Home and Shippos. Home was a brewery that were really nasty to landlords of tied pubs wanting to have a guest beer ... they made it all but impossible. The local microbrew then was FM&C... still going but their beer isnt so much to my taste.
I left CAMRA because of their blinkered campaigns for Home and Shippos. Home was a brewery that were really nasty to landlords of tied pubs wanting to have a guest beer ... they made it all but impossible. The local microbrew then was FM&C... still going but their beer isnt so much to my taste.
In reply to Offwidth:
Anything by the Broughton brewery (esp. Tibbie Shiels) and my absolute favourite is Jacobite Ale from the Traquair Brewery. Yum!
Anything by the Broughton brewery (esp. Tibbie Shiels) and my absolute favourite is Jacobite Ale from the Traquair Brewery. Yum!
In reply to Weegie:
> West Beer.
Agreed, excellent stuff. Will be overlooked by the camra lot though. In reply to Offwidth:
Nowadays these seem to split into trendy breweries and old man breweries. I like both but the old man ones tend to be cheaper.
Locally we have:
Loch Ness brewery in Drumnadrochit. Rather partial to their LightNess:
http://www.lochnessbrewery.com/
Cromarty brewery. Happy Chappy is a favourite. AKA IPA will blow your head off American-style:
http://www.cromartybrewing.co.uk/
Moulin Brewery in Pitlochry - nice and simple:
http://www.moulinhotel.co.uk/inn/brewery.html
An Teallach brewery in Dundonnell. An old favourite:
http://www.anteallachale.co.uk/
Haven't really had enough of Windswept or Speyside to comment. Cairngorm and Black Isle are probably too big now to class as micro-breweries.
Less locally, I like some of the Eden Brewery (in Fife) stuff - particularly the Blonde:
http://www.edenmill.com/
...and one of my favourites - the Salopian Brewery in Shrewsbury (website seems to have disappeared):
https://www.facebook.com/SalopianBrewery
Nowadays these seem to split into trendy breweries and old man breweries. I like both but the old man ones tend to be cheaper.
Locally we have:
Loch Ness brewery in Drumnadrochit. Rather partial to their LightNess:
http://www.lochnessbrewery.com/
Cromarty brewery. Happy Chappy is a favourite. AKA IPA will blow your head off American-style:
http://www.cromartybrewing.co.uk/
Moulin Brewery in Pitlochry - nice and simple:
http://www.moulinhotel.co.uk/inn/brewery.html
An Teallach brewery in Dundonnell. An old favourite:
http://www.anteallachale.co.uk/
Haven't really had enough of Windswept or Speyside to comment. Cairngorm and Black Isle are probably too big now to class as micro-breweries.
Less locally, I like some of the Eden Brewery (in Fife) stuff - particularly the Blonde:
http://www.edenmill.com/
...and one of my favourites - the Salopian Brewery in Shrewsbury (website seems to have disappeared):
https://www.facebook.com/SalopianBrewery
In reply to prog99:
It's not Evil Keg is it? *shock*
> Agreed, excellent stuff. Will be overlooked by the camra lot though.
It's not Evil Keg is it? *shock*
In reply to malky_c:
Windswept is made a couple of miles from me (and one of the owners lives 200 metres away) and I can recommend the APA, especially on draught (the Gordon Arms in Fochabers has it). And Speyside, (a bit of a misnomer as it is made in Forres, a long way from the Spey) is also worth a punt, although I don't think he does anything on draught. He does both lager and a bitter in bottles but they are none the worse for that.
Windswept is made a couple of miles from me (and one of the owners lives 200 metres away) and I can recommend the APA, especially on draught (the Gordon Arms in Fochabers has it). And Speyside, (a bit of a misnomer as it is made in Forres, a long way from the Spey) is also worth a punt, although I don't think he does anything on draught. He does both lager and a bitter in bottles but they are none the worse for that.
In reply to Offwidth: the fmc stuff used to be some sort of horrible homebrew kit stuff. Disgusting, but it did used to be one of the very few places that sold proper cider. Haven't been in for A long time, prefer the canal house in that part of town.
Related note, I've yet to try the doctors orders. Is it any good?
Related note, I've yet to try the doctors orders. Is it any good?
In reply to malky_c:
Aldi of all places are doing a Scottish beer festival at the moment with a really good esoteric selection. Well worth a look.
Aldi of all places are doing a Scottish beer festival at the moment with a really good esoteric selection. Well worth a look.
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In reply to Offwidth:
Quite a trek from Nottingham to Ramsbottom but a visit to the Irwell Works Brewery is a must. A three storey building converted from a metal workshop into a Brewery, Pub/Bar and living accommodation by a couple of fellow walkers/climbers. Great place and say Hello to the owners Sara and Keith.
Quite a trek from Nottingham to Ramsbottom but a visit to the Irwell Works Brewery is a must. A three storey building converted from a metal workshop into a Brewery, Pub/Bar and living accommodation by a couple of fellow walkers/climbers. Great place and say Hello to the owners Sara and Keith.
In reply to prog99:
Picked some of those up on Friday evening, thanks to someone alerting me on Facebook. There was a really good red ale from the Drygate brewery that I picked rather randomly. Worth grabbing a few of those as it doesn't appear to be one of their regular beers. Got a couple more random ones in the fridge for later in the week
Picked some of those up on Friday evening, thanks to someone alerting me on Facebook. There was a really good red ale from the Drygate brewery that I picked rather randomly. Worth grabbing a few of those as it doesn't appear to be one of their regular beers. Got a couple more random ones in the fridge for later in the week
In reply to Ramblin dave:
West is lager (bottom fermented using a saccharomyces pastorianus type yeast) and hence not ale (top fermented using a saccharomyces cerevisiae type yeast). I don't see why it is surprising that the Campaign for Real Ale should overlook it, they overlook meads, sacks, wines and other non-ale drinks. Cider drinkers have recently formed their own campaign running under the Camra umbrella, maybe it is time for a campaign to rehabilitate lager.
> It's not Evil Keg is it? *shock*
West is lager (bottom fermented using a saccharomyces pastorianus type yeast) and hence not ale (top fermented using a saccharomyces cerevisiae type yeast). I don't see why it is surprising that the Campaign for Real Ale should overlook it, they overlook meads, sacks, wines and other non-ale drinks. Cider drinkers have recently formed their own campaign running under the Camra umbrella, maybe it is time for a campaign to rehabilitate lager.
In reply to pete cain:
This thread is for celebrating small breweries anywhere, not just Notts.
In reply to toad
I love The Doctors Orders but its not to all tastes its like a cross between a pub, a beer cafe and a waiting room. It will be a pain if it it gets too crowded.
http://www.doctorsordersmicropub.co.uk
If you live in Nottigham, love good beer and havent been, well.....
This thread is for celebrating small breweries anywhere, not just Notts.
In reply to toad
I love The Doctors Orders but its not to all tastes its like a cross between a pub, a beer cafe and a waiting room. It will be a pain if it it gets too crowded.
http://www.doctorsordersmicropub.co.uk
If you live in Nottigham, love good beer and havent been, well.....
Post edited at 10:04
In reply to prog99:
Scottish brewing seems to have an embarrasment of riches at the moment. It's fantastic, Aldi are doing it no harm either.
Scottish brewing seems to have an embarrasment of riches at the moment. It's fantastic, Aldi are doing it no harm either.
In reply to Clarence:
More to the point, it's presumably kegged and hence (deep breath) served via the application of extraneous gas pressure without undergoing secondary fermentation in the vessel from which it's served, which is what makes it not within CAMRA's remit. I've had cask lagers at CAMRA fests and they're almost always awful - the whole style has evolved to be served relatively cold and fizzy so doing it otherwise to make a point seems cussed.
FWIW, our local CAMRA beer fest is on at the moment, and they've got plenty of meads, wines, ciders, foreign beer on keg and so on. It's only the British beer that has to fit their definition of real ale.
> West is lager (bottom fermented using a saccharomyces pastorianus type yeast) and hence not ale (top fermented using a saccharomyces cerevisiae type yeast). I don't see why it is surprising that the Campaign for Real Ale should overlook it, they overlook meads, sacks, wines and other non-ale drinks. Cider drinkers have recently formed their own campaign running under the Camra umbrella, maybe it is time for a campaign to rehabilitate lager.
More to the point, it's presumably kegged and hence (deep breath) served via the application of extraneous gas pressure without undergoing secondary fermentation in the vessel from which it's served, which is what makes it not within CAMRA's remit. I've had cask lagers at CAMRA fests and they're almost always awful - the whole style has evolved to be served relatively cold and fizzy so doing it otherwise to make a point seems cussed.
FWIW, our local CAMRA beer fest is on at the moment, and they've got plenty of meads, wines, ciders, foreign beer on keg and so on. It's only the British beer that has to fit their definition of real ale.
In reply to Offwidth:
Any brewer which puts Stanage on their home page must be worth sampling
http://intrepid.beer/
They've made a beer collaboration with 18 bikes. Had a pint at the Norfolk Arms after climbing on Saturday - would have had more but I was driving !
Any brewer which puts Stanage on their home page must be worth sampling
http://intrepid.beer/
They've made a beer collaboration with 18 bikes. Had a pint at the Norfolk Arms after climbing on Saturday - would have had more but I was driving !
In reply to Ramblin dave:
Couldn't find anything conclusive on whether it was or wasn't. I have had a few cask lagers myself and although I am not a fan of anything you can't walk a dormouse across they were passable.
We get the Gales Country Wines bloke at our local festivals but that is more a concession to the non-ale-drinking partners than a ringing endorsement of their wares. Apart from Derby I haven't seen many foreign beers at CAMRA fests.
Back on topic, this is my favourite micro brewpub, just over the border from Notty. Good ale brewed in the yard and he is part of an ale swap scheme so he gets some interesting brews in from Notts, Leics and the Black Country as well.
http://www.marlpoolbrewing.co.uk/
> More to the point, it's presumably kegged...
Couldn't find anything conclusive on whether it was or wasn't. I have had a few cask lagers myself and although I am not a fan of anything you can't walk a dormouse across they were passable.
> FWIW, our local CAMRA beer fest is on at the moment, and they've got plenty of meads, wines, ciders, foreign beer on keg and so on. It's only the British beer that has to fit their definition of real ale.
We get the Gales Country Wines bloke at our local festivals but that is more a concession to the non-ale-drinking partners than a ringing endorsement of their wares. Apart from Derby I haven't seen many foreign beers at CAMRA fests.
Back on topic, this is my favourite micro brewpub, just over the border from Notty. Good ale brewed in the yard and he is part of an ale swap scheme so he gets some interesting brews in from Notts, Leics and the Black Country as well.
http://www.marlpoolbrewing.co.uk/
In reply to Offwidth:
A mate of mine has opened Helmsley Brewery. We don't appear to be communicating anymore and I haven't tasted it. From the tweets it sounds nice.
Have you had it?
A mate of mine has opened Helmsley Brewery. We don't appear to be communicating anymore and I haven't tasted it. From the tweets it sounds nice.
Have you had it?
In reply to Dave the Rave:
No... they are very modern looking though.. twitter and facebook and the webpage was a bit hard to find
http://www.helmsleybrewingco.co.uk
No... they are very modern looking though.. twitter and facebook and the webpage was a bit hard to find
http://www.helmsleybrewingco.co.uk
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