Partizan Brewing Co. White Noise (4.3%)
Brewed with Vague and Pilgrim, this White IPA is soft and creamy with a fuzzy white head and a pale straw coloured body. The aroma is melon and strawberry and the beer gives you a body that’s round,...
View ArticleEight Arch Brewing Co. Pendulum (4.8%)
Pendulum is a Pale Ale hopped solely with Citra and it does all the things you might want it to. There’s a soft doughnut and honey, caramel malt body, warm and round and sweet. The aroma is rich sweet...
View ArticleBad Seed Brewery Breaking Free (5.5%)
Breaking Free is a New England Pale Ale that pours a warm amber colour and smells of peaches and apricots. There’s a solid caramel, honey, toasted French bread and buttery brioche malt body and a lick...
View ArticleBuxton Brewery Sonrisa (4.7%)
Oh dear, Buxton, what have you done? I can’t find anything positive to say about this beer, but it’s so astonishingly bad that I need to write about it. Especially as it comes from what has been for a...
View ArticleRoosters Brewing Co. Scrambler (4%)
Now this, ladies and gentlemen, this is a super little can of beer. I was unsure as to what to expect from a Pale Ale brewed with fresh watermelon, but now I wish that I had a case full. The … Continue...
View ArticleGlen Affric Brewery Highland Suntan (4.9%)
I can’t work out or be bothered to Google, why a brewery based in Birkenhead has not only a very Scottish name but has given this, their rather splendid Extra Pale Ale, a Scottish name to match. I’m...
View ArticleRound Corner Brewing: Painting The Town Red
Nestled in the heart of Melton Mowbray’s rather large market area, Round Corner Brewing is a new brewery making some rather good beer in a very well laid out brewery and Tap Room. Only established a...
View ArticleOvertone Brewing Co. Pale El Dorado (6%)
Honeydew melon front and centre, this pale ale smells of Yeastie strawberries and pours a pale gold with a smashing foamy head. And that’s all well and good, but it’s the honey dew melon that jumps out...
View ArticleLab Culture Brewery: Beer From The Vertivore
Based in Redditch, North Worcestershire, Lab Culture Brewery is part of the environmentally conscious Astwood Group and has been set up to brew beer using the waste heat from their Vertivore – a...
View ArticleNorthern Monk’s Northern Powerhouse 2019
I know I’m a little late to the party, but these are still worth talking about, and tracking down if there are any still out in the wild. So, Northern Monk’s Northern Powerhouse Collaboration 2019...
View ArticleS43 Brewery The Knack (5.4%)
This is a very good beer, a beer brewed with New Zealand hops, a Kiwi Beer as the can states. Possums were introduced to New Zealand from Australia in the 1800’s as part of the fur trade and quickly...
View Article#WMCBF: Discovering the Midlands
What began as a crisp, cold but sunny morning quickly turned grey as my train departed Leicester station and I made the short journey to Coventry for this year’s West Midlands Craft Beer Festival. The...
View ArticlePomona Island Brew Co. Ken Lee (5.6%)
Ken Lee is a Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale with Citra and Simcoe and presented in a rather groovy label designed by Art By Volume. The can looks great and the beer pours a lovely peachy gold with a little...
View ArticleAbbey Dale Brewery Iced Tea Dead People (4.6%)
A Pale Ale brewed with peaches, Sencha Tea and hibiscus, this is a an absolute delight of a beer. The aroma is a lightly spiced floral bouquet and the beer pours a soft peachy gold. Taking a swig you...
View ArticleBorough Market Borough Wet Hop IPA (4.3%)
Brewed on behalf of Borough Market by Beak and Villages, this beer has been made with hops grown in Borough Market and brewed fresh from picking. And it’s a great little beer. There’s a toffee and...
View ArticleLet’s get Salty!
I’ll cut the preamble to a minimum as I’m sure you all know of Salt Beer Factory by now. Based in Saltaire, formerly a town famous for cloth manufacture, Salt name all their range after the different...
View ArticleBurning Sky Brewery Out Of Vogue (5.9%)
Burning Sky’s take on a West Coast Pale Ale is absolutely brilliant. It does all the things that you would want from this style of beer, and it does it superbly. There’s a soft and chewy vanilla and...
View ArticleA Pack Of Three From Pentrich
Downfall Architect (6.8%) This is my first experience of Pentrich’s beer, and all I can say is that I’m ready for more. Downfall Architect is big fruity IPA that pours a lovely peachy gold apricot jam...
View ArticleNorth End Brewing Devil’s Elbow (7%)
Devil’s Elbow is a West Coast IPA brewed in New Zealand by a Brewer, a Waiter and a Chef. Most importantly, it’s a damned fine example of its style. It pours a rich golden colour and has a resinous...
View ArticleWhat Anspach & Hobday Did Next
I’ve long been a fan of Anspach & Hobday and their beer, and so when I heard that following a recent and very successful Crowdfunding exercise, they had begun to put their beer into cans, I just...
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