Off Beat Brewery Unhinged (4.5%)
Fiery root ginger to the max, this is a very refreshing beer, if you like ginger. And I do, which is lucky. Especially ginger that’s been boosted by a hit of chilli. Which Unhinged is. You see Michelle...
View ArticleByatt’s Brewery Big Cat (4.1%)
Big Cat is a very good little Pale Session Ale that pours a light gold and smells of candy canes, vanilla and peaches, it’s little fluffy head popping and fizzing with life. Taking a swig you find a...
View ArticleJo C’s Norfolk Ale Norfolk Kiwi (3.8%)
Brewed with a mix of American and New Zealand hops this, my first experience of this small brewery from Fakenham, may not be mind blowing but it’s eminently drinkable. It pours a rich gold and smells...
View ArticleBrew By Numbers 21|02 (5.2%)
Brewed with Wai-Iti and Sticklebracht hops, this is a lovely Pale Ale that makes a nice change from the tropical fruit overload of a lot of current Pale Ales and IPAs. You see, the Wai-Iti gives you a...
View ArticleLegitimate Industries: Sail Like A Tiger! Very Fast!
When Legitimate Industries got in touch with me about trying their first two beers I knew nothing of them, and I didn’t think much about them until the cans arrived in the post. I was immediately...
View ArticleBlue Point Brewing Co. Summer Ale (4.5%)
Slowly the AB/InBev beer creeps ever further into Beer Hawk’s monthly box, and it’s a bit hard to say anything about this one at all, other than this is pale and insignificant. You see, this light...
View ArticleRedemption Brewery Trinity (3%)
Light Ale, Table Beer, Session Beer, call it what you will, Trinity from Redemption is a decent little beer with a great big bite. It has been brewed with three malts and three hops and has a rather...
View ArticleNorthern Monk Brewing Co. Communion (5.1%)
This Pale Ale was brewed in collaboration with Opeth and is sharp and fresh, pouring a bright gold with a little fluffy head and smelling of bitter lemon and hibiscus. The malting is soft and supple,...
View ArticleStone & Wood Pacific Ale (4.4%)
Can anyone put me straight on whether or not Stone & Wood are now owned by a multi-national? I looked around the interwebs a bit but could only find hints that they might be. Not that the...
View ArticleTwisted Barrel Ale Hmmmm (6%)
This little bottle of delight pours rather dark for a Pale Ale, but it smells and tastes delicious. The aroma is peaches and honey and a touch of balsamic vinegar, and taking a swig you find a big...
View ArticleIgnore The Machine: The International Project 2016
“Everybody’s got what everybody wants, And everybody wants what everybody’s got.” – Alien Sex Fiend, Ignore The Machine I’ve not bought the Rainbow Project beer before because I’ve been a little...
View ArticleBrodie’s Fabulous Beers: Canning Town
They’re not in Canning Town, but it made a good headline, OK? When my brothers in beer, Kal and Jaz at Cotteridge Wines, told me that Brodie’s had started canning their beer and that they’d snagged a...
View ArticleDeya Brewing Co. Steady Rolling Man (5.2%)
Deya are based in Gloucestershire and this is my first experience of them. I was immediately taken by their 500ml cans, and this American Pale Ale does everything you could possibly want. It pours a...
View ArticleMagic Rock Brewing Co. Inhaler (4.5%)
Pouring a rich peach colour, Inhaler is a Pale Ale packed with hops. Treading the border between IPA and Pale Ale, the blend of Amarillo, Citra, Equinox, Galaxy, Mosaic and Simcoe – all varieties known...
View ArticleNoise Annoys: Indy Man Beer Con 2016
It was grey but dry when we stepped down from the train and onto the platform of Manchester Piccadilly Station. In fact it was so fine that we decided to walk to the Victoria Baths, the beautiful venue...
View ArticleHogsback Brewery Farnham White (4%)
The Farnham White Bine Hop had all but disappeared until Hogsback revived it, growing it in their own hop garden. It’s quite nice too, warm and peppery, gently bitter with hazel leaves, a hint of...
View ArticleWiper & True Small Beer No. 18 (2.7%)
The problem that I often have with low alcohol beers, especially when they try too hard to be hop monsters, is that if the balance isn’t exactly right they turn thin and oily and a little bit sickly....
View ArticleGoose Island Brewing Co. Brewery Yard (8.4%)
Brewed in collaboration with brewing historian Ron Pattinson, Goose Island have attempted to brew a faithful recreation of a 19th Century Burton recipe. And regardless of whether they’ve got it...
View Article360° Brewing Rye Pale (5.2%)
There’s a billowing cumulonimbus of from for a head as you empty this little can into your glass. Unfined and unfiltered and brewed with a seven malt bill that includes my beloved Rye, this beer smells...
View ArticleBrewChap: Home Brewed Adventures In Tweed
A few weeks ago I wrote an article on this year’s International Rainbow Project. I was less than enamoured with it and said so. Shortly afterwards I was contacted by BrewChap, the brewing nom de plume...
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