Beers I've Known

January is typically a time for reflection looking back on the previous year and looking forward to the year to come. That is after all w...

Another long overdue write-up this one, especially considering I was given these by the producers themselves. Sorry Andy and Dave! Temp...

Wild beer have come of age and so has their beer with the release of their first (spirit) barrel aged beers. Ninkasi, Wildebeest and a barl...

I recently picked up some Irish ciders from Drinkstore and drink my way through them at the weekend. All are quite different; so thought i...

One of my most anticipated drinks books of the year has just arrived on my doormat; so I thought I'd write a few words on my thoughts o...

Sometimes you bump into people in the most unlikely of places.  A trip down to the Linen Green craft village last week ended with a co...

Greg and the team at MacIvor's cider are this week celebrating their first of hopefully many awards for their cider. The traditional...

Merely an indicative , rather than exhaustive list, based on my "top ten" beers whilst in New Zealand. There are obviously plenty...

I spent a good chunk of yesterday at Hilden Brewery Beer festival. After spending all of last year working at the festival it brought a d...

Despite being fairly well travelled in the UK, I had not visited the capital of Wales. I was given the chance to rectify this recently when...

An old haunt of mine that I always have to return to when in Southampton, this beer Mecca is still a relatively well kept secret, but m...

Love the fox and apple in the logo! It seems that everywhere I look I find a new cider producer*. No bad thing because I like a good ci...

FABPOW=Food& Beer Pairing. I guess that this is really a FACPOW! Not all food and drink pairings have to be planned out meticulousl...

I like to try beer and food combos out, but they tend to be spontaneous, selecting a beer from the cupboard based on what I'm cooking. ...