Whistle Stop Tour Edinburgh
As many of you will be aware I’ve been in Falkirk on a training course for the past couple of days. As Edinburgh is only a short train journey away from Falkirk and I’ve never really had a proper look around the city or any of its beery establishments before, so I thought it would… [Continue Reading]
Truefitt Brewing Grand Opening
Saturday was my first opportunity to taste the beer from Matt Power’s new venture Truefitt Brewing which I mentioned a little while ago, here. The launch of Truefitt heralds the return of micro brewed cask ales to the North Riding of Yorkshire (you may know it as Teesside), and for me personally this is the… [Continue Reading]
St Stefanus Blonde
This beer was sent to me at the end of last year along with the offer of an expenses paid trip to the brewery in Belgium. I probably would have gone on the trip to the brewery if I hadn’t been at work but it was right at the end , but you can’t win… [Continue Reading]
Profile Gallery & Sitting Room Saltburn
An impromptu afternoon in Saltburn-by-the-Sea uncovered this little gem of a coffee/tea room and photographic art gallery. Despite being a local and spending a fair amount of time in Saltburn this place had somehow managed to escape my attention, which is why I thought I would share it with everyone. Traditional English ‘Everyday’ Tea It’s… [Continue Reading]
Summer Wine Saison Lime & Coriander 5%
I’m a big fan of Summer Wine beers and have been ever since my first taste of their beers a while ago at the Free Trade Inn, Newcastle, which you can read about here. They brew beers with big flavours and lots of character and they are one of my favourite breweries. I have unfortunately… [Continue Reading]
Truefitt Beers – The Worlds Newest Brewery
Welcome to the worlds newest brewery! After a few months of waiting it gives me a huge amount to pleasure to announce that craft/real ale brewing is about to be brought back to my home town of Middlesbrough in the form of Truefitt Beers. Matt Power who used to brew for the Captain Cook Brewery… [Continue Reading]
Heston’s Perfect Mash
Heston Blumenthal’s latest TV series How to Cook Like Heston was, for me, a bit of a revelation. As you lot well know I like to do my thing in the kitchen and cook things I’ve never cooked before and although I like to think I know what I’m doing there’s always room for improvement… [Continue Reading]
Marble Dunkel 8.2%
After the disappointment of Marble Weizen a few weeks ago things were back on form with Dunkel. I’ll admit I’m not that familiar with Bock style so this beer has been judged purely on merit. Not a bad thing in many respects. In the glass it just screams come and drink me, the rich stained… [Continue Reading]
Marble Weizen 5.5%
I’ll admit I like wheat beers, I have done ever since the Mrs was at uni and the pub across the road from her halls of residence sold Hoegaarden on draft, meaning I drank lots of it! I’d say it (Hoegaarden) is still one of my guilty pleasures nowadays. Anyway, this being a Marble beer… [Continue Reading]
Chewy Meringue with Whipped Cream & Raspberries
These meringues are surprisingly easy to make and there’s a million and one things you can put on top of one, however, raspberries and whipped cream are always going to work really well. Ingredients 2 large egg whites 55g caster sugar 55g icing sugar (sifted) 300g raspberries 1 heaped dessert spoon of light demerara sugar… [Continue Reading]
Vanilla Cheesecake with Blackberry Sauce
So here we are at the beginning 2012, I trust everyone out there had a smashing Christmas and New Year. Since January is dubbed as the most depressing month of the year I thought I’d try and spread some new year cheer with this delicious cheesecake recipe I used for my Christmas dinner dessert. So… [Continue Reading]
Age & India Pale Ale Part 2
Okay so admittedly this post is a long time overdue, but I’ve finally gotten around to opening my second bottle of aged Red Squirrel Brewery IPA in the USA. So without further ado lets see how it tastes after another six months or so in the bottle. You can recap on Part 1 by clicking… [Continue Reading]
Golden Pint Awards 2011
So it’s that time of year again, time for my Golden Pint Awards nominations. If you would like to recap on last years nominations you can do so here. Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer – Captain Cook Resolution. Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer – Kernel Imperial Stout. Best Overseas Draught Beer –… [Continue Reading]
Venison Wellington
I thought I’d share this recipe which I found on the Guardian website, which you can view by clicking here, because it’s what I’ll be cooking for families Christmas dinner. I’ve had a little practice run with a scaled down version of the recipe using the strip loin from the Roe saddle that I purchased… [Continue Reading]
Twissup – A Day of Beer
It wasn’t without a certain amount of excitement and trepidation that I boarded the early morning train up to Newcastle for what was my first of, hopefully, many Twissup’s. I was feeling excitement because it was my first one, I was looking forward to meeting up with some old friends, making some new friends and… [Continue Reading]
Mocha Rum Soufflé
A recipe I just thought I’d have a go at for a dafty one night as they don’t take very long to make, around 30 minutes, and I was impressed so I thought I’d share it with everyone. Also a big thanks to Rod for suggesting that it might work well with Hardknott’s Vitesse Noir,… [Continue Reading]
Brew Your Own Beer Label
The other day I received an email from the people at Labeley.com asking me to take a look at a new site they are developing which enables users to design and generate beer labels completely free of charge. I took a quick look as requested and was quite impressed overall. Although I think there is… [Continue Reading]
#7POINT5
As I am sure you will have realised recently my blogging has been a little bit sporadic of late the main reasons for this are; a) a lack of time, b) a lack of motivation and c) a lack of inspiration. It’s not that I haven’t been enjoying some great beers because I have, but… [Continue Reading]
CAMRGB Beer Of The Year
From today the 1st November until the 14th November you will be able email CAMRGB with your 3 favourite beers of 2011. Here’s my 3 favourite beers of 2011 so far, which have been really, really difficult to pick. There’s been so many great beers this year! Kernel Brewery Black IPA Captain Cook Brewery Resolution… [Continue Reading]
Octoberfest? Octobertax Hike More Like It!
At this time of year beer is usually being celebrated by the masses, it’s beer festival season, just check out this list of festivals happening in October across the globe. Yet on the 1st of October the UK craft beer/real ale market (I’m just going to call it beer, it’s easier to type) has been… [Continue Reading]
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