Marstons – Pedigree Pale Ale
When doing a ‘blind’ shop for beer it is often the label that sticks out. This is, ultimately, the intention of the label, the bottle design the whole aesthetic of the bottle or can, to tell you what the beverage is all about and to maybe catch your eye, to get you to buy. In...
Okells – 1907
During a recent business trip to Isle of Man (which are few and far between, but appreciated never the less) I chanced upon Okells Bitter on tap at the hotel where we were staying. Three (or so) pints later we were hooked. On the last day I managed to find a shop that was selling...
Sleaford Brewery – Hop Me Up – Route 17
A word of advice: if you are going to experiment with new photo ideas try it out first on something that you have more than one of, or something static that allows you to mess with it before you take the photo of beer (or whatever)
St Peters – Whisky Beer
I was tempted to say that I haven’t had a St Peters beer for some time, thank goodness for search (turns out it was Sep 2011). The beers have been a little hit and miss – porter and cream stout stand out above the others (really didn’t get the Sorgham beer), but I do love...
Windsor and Eaton – Conqueror 1075
John Lewis on Oxford Street (London) were having a guest beers week (could have been guest foods week also, but I wasn’t paying attention) with a selection of beers coming from Berkshire. The Black IPA style stood out, can’t recall having this (or even seeing this) before. Good stuff.
Hacker-Pschorr – Anno 1417
I originally had this beer back in June 2008. I lost the original photo and would liked to have reset the format ages ago, so when I got this beer in my batch direct from Bavaria (in the back of a car) it was time to go back and tart up the tasting…
Dunkertons – Premium Organic Cider
Not content to try Dunkerton’s Dry Organic Cider, I found myself ordering their Premium Organic Cider. Their website doesn’t say what makes it premium…
Schwarzbrau – Exquisit
This is an update on a beer I wrote about back on 26 March, 2008. I’ve not really shifted too much on how I feel about this beer (it is still good), I have made a revision on the tasting notes…
The Nottingham Brewery – EPA
This should have been Hedgerow Gold from Sleaford Brewery, but, and for the first time ever, I had a beer that had actually gone off – it pretty much exploded as I was trying to open the bottle. Made a mess. Everywhere. So, off to Nottingham, without any those jokes about football teams and men...
