The âcraft beer revolutionâ of the last ten years has led to an attempt to elevate the status of beer, with a new generation of breweries, informed by tradition but unconstrained by it, creating ever more diverse and flavourful beers. We also have a new generation of pubs, bars and
Brewdog hosted one of its regular media and beer blogger junkets last weekend, and I was pleased and surprised in equal measure to be invited along for what was a beer-soaked ride. The trip included a tour of the brewery and the AGM, but the Q and A with co-founders James Watt and
If your Twitter timeline is anything like mine then you canât have escaped the launch of Toast Ale, a beer brewed with surplus bread by Hackney Brewery. With all profits going to Feedback, an environmental organisation that campaigns to end food waste, itâs a worthy cause. While beer and bread have much
While itâs understandable that people were disappointed with yesterdayâs announcement that AB InBev have acquired Camden Town Brewery, the craft beer zealots were out in force on Twitter, putting the HELL into Hells. Following the announcement, Camdenâs owner Jasper Cuppaidge held a Q and A, with the award for idiot of the day going to @BenMarlowBooth who
While itâs understandable that people were disappointed with yesterdayâs announcement that AB InBev have acquired Camden Town Brewery, the craft beer zealots were out in force on Twitter, putting the HELL into Hells. Following the announcement, Camdenâs owner Jasper Cuppaidge held a Q and A, with the award for idiot of the day going to @BenMarlowBooth who
As beer drinkers, we live in heady times. London now has 80+ breweries and numerous exciting venues and events. Another sign of beerâs unstoppable rise is the number of independent bottle shops that the capital boasts, bestowing upon us the gift of drinking great beer from here, and across the world, at home. It
I finally made it to The Hopsmiths last night, Late Knight Breweryâs north London outpost. It was very quiet, perhaps understandable as it was 4.30pm on a Wednesday afternoon. The beer selection was decent (I had Weird Beard Decadence Stout and Burning Sky Arise), and I also had a good blether
This subject as been bubbling away on the back-burner of my mind for some time now, and this blog post by Matthew Lawrence (@seethelizards on Twitter) brought it to the foreground. Matthewâs polemical post was written in response to this by Boak and Bailey, which was in turn written as a contribution to The Sessions, âan opportunity
I recently learned through a Facebook post that my former high-school friend, John, is a burgeoning beer geek, and has found an outlet for his hobby in the form of a new Edinburgh-based beer podcast he co-hosts with his friend Stuart. In contrast with the po-faced musings we often hear from beer
