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Brains Craft Brewery 'Weiss Weiss Baby' 14 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
From the Brains Craft Brewery department tucked in a corner of the Cardiff Mega Brewery is a bottle of 'Weiss Weiss Baby', their Weissbier. I must admit I kinda like the name, being a nice gentle pun,...
Otley Oxymoron 13 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
Oxymoron, a black IPA dry hopped to hell and delicious to boot! When I first had this a few years ago at the Great Welsh festival it was my first BIPA, I wasn't totally sold on it but since then its ...
Wooden Hand Brewery Cornish Gribben 12 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
Every year when we go to Cornwall I seem to end up drinking or bringing back some of Wooden Hand's beers, based in Truro they seem to have reasonable penetration of the south west market. The only on...
Keltek Brewery King 7 Aug 2013 | 02:23 am
Another from the south west of England, this time its the Keltek Brewery, based in Redruth Cornwall. King is a 5.1% ESB style of beer, 500ml bottle also purchased from Tesco like in the last post. My...
Clearwater Brewery Real Smiler 1 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
Clearwater brewery, based in Devon has been going since 1998 but a buyout in 2009 and the introduction of new personnel including a new head brewer all in the last few years has greatly increased thei...
Hardknott Cool Fusion 26 Jul 2013 | 02:17 am
After a few jobs the other weekend and with the lawn mower packed away in the shed it was time for some liquid refreshment. Hardknott's Cool Fusion is a 4.4% abv beer that strongly features ginger. W...
Battle of the breweries - Boars Head 12-14th July 11 Jul 2013 | 06:10 pm
This weekend the Boars Head at Tyla Garw, South Wales, is holding a 'Battle of the Breweries' beer festival, featuring Dark Star, Oakham, Crouch Vale, Salopian and the Welsh Champion Brewers Tiny Re...
Ayinger Urweisse 3 Jul 2013 | 04:20 pm
Yum Yum. That's almost all you need to say about this comforting pillow head, yeasty and cereal malted aroma, smooth and gorgeous peach, banana and some subtle spices that swim through your mouth firm...
Brains Organ Morgan 3 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am
Organ Morgan is a 4% abv golden ale, one of the beers that Brains name, along with Milkwood and Jack Black, with links to Dylan Thomas. It has a light sweetish aroma, honey, and some light malt notes...
The Wild Beer co. 'Bliss' 24 Jun 2013 | 10:51 pm
(Entirely coincidentally I wrote this post yesterday with the children/pubs comments, before today's topic du jour) After a cycle ride with the family we went into the excellent Boars Head (often men...
