I had dabbled in home brewing prior to being involved professionally with brewers and breweries; making damson gin and a superb elderflower champagne, as well as a Woodforde’s Wherry Kit. I made sure I branded each batch with some bizarre label with an even more obscure title. A lot of the labels […]
I’m sat writing this in the Hop Inn, Newcastle-under-Lyme, drinking Hopcraft’s delightful pale-and-hoppy Oceanic. A few years ago, finding a beer like this within the area would be unthinkable, but now it’s the norm. For those of you who haven’t had the chance to see the rapid development of a […]
So I have to say we didn’t really do Portland justice, but I think you would need at least a month to do that. On the plus side we did visit some nice places and drank some great beer… On finally arriving at our home in North East Portland for […]
It has been a fantastic few months for the blog, as we have made new friends, found new contributors and already seen some great changes in the Birmingham beer scene. We hope that Boaks & Baily are right and 2016 will be the year Birmingham becomes a new beer destination […]
