I was unsure if I should write a review of some beers made by a brewery that doesn’t exist anymore. What’s the point in reviewing products if the public can’t get hold of them, but then I remembered that I managed to buy them a few days ago in Neill Wines in Groomsport, so there…… Continue reading Germany to Bangor – Auf Weidersehen Maltmeister?
Siren Craft is a big name in UK brewing. I first became aware of it in 2014 after having a very appealing Soundwave, a US west coast IPA. Siren Craft hail from the west of London direction near Reading and three of their recent offerings had me praising any 1 of the supposed 5 made…… Continue reading Siren Sounds with a Pumpkin Alert
Make no mistake, I love Portrush. It’s where the family would take day trips when I was a child and it’s where I now take my family for the same – driving the dodgem cars and sliding down the helter skelter at Barry’s amusements, eating a 10% meat (probably) sausage supper in a chippy and…… Continue reading Portrush – Land of Barry’s, Chips & Beer Festivals
Another festival? Boom, as Klopp would say. Following last weekend’s ABV festival in Belfast, this time it was the turn of the Irish Craft Beer Festival at the RDS in Dublin. Hotel and train tickets booked, Mrs W and I were there on the Friday. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see so many brewers in…… Continue reading Another Weekend, Another Festival
They said I was mad. Well that’s not really true, though Mrs W did look at me weirdly in the dark when I proposed the idea at 1am one February night. That idea being motorbiking to all of Northern Ireland’s physical micro/nano brewery sites in a short designated period (later to be decided at 36…… Continue reading I Would Ride 500 Miles But I Won’t Ride 500 More
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