Posts Tagged ‘ Hardknott ’

Golden Pint Awards 2011

Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer: Winner: Buxton Axe Edge Runner up: Hardknott Code Black Honourable mentions: Ilkley Mary Jane, Magic Rock Curious NZ Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer: Winner: The Kernel India Pale Ale 100 Centennial Runner up: Red Willow Ageless Honourable mentions: Oakham Citra, Traquair Jacobite Best Overseas Draught Beer: Winner: [ READ MORE ]

It’s a Shame About Ray

Friday night I went to see The Lemonheads play live at Leeds University.  I would have been about 14 when I would copy my brothers vinyl to cassette using his massive 80′s stereo and then listen to them on my massive 80′s Walkman.  I was heavily influenced by his taste in music which spanned Sugar [ READ MORE ]

Food and Beer Matching

Food and beer, beer and food, there are plenty of eating establisments that are trail blazing, add to that a fair few people talking about matching the two and I reckon a lot more with a watchful eye on the developments to see how far this will go.  I’m open to the idea and have [ READ MORE ]

I Will Follow You into the Dark

I’m enjoying my beer and relaxing into it a little more each month.  I have re-read a couple of my earlier posts and see my initial instincts were to hoard my beer and make sure nobody was looking before enjoying them all to myself.  I’ve always been aware of the merits of sharing and as [ READ MORE ]

Hardknott Queboid

As part of the implementation of my new Local Policy on High Strength Beer Duty, and until further notice from my brain, I can now only drink beer over 7.5% abv between the hours of 10pm and 6am.  I am also keen to support Beersay‘s hash-tag movement (#7point5) and promote the good clean fun associated [ READ MORE ]

Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival 2011

 When I bought my ticket for the Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival 2011 (September  16th-17) back in July, I was feeling rather pleased with myself as I usually leave it until the last minute and miss out.  When the Brewery started sending updates about the beers they were sourcing I couldn’t wait for the date to come around. [ READ MORE ]

Beer and Chocolate

There is a lot of radio chatter at the moment surrounding what appears to be the ‘new wine’ (only joking Leigh!), no not the new wine, just beer in its own right.  Not only beer, but beer and food, see The Good Stuff and Called to the Bar for some recent insight into this.  I’m [ READ MORE ]

IPA Day – the IPAftermath

For full details of International IPA Day (#IPADay), please see my blog below. But, as the dust is settling, just a quick post to say that the International IPA Day feels to have been a huge success, in my humble opinion.  I can’t really put it better than Pete Brown does in his blog post [ READ MORE ]

International IPA Day in West Yorkshire

For anyone who is not aware of the International IPA Day celebrations on Thursday 4th August 2011, then please find a run-down of what’s going on for the lucky folk of West Yorkshire, including; Mr Foleys Cask & Ale House, Leeds The Grove Inn, Huddersfield The Sparrow Bier Cafe, Bradford *updated 29/07/11* Mr Foleys Cask [ READ MORE ]

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