Archive for the ‘Breweries’ Category
Is it Hophead, or is it Hophead?
Oct 6th, 2010 |
On a recent routine trip to a couple of pubs in the Holborn area of London I came across a beer called Hophead at the Knights Templar – the Wetherspoons pub in Chancery Lane.
Now those of you who know me, and indeed those of you who don’t might assume that I was talking about the Dark Star beer which has become prevalent in London these days. But no! I was amazed to discover another Hophead on the street – this one from a brewery called Brewsters of Lincolnshire. Well, I had to try that.
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Hog’s Back Brewery Shop
May 22nd, 2010 |
Whenever I’m driving over towards Farnham I always try and visit the Hog’s Back Brewery shop which is connected to the brewery in Tongham – it’s always worth a detour.
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Evening Pub Crawl of Lewes – Part 1
Dec 3rd, 2009 |
Recently, Jon and I took an evening trip to Lewes for a bit of a crawl round the pubs. We’d been to Brighton for the evening many times before and wanted a change so Lewes was selected – partly because of our love of Harvey’s beers. A quick glance at our Southern Railway timetables showed that although the trains from London to Lewes were not as frequent as to Brighton, they were still just as quick.
I’d been to Lewes before but never drunk there – not even on bonfire night which they take very seriously in Lewes. The town itself is a really attractive traditional old town – well worth a visit for things other than pubs.
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Fine Beer at Ripley Farmers Market
Sep 17th, 2009 |
Surrey Hills beer on sale at Ripley Farmers Market
Ripley in Surrey hosts a Farmer’s Market on the second Saturday of most months. It’s a great place to sample and buy local produce – vegetables, sausages, cheese, olives, curry sauces etc.
The Surrey Hills brewery usually have a stall at the market too and you can buy beer to take home in 2 pint and 4 pint containers. Business was brisk last Saturday and I got there too late for the Gilt Complex but the Shere Drop was on good form so I had that. Ranmore Ale – a slightly darker bitter was also available too.
The Shere Drop went down a treat with the sausage and mash later on.
Further details on Ripley Farmers Market can be found here.
St Peter’s Bottles Changing?
Aug 21st, 2009 |
St Peters bottles at the Jerusalem Tavern, Farringdon
This picture was taken on a recent trip to the Jerusalem Tavern in Farringdon, London. Apologies for the poor quality – it was taken on my rubbish mobile.
For those who are not familiar with this pub, it is the only London outlet of the St Peter’s Brewery in Suffolk. It’s worth a visit if you like good beer and you’re in the area. The St Peter’s beers are very distinctive in their flavour tasting unlike beers from any other brewery. They usually have 4 or 5 on draught at any one time and most of the rest of the range are available in bottles.
I happened to notice these two bottles on the table on front of me (they weren’t mine) and was intrigued by the one on the left. If you’ve bought St Peter’s beers in the supermarket before you’ll be familiar with the elliptical shape of the base. It doesn’t come over so well in the picture but the left hand one has a circular base. I wonder if this is the new shape? It’s definitely got the St Peter’s badge moulded into the glass so they’re not brought in temporarily from somewhere else.
It would be a shame if the elliptical bottles disappeared.
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