Craft beer… is the price right?

It’s been a funny few days. Earlier this week, I wrote a story for The Morning Advertiser about a pub in London charging more than £13 for a pint of Cloudwater Double IPA. The story was picked up by no less than seven national newspapers, got nearly double the views of any other story onContinue reading “Craft beer… is the price right?”

Cloudwater, CAMRA and the culture of cask beer

Spoiler alert: I love cask beer. To me, there is no greater pleasure in life than the first sip of a properly conditioned, well kept, cask beer, served at the right temperature. You can imagine my disappointment, therefore, when Cloudwater, one of the most exciting new breweries to emerge in the UK in the last twoContinue reading “Cloudwater, CAMRA and the culture of cask beer”

The 2016 Beeson on Beer Golden Pint Awards Podcast

It’s that time of year again… and no, I’m not talking about the awkward time between Christmas and New Year where nobody knows quite what to do with themselves. I’m talking about the season of The Golden Pints Awards, where bloggers, writers and communicators in the beer industry celebrate the very best of the lastContinue reading “The 2016 Beeson on Beer Golden Pint Awards Podcast”

Not another Indy Man Beer Con blog…

I told myself I wasn’t going to write about The Independent Manchester Beer Convention, or Indy Man as it is better known. “Everyone will have been”, “it will just annoy people who weren’t able to go”, “what can you say that nobody else hasn’t already said before?” were just some of the things to haveContinue reading “Not another Indy Man Beer Con blog…”

Beer Review: Cloudwater DIPA v3 (9%)

I think it’s fair to say that it is difficult to think of another brewery that has shot to fame in quite like the way Cloudwater have in the last twelve months. Even given the fact that the Manchester-based brewers were the recipients of a level of financial backing that would make most other breweriesContinue reading “Beer Review: Cloudwater DIPA v3 (9%)”

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