“A very happy accident.” – That’s how Mark Tranter, a former fine art student with a penchant for punk rock and tattoos, describes getting into the beer industry. Twenty years on, the former Dark Star head brewer is the proud owner of his very own successful brewery, Burning Sky, and he has some exciting newsContinue reading “In conversation with… Mark Tranter, Founder of Burning Sky Brewery”
Tag Archives: Craft
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…”
A taste of the Rainbow at Siren Craft Brewery
Now in its fourth year of existence, the annual launch of The Rainbow Project is one of the most anticipated events in every beer geek’s calendar. The Project, which started life at Siren Craft Brewery in Berkshire in 2013, has in recent years produced some of the most highly sought after beers in the UKContinue reading “A taste of the Rainbow at Siren Craft Brewery”
Exeter Ale Society Versus Bristol Pub Crawl
It’s about 12:20pm on the Friday of a bank holiday weekend and my brother Josh and I have just stepped off the train from Cardiff, slightly hungover after one beer too many in the Urban Tap House the night before. We make our way to the arrivals boards and locate the platform on which theContinue reading “Exeter Ale Society Versus Bristol Pub Crawl”
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%)”
Beeson On Beer 