Tag: brewdog
I still like Brewdog. I may be in two minds about some of their marketing and some of their beers, but they’ve so far all been worth a try. So, when I read on their blog that they were going to have a release event for one of their latest beers in London, putting on [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2010 under Beer.
Tags: 5am saint, ab:02, abstrakt, brewdog, cask pub and kitchen, cliff quay, hardcore ipa, physics, Schorschbock, Schorschbräu, sink the bismarck, tactical nuclear penguin
Comments: 3
Being a twitter obsessive sometimes pays off in the world of booze. A couple of weeks back I ended up on a ‘tour’ of the Sipsmith Distillery (where ‘tour’ means ‘evening of drinking gin and learning about cocktails in a garage in Hammersmith full of awesome looking still and enthusiastic gin magicians – it may [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2010 under Beer.
Tags: brewdog, harcore IPA, prototype
Comments: 1
A beer that I didn’t expect, this one, appearing in my Christmas order from Brewdog as a replacement for one of the beers that they’d run out of. It’s a brew that was put together during a visit to Brewdog HQ from Greg Koch, Steve Wagner and Mitch Steele of the Stone Brewing Company (see [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2010 under Beer.
Tags: bashah, brewdog, ruination, stone
Comments: 3
Old Malt Cask 15 year old Bladnoch – A baby single cask bottle that I grabbed from The Vintage House a while back. The nose has white wine, a light savouriness and a hint of charcoal. The taste is sweet to start but quickly fades to lightly coloured wood, sawdust and a dry slightly fruity [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2010 under Quick Tastings, Whisky.
Tags: bladnoch, brewdog, bridge house, draft house, guzzler, junction, old malt cask, pure gold, purity, sambrooks, the rake, tm10, york
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A couple this week, but first something that isn’t a tasting – I live on the site of the old London Guinness factory, which has since been knocked down and replaced with flats (including mine), some offices (including Diageo, the makers of Guinness) and a park with a lake in. It looks like either we’ve [...]
Posted: March 14th, 2010 under Beer, Quick Tastings.
Tags: brewdog, brooklyn black chocolate stout, brooklyn brewery, devine rebel reserve, diageo, duchesse de bourgogne, guinnes, ottakringer, st patrick's day, stiegl pils, the rake, utobeer, vienna
Comments: 2
Some background – I like Brewdog1. I like them enough that I’ve even invested in them (closes 19th February) and not only because of the lifetime 20% off I now get on their website. I’ve yet to find one of their beers that I didn’t actively like and am, so far, very much enjoying the [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2010 under Beer.
Tags: brewdog, ipa
Comments: 2
Christmas is traditionally a time of over indulgence and I am far from being someone who wants to buck tradition (any excuse). There may have been turkey, pies, bologneses and casseroles over the festive period, but much more importantly there has been booze. Here’s what I’ve been drinking:
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My friend Mr Utobeer came through for me [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2009 under Beer, Whisky, Wine.
Tags: arran, brewdog, buffalo trace, glencadam, harviestoun, highland park, homebrew, merlot, Montepulciano d'abruzzo, naked wine, nick, ola dubh, paradox, shiraz, syrah, utobeer
Comments: 1