Black Market Brewing, as it sounds, is a brewery trying to relight that excitement and mystery around bootlegging during prohibition, at least as their marketing goes. They started with a small garage sized warehouse and began with whatever ingredients they could afford to make beer with and created their first beer, Hefeweizen. Today, it seems they have
This week, I’m delving a little deeper into a beer I’ve briefly covered before – Hook Norton’s Double Stout, which also happens to be a personal favorite of mine. For a while, it was actually my favorite beer and a solid staple in my household throughout the winter months. To be honest though, I’ve somewhat
About Brewdog Brewdog is Scottish brewery created by James Watt, Martin Dickie, and their dog, Simcoe, 2 guys and 1 dog bored of the mass produced swill that dominated most of the market. Since their only option was to make their own, they imbued it with their personality and disregard for what those stuffy old beer
O.K – so I went there again; I purchased another beer brewed in partnership with Tesco. (A major UK Supermarket for the benefit of our American and Canadian friends). Risky business? maybe – and after my last experience with the so-called “Metropolitan Brewing Company” you’d be forgiven for thinking I’d lost my marbles. Fortunately, though,
On a technical view, La Fin du Monde (literally translated into “The End of the World”) was created using an intrepid European strain of yeast and styled after the Belgian triple, with its complexities in aroma and flavor. However, the more interesting and awe-inspiring view is that of the history the style and that yeast
Sharp’s Brewery have seen huge growth and success in the UK over recent years. The brand is so successful in fact that back in 2012 national giants Molson Coors began to take notice and inevitably put forward a bid to buy them out. Alas, the brewery is no longer independent, and despite initial intentions to
It is our belief that lovingly crafted, great tasting beer deserves to be treated with respect; simply cracking open a bottle or can and throwing it down your neck just doesn’t cut it! You need to get that beer into a glass, and preferably – the right glass. The importance of glassware I can’t underestimate
Innis & Gunn is a well-known brew among most enthusiasts. It’s known for being smooth and having sweet flavor. Today we’ll be doing a review on this beer, but first, let’s take a look at how this brewery and its methods came to be… The Discovery In the early 2000’s Dougal Sharp, a master brewer,
This week’s beer is interesting; partly because I’m not all that keen on it, but also because the brand is quite deceiving. Here’s the low-down… I’d noticed the new brand Metropolitan Brewing and the association with UK Supermarket, Tesco some time ago. But, to be honest, I’d all but ignored them – assuming it would
Sitting here, drinking a bottle of Red Racer Imperial IPA brings back many memories and feelings, not because of the higher alcohol content mind you, but because Marc (the UK half of the TA Brews team) and I used to sit at Central City Brewpub in Surrey, BC after a long days work and go
