JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser.
Warning: You are using an outdated browser and may not be able to checkout. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security.
We're proud to have featured again with This Morning, showcasing with the best advent calendars you can buy for Advent this year!
This week we launch the range of Salt Beer Factory beers on the site and what better way to introduce a new brewery to our beer hunters than to have a good 'ole fashioned interview with Nadir Zairi, Director of the Yorkshire based brewery in Saltaire.
There are signs that Non-Alcoholic beer is hitting the mainstream and is poised to hit the big time, but just how popular will it become? In this article I’ll look at some of the signs that show ‘NOLO’ (non or low alcoholic) beer is becoming a serious player in our industry, and how its development might progress in the UK.
After trying out our very own World Beers mixed case for a beer tasting party, Christie Day, Brand Expert at money-saving website Savoo shares her tips for hosting a top beer tasting night on a budget.
Ask someone down the pub for the reasons behind Britain’s recent Beer revival, and you’re guaranteed all sorts of different explanations. In 2017 the number of UK breweries passed the 2000 mark, which puts us well ahead of European neighbours. Most will have a reasonable argument for why, but you can bet your double-dry hopped DIPA that very few of them would mention Gordon Brown, ex-PM and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
5 best new beers of the week Modern Times / Fortunate Islands / 5%Beer never fails to surprise. When you think you know a style, or have an expectation, beers from breweries like Modern Times are here blow them out of the water. On the can, it says this is a wheat beer, but Fortunate Islands has more in common with an IPA: super hoppy and full of mango, tangerine and passionfruit characteristics from boat loads of Citra and Amarillo hops. The 60% of wheat malt, instead of defining the beer, adds depth, mouthfeel and a dryness that makes this so drinkable. Another flawless beer from Modern Times. PS: on their website is also the homebrew recipe for this beer. Cool. Thornbridge / Huck / 7.4%The DIPA is a thing and trust Thornbridge to nail another one. Huck is one of those DIPAs, clocking in at 7.4%, that gives off a warming alcohol glow, and is rich in melon, honey – it’s certainly on the sweeter
Modern Times / Fortunate Islands / 5%Beer never fails to surprise. When you think you know a style, or have an expectation, beers from breweries like Modern Times are here blow them out of the water. On the can, it says this is a wheat beer, but Fortunate Islands has more in common with an IPA: super hoppy and full of mango, tangerine and passionfruit characteristics from boat loads of Citra and Amarillo hops. The 60% of wheat malt, instead of defining the beer, adds depth, mouthfeel and a dryness that makes this so drinkable. Another flawless beer from Modern Times. PS: on their website is also the homebrew recipe for this beer. Cool.
Thornbridge / Huck / 7.4%The DIPA is a thing and trust Thornbridge to nail another one. Huck is one of those DIPAs, clocking in at 7.4%, that gives off a warming alcohol glow, and is rich in melon, honey – it’s certainly on the sweeter
Thornbridge / Huck / 7.4%The DIPA is a thing and trust Thornbridge to nail another one. Huck is one of those DIPAs, clocking in at 7.4%, that gives off a warming alcohol glow, and is rich in melon, honey – it’s certainly on the sweeter side of some DIPAs we’ve seen. Yet, as we say with pretty much all Thornbridge beers, it is incredibly well balanced. This isn’t a hop bomb, but balanced by a lingering piney bitterness. This is just one of those beers you sip and think ‘they nailed it again’.
Tuatara Brewing / APA / 5.8%Tuatara is a brewery in New Zealand, known for making the most out of the wonderful bounty of Kiwi hops. As rooted in the terroir as a wine grape, New Zealand hops are miraculously transformed into a tropical fruit bombs. The APA, a Kiwi take on the American Pale Ale (this is the Aotearoa Pale Ale), made with South Pacific hops, including Motueka, Nelson Sauvin and Pacific Jade. It is pineapple and orange marmalade, while the taste is more traditionally grapefruit. There’s a distinct bitterness too that makes it very drinkable.
Cloudwater / Islay Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout / 11.7%
Now isn't the most appealing prospect for a beer? It's an imperial stout, it's barrel aged in peaty Islay barrels and it's made by Cloudwater. Tick, tick, tick! We were very excited about this beer and we weren't disappointed. It is a celebration of a beer, that, while showing admirably all the characteristics of a strong stout (molasses, coffee, chocolate), a light touch of peatiness gives the beer a dry edge. Yet there's more - a stack of fruity US hops adds another dimension all together. A lot going on, yes, but it is masterfully balanced.
Westbrook Brewing Co / IPA / 6.8%An IPA, in particular an IPA in the West Coast style, should be an ode to hops. The hops should sing through the aroma and dance along your tongue. Westbrook’s hops do just that – the pure grapefruit of the aroma swirls around the glass, and then in the mouth, this thick, luscious liquid bubbles around the tongue throwing out tastes of pine, and tropical fruits. Yet there’s powerful bitterness to it that keeps you coming back for more. No wonder this South Carolina beer gets 97% on RateBeer.