Brewery of the Year, 2015 – Tempest Brewing Co
Tempest finally cut loose in 2015, with their new facility. As so often happens, they converted this break from Kelso into a clean break by also re-branding and hiring more people. Gone is the South Pacific-style devil and in its place a cleaner, more modern, logo which to me at least has the look of […]
Best new beers of 2015…Tempest Harvest IPA
So, the final beer in the five-part best-of list for 2015 is here – a perfect example of a brewery doing what they have come to do best, and then pushing it just that little bit further. It proves – once and again – how that blend of experience and experimentation result in some truly […]
Best New Beers of 2015…Almasty Mango IPA
The next in the lineup of best new British beers of 2015 has to have been one of the more unlikely combinations of ingredients and location produced this year. A mango IPA from Newcastle? Oh yes… Mango IPA (6.3%) Almasty Brew Co, Newcastle (keg, November) Be-fruited India Pale Ale is something of a natural progression […]
Best New Beers of 2015…Beavertown BA Bone King
We’re now over the halfway point of the sixth annual running of the best new British beers of the year feature, with this, the third pick. So far, we’ve had a Japanese-inspired sake-style beer from Somerset, and a hop-forward wheat beer from Manchester. Next up, we head southwards to east London, and find the barrel-aged […]
Best New Beers of 2015…Cloudwater Bergamot Hopfen Weisse
Following the initial nomination of Wild Beer Co Yadōkai yesterday, the annual look back at the most memorable new British beers continues. There are four other places to fill in the list, and for the next choice, we head off northwards from the plains of Somerset to the city of Manchester. There, a stone’s throw […]
