Breweries to Watch – five months on…
At the beginning of January, just as the year started, I posted a list of British breweries to watch out for in 2013. Despite the ongoing financial pressures, the scene here is flourishing – more breweries are opening now than ever (in living memory, at least). Having said that, it’s still a tough industry in ...
The best IPA in Britain
This is, in truth, a post I’ve wanted to write for a long while. A list – my list – of the best IPA’s in Britain. The problem is, every time I sit down and riffle through the selection of names, there are more to consider. Another one arrives seemingly every week. The demand for ...
Breweries to watch out for in 2013…
Last year, right at the beginning of January, we posted a list of breweries to watch out for in 2012. Looking back, our overall pick to take that next step (Tempest Brewing Co) really had a spectacular twelve months, and many of our other choices also produced some fantastic beer. Despite the pressures of the ...
Best new beers of 2012…Buxton Imperial Black
It’s the second week of December – and that means our annual look back at the most memorable new British beers is here again. Every year in this introduction I write how the UK brewing scene is defying the recession and the taxman, and every year our brewers make it more true. Over the next ...
Buxton takeover the Stockbridge Tap
With so much currently happening in Scotland, it’s easy to concentrate solely on the beer scene north of the border. That would, however, lead you to miss out on all kinds of fantastic new beer being produced in England – much of which is now starting to slowly filter up the M6 and A1. It’s ...
BeerCast #69 – Spa IPA
BeerCast #69 – Spa IPA. Today our BeerCasters get to grips with four outstanding British IPA’s. Rather co-incidentally, it turns out that three of them hail from celebrated English spa towns (with the other nearby to a fourth). Richard, Stu, Shovels and Grooben work through the beers, and as IPA fans, expect some big scores…
1. Ilkley Lotus IPA (5.7%)
2. Bristol Beer Factory Southville Hop (6.5%)
3. Roosters Serlo de Burgh (6.0%)
4. Buxton Axe Edge (6.8%)
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