Breweries to watch out for in 2017

Breweries to watch out for in 2017

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Jan 5, 2017
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Here we are, staring bleary-eyed at another year having rolled around. 2016 saw lean times on the BeerCast in terms of writing, but there was more than ever going on in the world of brewing in the UK. As this is now the tenth year I have been writing about beer, that is more than […]

Best New Beers of 2015…Cloudwater Bergamot Hopfen Weisse

Best New Beers of 2015…Cloudwater Bergamot Hopfen Weisse

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Dec 8, 2015
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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 […]

Cloudwater – ‘We don’t have a message. We have human beings’

Cloudwater – ‘We don’t have a message. We have human beings’

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Nov 3, 2015
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It would have to be meditative, the music playing over the sound system at the Cloudwater Brewery in Manchester. Even the doorbell sounds like a jazz clarinet, but the ambience inside the brewing facility on the Piccadilly Trading Estate is made harmonious and mellow by the choice of tunes leaking softly from the PA system. […]

Obstacles to be overcome: Introducing Cloudwater Brew Co

Obstacles to be overcome: Introducing Cloudwater Brew Co

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Mar 25, 2015
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Exhibit C – The way that Cloudwater have been built up; the core behind how they will approach things, is laid upon something not usually seen in British brewing – Buddhism. Paul (above left, with head brewer James Campbell) is seemingly quite the spiritual chap; the name is a literal translation of the Zen Buddhist […]