BeerCast #71 – Hidden Meanings
BeerCast #71 – Hidden Meanings. Podcast time again, and our panel of three take on four beers that have unusual reasons behind the name. Richard, Shovels and Grooben debate various highbrow literary references, and the Oscar-winning films of Clint Eastwood…
1. Thornbridge Kill Your Darlings (5.0%)
2. York Brewery Micklegate (6.1%)
3. Stewart Brewing Radical Road (6.4%)
4. Tempest Unforgiven (5.4%)
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On the twiss in York
I’m not sure what the collective noun would be for a group of beer writers – although there are so many archaic terms relating to brewing that at least one of them might fit (a ‘sparge’ of beer writers?). An alternative would be a ‘twissup’ of beer writers; one of which took place in the […]
Autumnal Ales
The concept of seasonality is now one of the hallmarks of modern cooking, pushed to the general public by the ranks of TV chefs and foodie magazines. Everything has a ‘time of year’, whether it’s the British asparagus, salty samphire, or humble mackerel (as one BeerCaster asked for in a fancy Edinburgh fishmonger’s, only to […]
Great British Ales?
Gift packs are a relatively new phenomenon in the real ale world – multipacks of beers on a theme for easy purchase in supermarkets. Either several beers showcasing one producer, or a mixed pack giving a selction, they serve as a safe bet for people willing to go above the usual randomly-chosen bottles for that […]
BeerCast #20 – White Rose Beers
BeerCast #20 – White Rose Beers. Shovels has already had a Yorkshire special, but as we’ve had two for the North West we had to have another – purely for the sake of balance. Our twentieth podcast also features Richard, MrB and the returning John. Big thanks to Faye at the Daleside brewery for the samples.
1. York Yorkshire Terrier (4.2%)
2. York Centurion Ghost Ale (5.4%)
3. Daleside Porter (4.4%)
4. Daleside Chocolate Stout (4.0%)
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