by Annabel Smith | Dec 7, 2018 | Beer and Food, Real Ale, Something for the Weekend
← Previous Next → Flicking through all the Christmas food brochures which appear on my door mat around this time of year, I notice very few beers amongst the wine, bubbly and ubiquitous cream liqueurs on offer. In many of the supplements, beer is almost an...
by Alastair Macnaught | Mar 29, 2018 | Beer and Food, Something for the Weekend
I t seems like everyone in the world knows something about my first beer. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord from Keighley in West Yorkshire has won more awards than any other beer (it has won the Champion Beer of Britain a record four times) and is frequently cited by ale...
by Alastair Macnaught | Mar 29, 2018 | Beer and Food, Something for the Weekend
Hard to believe, but before I started my work at Cask Marque at the ripe old age of 35, I had never visited Cornwall in my life. My first journey down to Cornwall in my line of work was blighted by the worst snow storm Cornwall had seen in years. Only ten miles shy of...
by Alastair Macnaught | Mar 29, 2018 | Beer and Food, Something for the Weekend
Way, way before all these achingly fashionable, super hip craft brewers came along, a little brewery in Peterborough (I know, Peterborough!) was beavering away experimenting with new flavours and hop profiles. Oakham was founded in 1993 and led the way in sourcing...
by Alastair Macnaught | Mar 29, 2018 | Beer and Food, Something for the Weekend
I intended writing about Adnams’ Ghostship next summer because of its sunny lemon and lime flavours. However, one of our readers emailed me and asked me to write about it and it seemed quite fitting with Halloween coming up this weekend to talk about a spooky-ily...
by Alastair Macnaught | Mar 29, 2018 | Beer and Food, Something for the Weekend
There’s a good reason I didn’t write about Hobgoblin on Hallowe’en, even though the people at Wychwood have closely associated this beer with that date on the calendar. Bonfire Night seems much more fitting for this smoky, roasted beer. Bonfire Night means pulling out...
