threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Feck it's magically filled up again.
Beer?
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Feck it's magically filled up again.
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I imagine that @Crackle san is relieved he can't dear the same
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
BD JBH - very good oatmeal stout, not Sammy Smith's standard but pretty close. Velvety yumtusness.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Ponce.
...a pleasant present...
or as we say in Korea...
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Bird's custard in a glass (which actually sounds delicious)
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
It's Nantwich Cheese and Beer Food Festival time again!
Excellent weather this year, and a couple of new brewers.
Wrexham's "Big Hand" brewery were the first we came to - they had several taps, but frustratingly, the things I liked best on them (their Domino Stout, for one thing) weren't available in bottles. I bought an "Apaloosa" APA, which was very good in a taster.
We had lunch at the Cheshire Cat, a great little pub just over the bridge with a lovely sunny courtyard, and nice food. I had a pint of Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker, and Mrs M had Weetwood's Cheshire Cat (see reviews passim). A couple of more pumps, and more of a rotation of available beers, and the Cat would be unmissable on a visit to the town.
Brew Foundation were around, in a joint venture with Cheerbrook Farm (pie and a pint for £5). As friendly and enthusiastic as last year, and very willing to chat about beer and the thinking behind their range. They'd added to their range too - Little Bitter That was on tap, along with c-bomb (a surprisingly subtle citra hoped pale) Pop (an amazing, 3.5% abv session pale that was crammed with flavour) and Free Beer, which I almost didn't try on principle, given the weak jokes made by everyone that stood in front of the tap. They also had their excellent four bottles for £10 offer, but this year you could have 5 (330ml) cans for £10, or 3 bottles and a nice Brew Foundation glass. We went home with a glass and three bottles (Pop, Janet's Treat and Laughing Water).
Old festival favourite Lymestone were in too, and I bought a bottle of old favourite Stone Dead, and one of Cherry Stone (a new venture, IPA flavoured with cherry), given the trend for fruit beers among the young folk these days. They were really busy, so didn't have much time to chat - worth getting to them earlier in the day if you can, especially if one of the brewers is on the stall.
My local brewery, Offbeat were there for the first time this year. I bought a bottle of their new "Porangi" NZ hopped pale, and one of their milk stout.
Hafod were in, but so busy it was impossible to talk to anyone (their pitch right at the entrance of the marquee seems to mean that a lot of folk buy a pint to go with the "street food" being served in the courtyard). I didn't recognise the beers they had on this year, but the others I've tried of theirs have been good.
Llangollen Brewery were there too, again, we didn't have time to sample anything this year, but if they have Welsh Black stout on, that's worth getting.
Lastly, Beer Heroes were around with an interesting range of crafty stuff, including a couple of Cloudwater cans. I'd hoped to pick up something from Mad Hatter brewery on their stall, but they only had Nightmare on Bold Street, and that was only on draught.
Definitely worth getting to if you're in the area (tomorrow will be the last day). There's no entrance fee, and there's some excellent food to go along with all this beer.
Excellent weather this year, and a couple of new brewers.
Wrexham's "Big Hand" brewery were the first we came to - they had several taps, but frustratingly, the things I liked best on them (their Domino Stout, for one thing) weren't available in bottles. I bought an "Apaloosa" APA, which was very good in a taster.
We had lunch at the Cheshire Cat, a great little pub just over the bridge with a lovely sunny courtyard, and nice food. I had a pint of Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker, and Mrs M had Weetwood's Cheshire Cat (see reviews passim). A couple of more pumps, and more of a rotation of available beers, and the Cat would be unmissable on a visit to the town.
Brew Foundation were around, in a joint venture with Cheerbrook Farm (pie and a pint for £5). As friendly and enthusiastic as last year, and very willing to chat about beer and the thinking behind their range. They'd added to their range too - Little Bitter That was on tap, along with c-bomb (a surprisingly subtle citra hoped pale) Pop (an amazing, 3.5% abv session pale that was crammed with flavour) and Free Beer, which I almost didn't try on principle, given the weak jokes made by everyone that stood in front of the tap. They also had their excellent four bottles for £10 offer, but this year you could have 5 (330ml) cans for £10, or 3 bottles and a nice Brew Foundation glass. We went home with a glass and three bottles (Pop, Janet's Treat and Laughing Water).
Old festival favourite Lymestone were in too, and I bought a bottle of old favourite Stone Dead, and one of Cherry Stone (a new venture, IPA flavoured with cherry), given the trend for fruit beers among the young folk these days. They were really busy, so didn't have much time to chat - worth getting to them earlier in the day if you can, especially if one of the brewers is on the stall.
My local brewery, Offbeat were there for the first time this year. I bought a bottle of their new "Porangi" NZ hopped pale, and one of their milk stout.
Hafod were in, but so busy it was impossible to talk to anyone (their pitch right at the entrance of the marquee seems to mean that a lot of folk buy a pint to go with the "street food" being served in the courtyard). I didn't recognise the beers they had on this year, but the others I've tried of theirs have been good.
Llangollen Brewery were there too, again, we didn't have time to sample anything this year, but if they have Welsh Black stout on, that's worth getting.
Lastly, Beer Heroes were around with an interesting range of crafty stuff, including a couple of Cloudwater cans. I'd hoped to pick up something from Mad Hatter brewery on their stall, but they only had Nightmare on Bold Street, and that was only on draught.
Definitely worth getting to if you're in the area (tomorrow will be the last day). There's no entrance fee, and there's some excellent food to go along with all this beer.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
What did Mrs M say?
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Damn, I did a ride out as far as Middlewitch today. I could have extended it a few miles had I known (although the 40 miles back to Glossop may have been a challenge given the enticing range of beers)
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
I saw a fair few folk on bikes - it would have made an excellent café stop
Mate's birthday yesterday so we travelled to Hay on Wye and hit the tap bar.
We had lots of different ones, these are the only ones I got photos of. The Seren is a sour red ale, wasn't to everyone's taste but I liked it. The pear saison was a bit meh. Cloudwater got a look in plus quite a few others that I'd never heard of and I can't remember. I wish I'd taken more photos. Award of the day though goes to Yadokai 13% - really nice.
We had lots of different ones, these are the only ones I got photos of. The Seren is a sour red ale, wasn't to everyone's taste but I liked it. The pear saison was a bit meh. Cloudwater got a look in plus quite a few others that I'd never heard of and I can't remember. I wish I'd taken more photos. Award of the day though goes to Yadokai 13% - really nice.
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Homemade 11% barley wine. Yum!
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