My Beer Cupboard

This is the first video we’ve done on HopZine. This time I take you on a tour of my beer cupboard.

Hope you [...click the heading to read more]

An Audience with Doug Odell

Craft beer and food matching evening

We dig Doug!

Hosted at the Cross Keys in Leeds

The day after the night before and what a great night it was. The evening comprised of a selection of 5 beers from Odell Brewing Co from Fort Collins, Colorado matched with a canapés from the talented kitchen of The Cross [...click the heading to read more]

Asparagus and Saison

Food Matching Volume 1

British Asparagus… is there anything better? Photo – Richard Ramsden

This recipe is courtesy of Richard Ramsden of www.them-apples.co.uk, a fellow Saltaire based blogger with an enthusiasm for fine food and drink.

In his own words “I’ve had no cookery training at all, and I’ve never worked in a professional kitchen, but I’ve been [...click the heading to read more]

Saltaire Brewery

Brewery Profile

Previously an old tram power plant, now a brewery. Photo by Mick Baines

Saltaire Brewery is situated at the end of Dockfield Road just off the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Shipley. Its just a 15 minute walk from my home in the historical Saltaire village. I cannot remember the first time I ever drank [...click the heading to read more]

Beer Hunting

London to Gent and all stops in-between

Part One – London

Utobeer – Best Place to buy beer in London. The Rake – The best place to drink beer in London

Due to an early EuroStar train from St Pancras International on Saturday morning we booked a B&B in London on Friday night

As soon as we arrived we [...click the heading to read more]

Bridestones Brewing

Brewery Profile

The simple yet appealing branding for Bridestones Brewing

I first encountered Bridestones Brewing’s beer on hand pump at Leeds’ North Bar. It was a grim snowy evening and their Winter Stout was the perfect remedy. The simple branding and the taste of the warming roasted stout was the perfect antidote for the Winter Blues. A [...click the heading to read more]

Another trip to the Marble Arch

And Sinking the Bismarck on the way home!

“How much beer and conversation can you squeeze into two and a half hours?

Answer: Quite a lot. Come On!”

A return to the promised land. Marble, not Manchester.

That was a tweet I sent on the train home from Manchester Saturday afternoon, a few weeks ago. The plan was [...click the heading to read more]

Lone Wolf

Interview

Interviewed by MT

So, what am I doing interviewing a musician?

Well, a while back I was chatting with RD about features, he suggested one trying to pair music with beer. This is something of a difficult challenge as people have different musical tastes as well as different beer tastes too. “Best beer to have at a gig?” [...click the heading to read more]

Views from the other side of the counter

“A Year of Beer” Video blog…
behind the scenes.

The beer community and especially the people who I keep in contact with via Twitter are a wonderful group of people. It may be odd to say that about a bunch of people you to speak to over the Internet, but I know, I’ve met most of them. Two [...click the heading to read more]

Tactical Nuclear Penguin Tasting

Sampling BrewDog’s Tactical Nuclear Penguin at North Bar

There it is!

ABV 32%

Kudos to BrewDog. I don’t know how many espressos they get through in a day but they do seem to come up with a flow of exciting and (in this case certainly) crazy ideas for new beers.

I have to admit I was initially a [...click the heading to read more]