This blog is still in its early days, so I'm still playing around with formats and content. This blog is the first of a series of bitesized blogs focusing on a Barcelona based brewery, Cerveses La Pirata! Which, by the way, is a fantastic name for a brewery! I'm very excited to get to try … Continue reading Spotlight on… Cerveses La Pirata Brewery (Part 1)
HCBC 3 – Northern Special – Part 2
Let's get straight into the second set of 4 beers from our second meeting!
Hopping Around LIVE – Southampton!
Hello my friends and welcome once again to Hopping Around LIVE! This time we are in Southampton and I'm back in Dancing Man Brewery to sample some more of their delicious brews! Same premise as last weeks live blog, keep checking back in for reviews as the evening goes on! Without further ado... Electric Grapefruit … Continue reading Hopping Around LIVE – Southampton!
Hopping Around LIVE – Leeds
Welcome to a little experiment I conducted, live blogging the beers I sampled over the course of an evening in Leeds with my friend Tim! Let me know if you enjoyed this style of blogging and we might see more in the future! Stalin's Cow - Tyne Bank - Imperial Stout Wow what a start!!! … Continue reading Hopping Around LIVE – Leeds
HCBC 3 – Northern Special!
A Northern special edition of HCBC featuring only northern based breweries!
Hopping Around – Dancing Man Brewery (Part 2)
Part 2 of my trip to Dancing Man Brewery in Southampton! Big Casino - IPA - 5.7% A common theme throughout all the DMB beers I've had is how smooth they are, and this is no exception! It's got a lovely strong floral aroma which translates into what is actually quite a lightly hoppy beer. … Continue reading Hopping Around – Dancing Man Brewery (Part 2)
Hopping Around – Dancing Man Brewery (Part 1)
The past week I've been down in Southampton, and having been highly recommended, decided to head over to the Dancing Man Brewery and Tap Room. 6 beers followed, lets see how they rated! Congo Driftwood - Pale Ale - 4.2% Really nice pale ale this, and packs in the flavors compared to a lot of … Continue reading Hopping Around – Dancing Man Brewery (Part 1)
The Second Meeting – Part 2
Let's get straight into the second set of 4 beers from our second meeting!
Weekly Roundup – 16/09/18
Welcome back to a quick roundup of the best 3 beers I've had over the past week 🙂 Virtuous - IPA - Kirkstall Brewery Every once in a while you get a really lovely surprise with an IPA and this was one of them. So easy for them all the blend into a very similar … Continue reading Weekly Roundup – 16/09/18
The Second Meeting – Part 1
Welcome back to a slightly overdue write-up of the second tasting session of Hutch's Craft Beer Club! A quick note on the scoring - we realized quite early during this session that drinkability is weighted far too heavily. That's been changed for future editions, but for this one stays as a 30 weight score. This … Continue reading The Second Meeting – Part 1






