We all have our favourite breweries. For mainstream lager drinkers they will be the likes of Molson Coors, Carlsberg or InBev who produce products such as Stella, Carlsberg, Coors and Carling. If you like real ale, but stick to the larger brands, your choice may well be Timothy Taylor, Black Sheep or Copper Dragon if [...]
Posts Tagged ‘magic rock’
Pubpaper 667 – Changing Favourite Breweries
Posted: 19th July 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: craft beer, magic rock, mallinsons, real ale, summer wine brewery
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Pubpapaer 665 – Magic Rock and the Red Rooster, a star attraction
Posted: 9th July 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: brighouse, huddersfield, magic rock, otley, red rooster
In the world of Calderdale real ale, there are names which people recognise as the old guard of the scene, those pubs who have built a reputation over many years for consistently good beers, Puzzle Hall Inn (despite a short period of closure), Three Pigeons, Pump Room and Red Rooster all being good examples. However [...]
Pubpaper 662 – “Doh” moments, local redemption and unprofessionalism
Posted: 15th June 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: brighouse, CAMRA, empire brewery, magic rock, mallinsons, red rooster, SIBA
I start this week with a story. A couple of weeks ago I was stood outside The Brewery Tap on the station approach in Leeds. Having spotted they had Magic Rock Dark Arts on tap, I checked they allowed families in without eating, and was minutes away from trying one of the Magic Rock beers, something I’ve not been [...]
Pubpaper 657 – Mallinsons Brewery – Two brewsters and a talent with hops
Posted: 13th May 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: ale, Hops, huddersfield, lindley, magic rock, mallinsons, summer wine brewery
What do you get if you cross two ex teachers, a love of real ale and a room full of hops to choose from? The result is no joke, just a range of 11 distinctive single hop beers (all sampled personally) which are consistently good as well as bitters, milds and stouts. West Yorkshire is [...]
Pubpaper 652 – My dichotomy on CAMRA and theirs on Craft Beer
Posted: 9th April 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: camden, CAMRA, cask beer, craft beer, craft keg, hardknott, lager, magic rock, pubs of the year, thornbridge
CAMRA are bringing out a mixed bag of feelings this month in me. Pushing me away from them is the rejection of the majority of the craft beer motions submitted by the working group which was set up to investigate the matter to its National Executive, although my annoyance is that one in particular was [...]
Pubpaper 640 – CAMRA consults over Keg Beer and reaching a balance
Posted: 16th January 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, Uncategorized, WritingTags: Brewdog, camden, CAMRA, craft beer, hardknott, keg beer, kernel, magic rock, marble, real ale, stout, summer wine, thornbridge, todmorden
There has been much written both in the blogosphere among beer writers and in this paper by myself and the editor regarding CAMRA’s attitude to keg beer. Their view on the subject is generally considered to be both unhealthy to the beer trade generally and being too inclusive given the craft keg beer revolution which [...]