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mat but there was no need forget cider these were just exceptional drinks drinks that are helping to slowly shift me towards the apple from the barley as is manchester cider club the event has grown from the tiny back room in the crown kettle to having to occupy and increasingly fill the main bar area a testament to the charm of the event and the passion for all things apple pear of its organisers if you are interested in learning more about events ft the best in low intervention cider and perry i d follow them on twitter hyperlink in previous paragraph and keep careful watch because these tickets fly fast i ll certainly be back cath and dick are also instrumental in the changed and improved cider offer at the manchester beer cider festival if you re there go say hello you might learn what i did that cider has changed for the better big thanks to charlie and dick for the photos and to albert for coming all the way from peterstow and bringing goodies by beersmanchester posted in uncategorized dec 26 2019 golden pints 2019 when boak bailey from whom this lovely image is shamelessly stolen publish one you know that golden pints are still a thing this blog tends to go into an autumnal hibernation period around each isbf and needs something to apply the defibrillators golden pints are that excuse i shall retreat to the format of 2018 to give this some structure and again split best brewery into 3 sub categories best keg brewery runaway brewery it never ceases to astonish me quite how much runaway seem to fly below the radar even in manchester yes manchester is a bit of a destination these days with any number of brewtaps open at weekends displaying excellent wares but the beers brewed by mark welsby and his team just hit the required mark each and every time and mark is a lovely human best cask brewery north riding if as i firmly do believe that the best cask conditioned beer is brewed in the north of england that narrows the field then it comes down to consistency of excellence and specialising in the product there are a number of breweries whose cask conditioned beer has been little short of exceptional marble five towns brewsmith thirst class neptune bad seed but ultimately it comes down to a simple judgement and that is that north riding brewery of snainton nr scarborough brews simply the best cask conditioned beer in the uk they get rave reviews on various fora for their dark beers and my heart is indeed dark but the session pale adds simply outstanding and their mosaic pale rules simply rules best overall brewery marble torrside this is as always based on which breweries beers have i drunk most and this year i ve drunk a lot of beer in the marble arch marble beer and the level of excellence has never dropped every beer be in bottle can cask or keg outside of marble i seem to drink an awful lot of torrside again the consistency of excellence from mild to monsters session pales to smoked ipa just wow i judged a homebrew competition where chris nick peter entered separately their beers were exceptional then then combine the three and it s no surprise that their reputation for excellence is growing and spreading and rightly so best beer cask five towns dj i am what i play brewed for isbf6 i don t get to drink much at isbf that comes with the territory of being the organiser but this year i managed to get the afterparty back on the sunday and i could let loose and i got myself some of this big black forest gateau of a beer and it blew me away intense chocolate and cherry flavour with a big roasty backbone yes i had the smallest of hands in making it but this w down to jo mike who had the idea and to malcolm for the execution it made a big impression and not just on me best keg ampersand brew co four s company both of the best beers i had were at isbf6 and this beer couldn t have been more up my street 4 abv tart with gooseberry refreshing as a cold plunge it stunned me but not so much that i didn t repeat it repeatedly need to see more of their beer up here drink of the year ross cider ardbeg barrel fermented cider 8 yr old my favourite isbf experience and it inadvertently led to the best thing i ve drunk all year following extensive sampling we d decided the ciders for the blend then mike johnson owner of ross cider nipped upstairs in the barn and came down with 2 pet bottles with carbonation that was champagne fine a delicious smokiness and dry tannic finish it was astonishing and quite simply the best drink i ve had this year a cider this was the year that cider hit me best international beer dollar bill ballarat victoria australia cider barrel aged porter picture the scene isbf6 set up wednesday first beers hooked up were the australian imports all the pales were superb then we got to this and one taste later and i was pawing the ground like a bull about to charge sweet baby jesus was this good it was better than that it was the best beer i had at the event roasty slight sourness then a tannic fruitiness from that barrel the best beer i had all year and it would have worked just as well on the cider bar best beer event east west fest small intimate friendly bonkers beer list and my favourite beer weekend of the year we ve booked our hotels over 4 months ago and people who travel to it return repeatedly enough said best brewtap double barrelled reading this was another isbf6 tie in travelling to reading with malcolm five towns to brew with andy parker elusive we went for a few night before beers at the magnificent nags head the grabbed a cab landing in an industrial estate and on entering the door my jaw dropped here was a place that had been considered as much of the business as the brewery and planned and laid out accordingly exceptional beer brewed on site a magnet for local drinkers and a place more than worth travelling to brilliant honourable mention tap beneath the trees rivington because it s such a brilliant event pub of the year north riding brewpub all of my previous comments apply from 2018 a combination of local and destination pub some of the best kept cask conditioned ale in the uk beer brewed in the cellar and it s bloody lovely a permanent line for the kernel and rooms above if you are lucky to sleep it off if i wasn t babysitting my heart s joy then i d be there on new year s eve honourable mentions the brink home the marble arch the nags head best new bar brewtap marble located just off a regular and reliable bus route no 50 from mcr to media city and a short walk from the metrolink tram they ve done a fabulous job converting some brewery space into a place both to goggle at the shiny new brew kit and drink some exceptional brewery fresh beer and for isbf7 attendees it s a 10 minute bus ride from almost outside the door by beersmanchester posted in uncategorized 0 aug 13 2019 belfast merely scratching the surface that picture isn t taken in or even remotely close to belfast but in a place defined by my google maps as clonroe lower or in my parlance the middle of nowhere co wexford a battery charging week of tranquility and without that trip there wouldn t be this blog post now then i m an overtly political individual of an avowed socialist stripe i don t overtly do politics on this but i needed to say the following because of how much it surprised me during my stay people no doubt not all especially in the north are absolutely shitting themselves about the impending departure from the eu from the republic where it dominated the news constantly to the north where there is a real fear of being dragged back into sectarian chaos this isn t my opinion i don t know the ground realities this is from people living that reality who have been through dark times who fear restrictions on the freedom that they currently have i say this also because it was subject to a number of conversations following the lovely time we had that freedom to wander without wondering quite where we were you see the last time i wandered about belfast i walked into the muzzle of a british army rifle i experienced the fear of wandering into the wrong areas and we want to go back next year because this is one beautiful city if you are offended by that i apologise in advance the fears may indeed be unrealised in the reality of the ramifications of halloween but those fears are real let s move on having said all of that having driven up from the middle of nowhere and been to visit family we wandered unwittingly right slap bang into the middle of belfast pride and the rainbow shaded joy was well a joy to witness even if it did mean that the pubs were standing room only i was out of touch with belfast last time i visited the two eldest were both just finished toddling so i asked for recommendations because just like the city had changed radically in the interim so had my tastes thank you to those who replied you may recognise your suggestions the sunflower 65 union street belfast bt1 2jg to the north of castle court shopping centre rammed well it was pride weekend and a saturday evening tlo immediately noted the retained cage front to the doorway a throwback to the troubles what i noticed on our visits yes there was more than one was a vibrant yet rather small bar which packed a lot into a small space with beers from the likes of farmageddon and kinnegar my thirst for local provenance was fully slaked a farmageddon micro ipa on visit one was delicious light refreshing and full of hoppy goodness single roomed on the inside live music is a feature and did on both our visits the place was friendly busy and had great beer with on our second visit a nice line in wood fired pizza felt like home a real compliment ace graffiti and murals too moving on turn left from the sunflower along union street then right onto donegall street walking past the beautiful st ann s church until you reach another multiple visit the john hewitt 51 donegall street belfast bt1 2fh not many photos here unfortunately too busy on our first visit too intimate on our last but a beautiful pub larger much than the sunflower the bar being beautiful wooden and central with a slightly raised area to the front and a small snug style room to the rear of the bar giving a more intimate feel on our second visit it was closed prompting a visit on our final evening for more excellent galway bay and kinnegar beers and some lovely live music i do love that galway bay branding for all the lack of imagery here this is an essential pit stop as is the sunflower then we headed to somewhere smaller and a bit different though no less beautiful from the john hewitt turn left towards waring street and left again up to victoria street turning right until you get to this pretty place bittles bar musgrave channel road belfast bt1 9fz no mistaking that it s a pub right tiny and narrow widening out as you go back with a surprising number of almost separate seating areas this place would be a classic in any city i may have missed something on the bar but i missed anything local beer wise and settled for the brew dog hazy jane not for me first experience in a while with hop burn fortunately the pub and its fabulous artwork much of it political more than made up for it i meant to come back the pub is more than worth repeating but didn t get the chance this is a stunning little place of a stripe that we don t see over here if you go to belfast it s unmissable leaving bittles the city revealed its colours of a more traditional stripe beer wise but stunning in its own way was another stop over the weekend the duke of york 7 commercial court belfast bt1 2nb wood mirrors and the largest selection of guinness memorabilia outside of st james s gate this place quite literally left me momentarily speechless a fine pint of guinness was incidental the walls were jaw dropping a long pub with two rooms the full length with throwback style brass topped tables this was like the best kind of stepping back in time tucked down the narrowest of alleys just around the corner from the john hewitt on donegall street there are lots of those narrow alleys in this city for a break from the craftier side this was exceptional just outside was a reminder of the weekend with further visits to weekends favorites and a lot of family time we were there to visit rellies and following a visit to the titanic experience i had a final itch to scratch somewhere i had briefly visited on my last visit to this beautiful island grabbing an uber we headed down the ormeau rd northern lights 451 ormeau road belfast bt7 3gq last time i visited this place it was called brewbot with the eponymous brewing machines being built upstairs now it s owned and run by galway bay brewery and features their excellent beers a fabulous burger and a few pints of juicy tasty and refreshing althea session ipa did the trick 2 large rooms 1 upstairs 1 downstairs this place is modern by design and layout bright and airy it was a little refuge from a rare shower during our ireland trip i actually got sunburned whilst england flooded last time i came here i think i said that this could slot into manchester s nq and fit right in that holds true and is the biggest complement i can pay we were leaving the next day with our liverpool ferry cancelled i faced the joy of a drive from cairnryan so we called it quits via another beer of three back in the city and the john hewitt i ve always thought even during the troubles that belfast is a more beautiful city than dublin something more gritty and vital lurks within yes there is substantial redevelopment yet nowhere near the crane count of mcr but most of that is near the docks at this point with macabre timing during our visit there were further layoffs at harland wolf and around the edges there are less developed stretches but this city pulls at my strings and now with a freedom to wander where you will it has some wonderful places to have a beer just don t expect an early irish breakfast on a sunday morning don t let that put you off go visit by beersmanchester posted in uncategorized 0 jun 28 2019 whatever mess you are you re mine be safe be safe whatever the mess you are you re mine ok challengers the new pornographers ok this isn t a beer post i m not even sure what it is but this morning on the way to work i started thinking about what music means to me and how i return to certain albums because they move me and i got to listening to this now then maybe i m attuned no pun intended i m not funny to these things given my history or maybe the beer industry especially craft has a higher proportion of devotees employees with mental health issues shit we might just be living in dark times or people are generally simply less resilient but i seem to pick up on issues so much from my social media feeds recently my tlo outed me to a very nice man as not being quite as confident as i portray as i act anybody who has lived with or suffered from depression may recognise this the act 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