UK Local Brewery and Micro Brewery: your locals

[scaryjim]

I have to say most of the time I spend drinking in Bristol is on The Apple - I'm a big cider fan when I get down West to get the proper stuff

[Flibb]

Looking to go up to London and do the Bermondsey beer mile.Its now spread a bit to become 1.5 miles but its doable on a Saturday. Its 6 breweries (2 sharing a tap at one location) and a bar/bottle shop, all within about a mile and a half. Heres al ink to my friends blog about it
http://baileysbeerblog.blogspot.co.u...beer-mile.html

Venues are
Fourpure, Partizan, Kernel, Brew by Numbers, Anspach & Hobday/Bullfinch, The Bottle Shop
also a good pub at the end if your still thirsty.
MAP LINK

Interesting that Burning Sky were mentioned above, very good brewery thats run by another ex Darkstar brewer (Kent Brewery is also ex Darkstar).

[Zak33]

I'm into cider too at the moment

Ludlow Vinyard are worthy (rubbish website, but lovely lovely cider)
http://www.ludlowvineyard.co.uk/CiderAJ.htm

and so to is Gwatkins.. you gotta see the dude... he LOOKS like a cider maker in every concedivable way
http://gwatkincider.co.uk/product/ya...on-mill-cider/

Yarlington Mill is my favourite this summer

[Zak33]

I'm into cider too at the moment

Ludlow Vinyard are worthy (rubbish website, but lovely lovely cider)
http://www.ludlowvineyard.co.uk/CiderAJ.htm





and so to is Gwatkins.. you gotta see the dude... he LOOKS like a cider maker in every concedivable way


Lovely website and great product
http://gwatkincider.co.uk/product/ya...on-mill-cider/

Yarlington Mill is my favourite this summer

[Biscuit]

Never got into cider, even having it in the west country did nothing for me

[Zak33]

I'm a Hereford and Shropshire cider boy.. not a west country cider boy

[Moby-Dick]

the Concrete cow brewery has embarked on a mission into distillery !

http://concretecowbrewery.weebly.com/malt-spirit.html

I got my dad a bottle for fathers day - haven't heard back how good ( or not ) it is yet.

[Zak33]

ahh... MK brewers moving up a gear and allowing the Angels to have a little in the process

[Flibb]

My local brewery (a mile or so away from our new pad) has just had a small mention in the Guardian.
Bob not only farms, he brews and grows his own hops
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...s-bob-dockerty

really nice bloke as well, has helped other brewers set up by lending them space in his brewery and giving them hops.

[mbrown839]

I'm quite keen on a beer that my local brewery, Potton Brewery makes called The Village Bike.

[Zak33]

I'm quite keen on a beer that my local brewery, Potton Brewery makes called The Village Bike.

oh GOOD call

http://www.potton-brewery.com/

little website too

[Zak33]

the Chiltern Brewery
http://www.chilternbrewery.co.uk/

Nestling under the hill at Chequers in Bucks I was fortunate to spend a pleasant Saturday afternoon on a tasting tour

A Local baker takes some beer away and brings back beer bread, local person makes beer biscuits too (special they are ) and with some fantastic locally made cake with fruit soaked in beer too... what a tasting we had

Some really good cheeses too, complimented by the right beer was part one.. and it was good magic they weaved.

But the finest combo... Bodgers Barley Wine.. with Beer soaked fruit cake... oh .. my .. word.

The flavour of the sweet cake and sweeter barley wine was nectar. My mates face was a picture! The two flavours combined to something .. so extraordinary.. it was a pure treat

The brewery runs the Farmers Arms pub in local Aylesbury town, just off the market square, and very old building which they rent from the National Trust.

go.. just go and drink a few

[Flibb]

With spring approaching and BBQ weather (I BBQ all year anyway) on the horizon its worth noting that beer can often be obtained a bit cheaper straight from the brewery. One of locals charges £1.50 a pint for 2-36 pints, and it gets cheaper after that, another charges around £1.75 a pint for £36 pint box. I tend to buy a bulk session beer and some bottles of more interesting stuff such as imperial stouts.

[Zak33]

agreed

my locals are closer to £2 per pint up to 6 pints but it's relevant to thr area and thats still ace value around here

[Flibb]

Any interest in a pub meet? London or the Kent /Sussex coast. Have been thinking of combining the Bermondsey beer mile with some good coffee places.

[scaryjim]

There's plenty of good microbrews up in Manchester if anyone fancies heading north....

Speaking of buying direct from the brewer, I was lucky enough to befriend a local one (now closed sadly - he decided making twice the money working half the hours was a good idea ) who supplied me a couple of pins for a party ... at trade prices

Joined CAMRA at the real ale festival this January, so I'm a proper card-carrying, beard-wearing real ale boffin now! Sometimes it surprises me just how many small and micro breweries one city can support...