Blood, Stout and Tears.

From mid Wales, specifically Montgomery in Powys, is Montys Brewery . I've come across their beers on the odd occasion, but never not...

A surprise during the weekly shop today, Tesco had rearranged their beer isle again, but also had quite a few new bottles, and timely too as...

Possibly still on sale in Lidl, £1.49 500mls,  this is from Shepherd Neame and its their 4% abv Double Stout with the Master Brewer label. ...

I've been busy recently, lots of decorating, assembling furniture and a first turn at wallpapering hence the lack of recent posts. All g...

Little run of stouts recently either side of some night shifts and the holidays, some good, very good at that, some not. Two of the five are...

We hadn't been here for a few years, about five my wife reckons, when we had our daughter in a papoose on my back reaching out for bl...

I'm afraid I know little about this brewery but what i manage to find out is: - Based on one of the few National Trust lands in Wales,...

The Purple Moose Brewery are based in North Wales near Snowdonia whose range of beers in their 6 year history have won quite a few awards a...

is November the third, you can find more details here . But what more do you need to know?  just get some stout and drink it!! Except i...

A quick lunch out was taken today at the excellent Boars Head in Tyla Garw, South Wales. We both had the excellent Aberdeen Angus burgers...

Another of the new bottles on my local Tesco shelves. 500mls, 4.9% abv. Into the glass and its black, held up its almost impenetrable, and...

Newly launched by Brains is their Original Stout, 500ml bottle 4.1% abv. They've scored a big deal with Tesco for their beers, and this...

The last of the American bottles i picked up yesterday, this is a stout by the Sierra Nevada brewery. Love love love their Pale Ale, not qu...

In a extremely quick stop at the Cardiff beer shop i aimed to pick up either 4 bottles from the American or the German shelves. I attempted ...

This is one i picked up a couple of months ago, and its been sitting my leaky and dusty shed, but i got it out this weekend. Its listed as a...

A bottle i picked up when i went to the Otley Bunch of Grapes a fortnight back. An imperial stout, it is 10.0% abv in a 355 ml bottle. Clas...

A bit of a round up post, featuring a few beers I've had over the last few weeks but not featured in any posts, so i can now get onto th...

A bottle picked up in a dash to Asda the other day, 500 mls 4.6% stout. Nice simple clean design on the bottle. Pours a nice deep brown with...

Valentines Day, the day in the year where men are expected to fork out for the woman in their life, and usually get little in return. Fortun...

A bottle from welsh producers Pen-lon Cottage Brewery . Its a brewery that you hear about in South Wales but i do find it difficult to find ...