Tag: Guest Blog
The Winter Festival at Steam Machine Brewing Co.
by Nick Smith (co-owner of Steam Machine Brewing Co.) Beer Festivals! They can be wonderful places to have exciting conversations, to engage with brewers and other beer enthusiasts, to sample obscure and popular beers alike, and a chance to really immerse yourself in the love of all things beer. Beer festivals take many different formats,…
Sharing is Caring: BombGirl’s First Charity Bottle Share
by Robin Cowlyn The idea of a bottle share had been discussed in the before times but took on an almost mythic quality during the first lockdown. When Mick from The Free Trade Inn was delivering beer to me when I was shielding, we would chat – me in the doorway, him at the end…
Autumn Leftover Stout
by Black Café Brewing Project Hello! Before I tell you about the Autumn Leftover Stout, I guess I ought to start this off with an introduction. I’m Josh Harfoot, a 25-year-old currently working for Full Circle Brew Co., in Newcastle upon Tyne. Monday to Friday I work as a Packaging Supervisor, but just over a…
Small Moments of Bliss
by Robin Cowlyn This piece came about from a conversation with Mick Potts at The Free Trade Inn. I was trying to explain a feeling, never the easiest thing to do and he was looking at me askance, he claims it was my reference to the condensation streaming down the windows of The Free Trade…
Introducing: Toil
by Andy Marsh from Hydrology – Hops at Home Back in April, I had an idea about brewing a beer for Hops at Home‘s 1st birthday. I knew the brewery I wanted to brew with, the beer style I’d like to brew, and even the name of the beer…..so a few weeks ago I went…