Tag: newcastle
Alpha Delta Unveils First Permanent Cask Beer
Newcastle-based Alpha Delta Brewing launches Roca, their first-ever core cask beer. Alpha Delta has had a number of requests for their beers in cask following limited special releases but felt now was the right time to launch one in their core range. Ross Holland, founder and head brewer at Alpha Delta said “We are really…
Things to do in Newcastle: Free Tours By Foot
Looking to join like-minded beer fans on a walking tour of the Ouseburn? Free Tours By Foot is Newcastle’s first pay-what-you-like brewery tour! We all know how great the Ouseburn is for its eclectic range of pubs, but did you know it’s also a haven for independent breweries, too? If you’d like to explore a…
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…
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…
2 Knives Kitchen launches in Hoults Yard
The Newcastle smokehouse team are back, with a new home for 2 Knives Kitchen and a brand new beer range, too! It’s always great to see independent pop-ups find a permanent home within the North East, so when we heard last year that 2 Knives Kitchen was Crowdfunding to open a new place, we were…
Full Circle Launches North East Revival Tour
The Newcastle-based brewery has teamed up with local beer venues for multiple tap takeovers, giving something back to the places affected due to COVID-19 this summer with its North East Revival Tour. Ben Cleary, Owner of Full Circle Brew Co. said “Last summer we participated in the ‘All Together Collaboration’, where proceeds of the brewer…
Introducing: Swigpoint
by Andrew Mitchell I’ve been pretty much obsessed with beer for about twenty years, ever since I invested the best part of my student loan into the coffers of Rehill’s and The Head of Steam when they started selling Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in the early 2000s. Back in 2012 I set myself the morally…
What’s On: October 2018
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…autumn is our favourite time of the year. Especially so in the North East beer scene, as you can see from our pick of the top five things to do in the region this month. Read on, dear beer fans… The Old Coal Yard Friday 12th October – Sunday 14th…
