I am Gruit

I am Gruit

by | Dec 10, 2020 | Articles, News and Updates, Uncategorized

I am Gruit I am Gruit Before hops were commonplace in beer, gruit ale enjoyed a long period of ubiquity. Gruit is a mixture of herbs and spices, used in place of hops to brew a type of beer that originated in the Middle Ages in the Low Countries and western Germany....
Love at First Taste?

Love at First Taste?

by | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles, News and Updates, Uncategorized

Love at First Taste? Love at First Taste? I can vividly remember my first pint of cask. It was 14 years ago, probably sometime early in the month of October. I was sat in the Kean’s Head pub in Nottingham with my friend Harvey for our weekly drinking session that was...
News in Brief

News in Brief

by | Nov 18, 2020 | Articles, News and Updates, Uncategorized

News in Brief News in Brief Pub closures: Mitchells & Butlers has announced that 20 of its pubs, which didn’t re-open after 4th July, are to close parmanently. The company said the sites had “been under review on a case-by-case basis since [4th July], taking into...
Weisse up

Weisse up

by | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles, News and Updates, Uncategorized

Weisse up Weisse up Berlin. A destination at the top of every beer lover’s city break shopping list. Whatever stereotypes you’ve heard about the place, the one thing that’s definitely true is that the beer here is excellent, and it’s been excellent for a while....