Whitley Bays Nord bottle shop opened just over 2 years ago, back when the Dog and Rabbit was a it’s only ‘competitor’. However, the area now has 4 micro pubs, and if you’re willing to travel a little further another 2 in Monkseaton and Tynemouth, coupled with the problems on the British high street, difficult […]
Mordue Brewery Goes into Administration
Well this is a bit crap, I love Mordue Beers, I love their Panda Frog experimental range. It is incredibly disappointing that an award winning brewery, which has been integral to the North East brew scene, will now be consigned to history. Suppose I’ll have to pop into Glug and pick up all their Workie […]
Belgian Monks Go Digital To Sell The Worlds Best Beer.
Sixtus beer, which consistently wins ‘Best Beer In The World’ can now be ordered online, which is great news, unfortunately you need to collect it from Belgium. The monks are trying to prevent scalpers and It is easy to see why. A crate of Sixtus 12 , bought from the Monastery is about 45 euros, […]
Pork in Cider – Newcastle Sausage and Cider fest
I’ll keep this brief because I want to avoid it degenerating into Viz The last sausage-fest I went to was at the Brandling, and I queued for an hour only to be told that they had to go and cook more sausages. Oh how we laughed, and oh how we went to The Victory and […]