Beers Without Frontiers

Our 16th Episode sees us joined by Carl Marshall, brewer at Twisted Barrel Ale to talk about his beer journey and recent trip to the breweries and taprooms of Berkshire. We also discuss our hoppy excursions over the last month or so: visits to Two Tailed Lion in Leicester and Cork and Cage a new bar in Stirchley, Birmingham.

We have a return of the Mystery Beer game where we try and guess what unlabelled beer we are drinking and we also sample beers from Yonder, Wild Weather and Evil Twin.

Beers tasted:

Mystery Beer

Yonder Dunstan’s Exile 5.5%

Wild Weather Beyond Obsidian 10%

Evil Twin Glazed Imperial Doughnut Break 11.5%

Links:

Beers on this episode:

https://www.brewyonder.co.uk

https://wildweatherales.com

https://eviltwin.dk

Venues/taprooms discussed:

https://www.twistedbarrelale.co.uk

https://doublebarrelled.co.uk

https://www.sirencraftbrew.com

https://www.wychwood.co.uk

https://www.wbbrew.com

http://www.tapsocialmovement.com

https://www.thetwotailedlion.com

Any comments on the show or suggestions get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

Carl: @thabearded1

All beers sourced and paid for by us! :-)

Our 15th Episode sees us joined by friend of the show Dave Moore and catching up on our hoppy excursions over the last month or so: we discuss trips to Cloudwater Friends and Family Festival in Manchester, The Cask 2019 Festival in London and trips to York and Leeds.

We have a return of the Mystery Beer game where we try and guess what unlabelled beer we are drinking and we also sample beers from Cloudwater, Magic Rock and Vibrant Forest. We discuss the new beers in Tesco and also the recent big news of Magic Rock being bought out by brewing behemoths Lion (Kirin) and what this will mean for classic beers like Cannonball.

Also we talk to ‘BeerTuber’ Rob Derbyshire of Hopzine about places to drink in York and we speak to Sean of Warwick Real Ale, our local bottle shop, who discusses setting up and building the business, which since the interview took place has now been sold to Paul of local brewery Lock 34. Best wishes to Sean in his retirement and good luck to Paul on writing the next chapter of the story.

Beers tasted:

Mystery Beer

Cloudwater A•W18 Brewed All Season IPA 6.5%

Magic Rock Californishire 4.7%

Vibrant Forest Brewery White Tail, Blue Pine 8%

Links:

Hopzine YouTube Beers reviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCHf0Oq6YHqi35qMyZE4gg

Twitter: @Hopzine

Brum Bottle Share: @brumbottleshare

Warwick Real Ale bottle shop: 13b, Smith Street, Warwick 01926 289790

Twitter: @Warwick_Realale

FB: https://www.facebook.com/warwickrealale/

www.warwickrealale.co.uk

Any comments on the show or suggestions get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Dave: @_moremrmoore

Charles: @tusters

Our 14th Episode sees us head out on location to Stirchley in Birmingham to have a chat with Josh Hughes of Glasshouse Beer Co. where we discuss how he got started in brewing, working at Brewdog and then founding his own brewery in the suburb of Birmingham that has deep family connections for him.

Follow them on social media:

Twitter: @glasshousebrum

Instagram: @glasshousebeerco

Any comments on the show or suggestions get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

Our 13th Episode brings discussions about Fuller’s brewery being bought out by Japanese brewing giants Asahi along with tales of our ‘Hoppy Excursions’ over the last month or so. We also introduce our ‘mystery beer’ feature and sample the following beers:

Mystery Beer… listen in to hear what we thought it was

Wylam – Searching For The Joys Again 4.7% Pale Ale

Fuller, Smith & Turner – Vintage Ale 2018

Cloudwater – Three’s Company

Any comments on the show or suggestions get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

In our 12th episode the BWF team head over to Birmingham again to talk about the #Tryanuary campaign with Regional Coordinator Catherine Webber and Local Champion Rob Edwards. We discuss the aims of the campaign and what events are coming up in the West Midlands area.

We also discuss some of our beery highlights of 2018 such as festivals, taprooms and beer tourism.

Thanks to Cherry Reds in Birmingham for hosting us: https://www.facebook.com/cherryredscafe/

Any comments on the show? Get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

Tryanuary contacts:

@tryanuary

@trywestmidlands

https://www.tryanuary.com

In our 11th episode the BWF team stay local – we headed over to Beer Gonzo taproom in Coventry to speak to Coventry’s newest (pico) Brewery Mashionistas based in Ealsdon. We asked Flo and Simon from the brewery about their beers and their future plans. We also got to try two of their beers in advance of their launch event on 1st December at Beer Gonzo.

To find out more about Mashionistas:

https://mashionistas.com

@mashionistas

More info on Beer Gonzo bottle shop and tap room:

https://www.beergonzo.co.uk

@beergonzo1

Note: We apologise for the reduced audio quality of this episode. Due to an issue with our main audio recorder we had to resort to the back-up recording we made, which is in mono and at slightly lower quality than normal. Sorry about that.

Any comments on the show? Get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

In our 10th episode the BWF team focus on Manchester, the Northern powerhouse of beer and the location of the recent Indy Man Beer Con - the Glastonbury of modern beer festivals in the UK.

We also cover the recently opened tap rooms of Cloudwater and Northern Monk breweries along with other Manchester ‘must visit’ locations such as Café Beermoth and Track Brewery tap room. Naturally we drank Mancunian beers:

Marble – North-South 4.2% Pale Ale

Track – Sip Champagne When We Thirsty 7% Brut IPA

Cloudwater - JPA 7% West Coast IPA

Track – mystery bottle

Wander Beyond – Coconut Crater 12% Imperial Milk Stout

Any comments on the show? Get in touch:

Twitter:

Podcast: @beers_frontiers

Simon: @simoncarbon

Vicki: @daintyvi

Charles: @tusters

Steve: @SteveReader87

In this episode the BWF team travel to Cherry Reds bar in the heart of Birmingham to talk beer blogging and the Birmingham beer scene with Rob and Dave from http://www.wednesdaybeers.co.uk and Bob from http://midlandsbeerblog.co.uk

We discover what inspired them to start blogging and what they think of the current Birmingham beer scene. We also cover volunteering at BeaverEx festival, brewery tours at Purity in Warwickshire and what lovely eyes Logan Plant has.

Thanks to Cherry Reds for the use of ‘The Map Room’. https://cherryreds.com

As discussed in the podcast:

https://birminghambrewerytours.com

In this episode the BWF team delve into the world of Brut IPAs, a new style of dry IPA that has recently emerged. We look at the techniques used to produce these beers and sample four UK brewed examples of the style.

We also cover the recent Thornbridge Peakender festival, Weird Beard brewery open day and the Twisted Barrel Ale bank holiday beer festival. We also ramble on about price of cask beer, serving beer in smaller than pint measures and how much Chanel no. 5 costs.

Beers tasted:

Siren Hop Fizz

https://www.sirencraftbrew.com

Cloudwater Lower Than Zero

http://cloudwaterbrew.co

Marble Flying Triangle

https://www.marblebeers.com

Northern Monk/Edge What Fools These Mortals Be (Patrons 6.06)

https://www.northernmonkbrewco.com

Thanks to Cotteridge Wines for having all of the above in stock: @cotteridgewines

For this episode the BWF team sample some Belgian beers and try a beer from the UK’s first Trappist brewery to see how it compares. We are joined by fellow beer geek Dave who muled back a box of Tynt Meadow from Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire in order to bribe his way onto the podcast! It worked!

We discuss our recent beer festival experiences at Lock and Key in Birmingham, Coventry Vegan Beer fest at Twisted Barrel Ale and news of new Coventry brewery Mashionistas (https://mashionistas.com) who should be starting to brew in September.

Beers tasted:

Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait - http://www.boon.be

Mount Saint Bernard Tynt Meadow - http://www.mountsaintbernard.org

Westmalle Dubbel - https://www.trappistwestmalle.be/en

Belgian Beer suppliers:

Warwick Real Ale - http://www.warwickrealale.co.uk/international-beers

Beer Gonzo – Online sales, in store and Lambic Bar - https://www.beergonzo.co.uk