This Week in Craft Beer

Established in 2014, Southsea, are a small brewery producing modern beers set up within the walls of the iconic Southsea Castle just outside Portsmouth on the South English Coast.

https://southseabrewing.co.uk/

Dave wholeheartedly endorses www.craftycats.beer who are coming soon! 

All Day is a Farmhouse Brewery in a 500 year-old barn on a working farm, which includes a 20-acre organic orchard and a hop yard. They specialise in wild and mixed fermentations and try to supply the brewery as far as possible with ingredients from their own farm, including hops, barley, fruits, herbs and water drawn from a borehole.

Simon wholeheartedly recommends:

The Plasterer's Arms, Norwich - https://theplasterersarms.co.uk/

Poppyland Brewery - https://www.poppylandbrewery.com/

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Joe from Pentrich Brewing, based in the Derbyshire village of Pentrich, just outside the Peak District.

Joe and his friend Ryan established Pentrich in 2016 with the goal of producing small batches of exciting, innovative beer.

https://www.pentrichbrewing.com/

Joe wholeheartedly recommends Brew Cavern Bottle Shop in Central Nottingham - https://brewcavern.co.uk/ 

and 

The Alexandra Hotel in Derby - http://www.alexandrahotelderby.co.uk/ - who, as I am typing these notes, appear to have both Dream Tempo and Retro Stripes from Pentrich on Cask!  

Andrew spent seven years brewing in China including some time as the head brewer at a Drei Kronen Bavarian brauhaus in Shanghai, prior to launching Three Hills on his birthday in 2016.

Three Hills Brewing is named after the local Neolithic burial mounds and it's mission is to produce high quality, innovative and experimental small-batch beers for those who love to explore new taste sensations. Rather than reproducing the same beers, they focus on creating a new recipe every time to keep things interesting.

http://www.threehillsbrewing.com/

Andrew wholeheartedly recommends Blackened Sun Brewing in Milton Keynes!

https://www.blackenedsunbrewing.co.uk/

Based in Central Manchester, Wander Beyond Brewing launched back in December 2017, as a small team with an ambition to make beers bursting with flavour. Inspired by the outdoors and their love for adventure, Wander Beyond began to develop a surreal and exciting world to reflect the flavour of their beers. Hops climb mountains, barrels dwell in caves and mischievous fruits roam free.

https://www.wanderbeyondbrewing.com/

Dan wholeheartedly recommends https://www.reasonsbeercafe.co.uk/ in Burnage, SW Manchester.

Andrew has owned the Pelham Arms Pub in Lewes since 2008. In 2016 Andy stepped up his homebrewing in the cellar of the Pelham Arms (affectionately known as "The Abyss!"), before taking over the old Black Cat Brewery a few miles up the road in Uckfield in 2017, to create Abyss Brewing with his friend, also confusingly called Andy!

Andrew and Andy wholeheartedly endorse the following fine local businesses:

https://www.thehornetalehouse.co.uk/

https://www.bottleandjugdept.co.uk/

https://www.beernoevil.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/theindependentpub/

http://www.handbrewpub.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thejollybrewerbeerhouse/

The London Beer Factory is an open exploration of beer, modern and independent, never still, always innovating. Globally inspired, locally minded.

https://www.thelondonbeerfactory.com/

Sim wholeheartedly recommends Wild + Lees Bottle Shop in Herne Hill http://wildandlees.com/

Opened in the summer of 2018, Pipeline Brewing Co. crafts small batches of vibrant, hoppy, juicy beers using fresh ingredients and Cornish water. 

They create craft beers that showcase the best of New World hops.

https://pipelinebrewing.co.uk/

Jonny recommends The Cornish Pizza Company in St Agnes, for amazing pizzas and the very best West Country Craft Beers, from the likes of Pipeline, Verdant and Black Flag!

https://www.thecornishpizzacompany.co.uk/

Piglove can trace it's roots back to 2016 when two guys from Venezuela, met by chance in Leeds, and discovered a mutual admiration for Craft Beer.

Piglove is the English translation of a Venezuelan expression "cochino amor", which is used to describe a love for something that is so big, raw and passionate, that it becomes filthy and absurd!

(I think a lot of people as deep into the craft beer scene as we are, can really relate to that concept!)

After three years of hard scrambling, the Brewery launched it's first beer in December 2019.

https://piglove-brewing.myshopify.com/

Neptune was founded in April 2015, focused on the principle of brewing quality, consistent beer for all to enjoy.

That same year Julie O'Grady also founded the Ladies That Beer Group, with the very worthy aim of getting more women into beer! In 2018 Julie was also involved in the launch of the Everyone Welcome initiative.

In May 2019, Neptune opened their 16-line Taproom in Maghull, and the business is widely recognised as one of the leading lights in the Merseyside Craft Beer Scene.

Buy Neptune beers online from : https://neptune-brewery.myshopify.com/

Everyone Welcome Initiative information and resources :  https://everyonewelcomeinitiative.com/