Our Top Ten black tea brands I probably drink as much tea as the late Tony Benn ever did. After he retired from politics, he went on a speaking tour taking two props with him: a chair and a Thermos® flask. A flask full of tea.
Category: Drinks
The Lost Hypermarket: An A to Z of Long Lost Brands
Lost items from our supermarket shelves If you have spent more than four decades on this planet, you will have seen many shops go the way of dinosaurs. Not a single day goes by without there being a “Do You Remember the Woolworths Pick and Mix” counter or “School Puddings” meme. I have yet to…
Delectable Dark Beers: A Top Beer Not So Perfect Ten
Ten of the finest dark beers – mainly milds, stouts, and porters At this time of writing we are in the midst of Black Friday, an American import which marks the first shopping day after Thanksgiving Day. Thanks inevitably to the internet it has become an international phenomenon. In these parts, it is associated with…
Top Beer: 3. Stockport Brewing Company’s Stock Porter
Top Beer on Stockport Brewing Company’s porter For lovers of cask conditioned and bottle conditioned ales, Greater Manchester is some sort of a metropolis for its microbreweries. Stockport town centre also has three microbreweries alongside Frederic Robinson’s Unicorn Brewery. Two of them are yards apart, with the third one closer to Heaviley.
The East of the M60 Interview: Tweed Brewing Co., Newton
A quick half with Sam and Dave Ward, and Anthony Lewis, founders of Tameside’s newest microbrewery Just off the 346 route, in part of what used to be Weston Hyde’s base is a microbrewery that is making waves. Its upmarket approach has wowed drinkers young and old. Ultimately, they wish to experiment with new flavours and…
It’s Time to Brew! Hyde’s First Brewery Since 1929 Ready for Christmas
Tweed Brewing Company sets up home in Newton Just off the 346 bus route (along the part hitherto SHMD’s 15 service), Hydonians can drink to the town’s first brewery since 1929. The Tweed Brewing Company have set up a microbrewery on Newton Business Park. Owned by father and son Dave and Sam Ward, this began…
Lost from the Supermarket: A Trolley Load of Anachronisms
Several things which 21st century children will never see or hear in their local superstores Take a trip to a 21st century superstore, anywhere in the United Kingdom. Today’s stores are sprawling; some of which architecturally nondescript. Commonly, a great number have petrol stations and generous amounts of free parking.
Ringway Brewery Cleared For Westminster
Reddish brewery’s bitter set for House of Commons bar Another one of our local breweries is set to grace the Commons’ bar. This week, it will be the turn of Reddish’s Ringway Brewery.
Lancs Lagers Lost: A Top Beer Not So Perfect Ten
Lamented or not so lamented lost lagers of the last fifty years If you are able to cast your mind back to the early 1960s, a certain Eddie Taylor was causing quite a stir in the pub scene. In 1961, he bought twelve English and Scottish breweries within a year. He formed a conglomerate known…
Time Called for Lager Loving Bugs Bunny Lookalikes
Lager and fancy dress ban imposed on Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar and other pubs on the Rail Ale Trail The Rail Ale Trail was based on an idea by The Independent journalist Stephen O’Loughlin, in an article from 12 December 1988 entitled ‘Trains Pass So Close, Your Drink Rocks Gently in the Glass. It was commercialised by Northern…
Top Beer #4: Robinsons Brewery’s Trooper
East of the M60 reviews another real ale, and unlike the last one, imbibed a little closer to home. Beer: ‘Trooper’ (4.8%); Type of Beer: Premium Bitter/Golden Ale; Brewery: Robinsons, Stockport, Cheshire; Quaffed at: The Arden Arms, Stockport. Not so long ago, Robinsons Brewery launched a successful ale in cooperation with Bury band Elbow. This year,…
Top Beer #3: Sixteen Miles for a Pint of Tea
East of the M60 reviews another real ale, this time in Huddersfield Beer: ‘TEA’ (5.0%); Type of Beer: India Pale Ale; Brewery: First Chop, Ramsbottom, Lancashire; Imbibed at: The Rat and Ratchet, Huddersfield. Following a quick search for somewhere to go the following day last night, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council’s website swayed my journey plans…
