Drinking in The City has become more enticing with the opening of Long Arm Worship Street, a microbrewery based just moments away from Liverpool Street and Moorgate stations. The Worship Street site offers a menu of six rotating craft beers […]
Indy Man Beer Con 2017: a beer festival going six years strong
The Independent Manchester Beer Convention – often abbreviated to Indy Man Beer Con or IMBC – returned for an impressive sixth year across four days in September and October, 2017. The event is famed for its stunning venue – a […]
Goose Island LDN Block Party 2017: breaking into the mainstream
Back for a second year, Goose Island Brewery’s LDN Block Party returned to Red Market in Shoreditch last weekend, bringing beer, street food and live music in the heart of East London. New and rare beers were available to ticketholders […]
Uppers and Downers: caffeine peaks and boozy troughs
Have you signed up for the Brewing East newsletter? The first one should be hitting inboxes at the end of this month, so sign up on the home page. For over four years, Chicago’s Good Beer Hunting has presented Uppers […]
Beavertown Extravaganza 2017: paving the way for modern UK beer festivals
All eyes were on the inaugural Beavertown Extravaganza, an ambitious venture held across two sessions between the 8th and 9th September. Held at London Printworks in Canada Water, a former newspaper printing factory with 119,200 sq ft of floor space, […]
Drinking in Dublin: going beyond the black stuff
Dublin may be a city synonymous with the black stuff, but its emerging craft beer scene is changing the drinking landscape. Even a whistle-stop tour of the city reveals how international styles of beer have captured the imagination of locals […]
Wild Card Brewery: a brewery holding all of the aces
Tucked away in an industrial estate in Walthamstow, East London, Wild Card Brewery boasts a small Brewhouse and taproom. It began as a project for two friends from Nottingham, William John Harris and Andrew Birkby who brought in Jaega Wise, […]
London Beer City 2017: going four years strong
This year saw the triumphant return of London Beer City, a 13 day event showcasing craft beer across the capital. Now in its fourth year, the itinerary was loaded with several concurrent happenings each day, making it impossible to do […]
Ales Tales: a celebration of Belgian beer in East London
Last month, Hackney’s Oval Space was the setting for the UK’s first Belgian beer festival. Ales Tales ran between the 21st and 22nd July, assembling 20 Belgian breweries in one place to bring a taste of the country’s prosperous beer culture […]
Drinking in Manchester: great beer up north
It’s no secret that Manchester is home to a thriving craft beer scene. It hosts Indy Man Beer Con, which is now a staple event in the UK beer events calendar, and is home to a list of emerging breweries, including […]