While the beer drinkers are here I should plug BeerBods – One beer and the story behind it, delivered for £3 a week.
You’re going to be disappointed in 2 weeks when the reliably mediocre Curious Brew drops through your door! Will be interesting to see what nonsense they come up with story-wise… on their website they claim “We wanted better tasting beer and cider that had balance, taste, style and originality. We made it using our winemaking skills” which is just bollocks because it’s all contract-brewed in the next county!
I’m a Beerbods member too and it is ace, less than a pint in the pub, delivered to your door and with the story behind it and some banter on a thursday night discussing on Twitter.
My adopted county of Norfolk now has more breweries than any other county and Norwich styles itself as best town for beer in UK, next village to me has Beeston brewery with the ace “Worth the Wait” a lovely golden ale.
To be fair the price isn’t the issue (you can’t really compare craft beer prices with real ale) although the selection is a bit “meh” (they seem to do a lot of stuff that is pretty common or can even be bought in supermarkets!).
Agree about RL banter being better though, fortunately I have a great bottle shop which is only a 30s diversion from my cycle commute route! Plus I get to pick which bottle I buy!
Dunno what any of this has to do with local brews though!!
At three quid for a 33cl bottle, it’s over five quid per pint.
it’s a mix of 33/ 500 bottles. beer in my local is over £4.
(they seem to do a lot of stuff that is pretty common or can even be bought in supermarkets!).
not sure thats fair. I’d say the majority you can’t get in the supermarkets, local beer shop maybe. Ocassionly supermarket stuff in there but not loads.
not sure thats fair. I’d say the majority you can’t get in the supermarkets, local beer shop maybe. Ocassionly supermarket stuff in there but not loads.
Yes, to be fair I meant that you’d see them commonly in bars/bottle shops and the odd few you’d find in the supermarket.
I was just going off the three bottles showing on the front page which are all 33cl.
They’re the bottles shown below the picture of the middle aged man, sat on the floor alone except for his wood burner and apple product.
Maybe he’s browsing STW, maybe he’s enjoying the story behind his one solitary ale, for which he has paid in excess of £5 per pint for.
It’s hard to tell which as you are distracted by his slightly dishevelled appearance and the sadness that is so obviously hiding behind his eyes.
An Orange Five could so easily be just out of frame, the colour of which matters not.
The boxes are more 330ml than 500ml, but they’re also often stronger beers that would be more expensive in a pub anyway. Last week was a 330, but the two before that were 500.
The good news is, nobody is being forced to buy the product/service so everybody doing so is happy with the price. As I understand it, they’re currently gaining subscribers at a decent rate, so they’re doing something right.
From that beerbods site, next weeks Fyne Ales, Sanda Black IPA were in my Tesco for a bargain £1 a bottle at the weekend along with their Sanda Blonde. Very nice, I bought some of each. This was probably only in Scottish stores.
I’m perfectly happy for people to spend in excess of FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT if that’s what they want. In fact if people are prepared to pay in excess of FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT to sit at home with a single bottle of beer for company then they’re even more likely to want to enjoy a pint (or more) of lovingly looked after cask conditioned ale in the beautifully social setting of their local public house for considerably less than FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT.
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My local is Skinners (http://www.skinnersbrewery.com): I can see the brewery out of my window and when they’re brewing you can smell it. Excellent beers and I recommend a mixed case!
less than a mile, Wadworth brewery.
Been told there is a few smaller ones about as well.
Some of which I posted up a couple of pages back. Driving through Melksham yesterday I noticed a brewery tap tucked into some offices opposite Asda, for the Kennet and Avon Brewery Co, which I didn’t even know existed, so there’s another local one to me. http://www.kennetandavonbrewery.co.uk