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Beer reviews calendar
Beer blogs we read
- 365 Beers 365 Days More inspiring photography and tasting from Drew who’s working his way through…you guessed it, 365 beers in 365 days
- 40 Beers At 40 If you need a little help getting into Belgian beers this is a good place to start
- Beer Lens I can’t recommend this site enough if you like beer and photography. Crystal sharp images from Rob and Kim that make be green with envy
- Beer Reviews with Andy Mogg Beer and ale tastings for the common man, written by our Andy Mogg of Chilliupnorth fame
- Blogobeer Four lads who like us like to write about beer, and they write well about it. So they have one more on their team?!
- Boak & Bailey Perceptive London beer geeks with an eye for detail
- Hop Talk Beer reviews and musing on beer and life from over the pond
- Impy Malting The lovely Feral Strumpet muses over fine ales, beer culture and being an American girl in London
- Knut Albert's beer blog Beer drinking from Norway and across Europe from Knut Al (who we met in London and is very tall!)
- Malt in Pot Like brass i pocket?! Entirely in French, writing about whiskey and beers mostly (we think).
- Maltworms Adrian Tierney-Jones writes lots about lots of beer, and it’s all good
- My Life with Beer Great insight into European beers and the beer business from Rick Kempen of Bier & Co
- Pencil & Spoon Beer lover Mark Dredge ponders on beer, often with anthropological discussion!
- Refreshing Beer Barm might have a glass of beer, and he might just tell you about it
- Reluctant Scooper Beer ramblings about ale, rail and many a beer festival
- Simply Beer Beer reviews and more often than that crystal sharp envy inducing snaps too
- Taking the beard out of beer Melissa Cole knows her ales and does lots of beer writing/talking/judging
- Tandleman Love him or loathe him, Tandleman knows – and loves – his pubs
- The Beer Bear The Beer Bear’s tastings are great and he had great beer tastes too
- The Beer Nut The Beer Nuts travels are brilliant reading and he’s a super nice Irish chap too
- The Bitten Bullet An Irishman Living In Muenster (that’s Germany not a typo), Barry is exploring beer from his European home
- Thirsty Pilgrim A focus on Belgium and Belgian ales from Joe over in Brussels
- Woolpack Dave's beer and stuff blog Dave writes about pubs, beer and makes his own beer up in deepest, darkest Cumbria
Beer design and stuff
- 99 Paintings of Beer on The Wall Beer. Paintings. 99 of them.
- Pump Clip Parade A hall of shame for beer bottle labels and pump clip designs
Beer history and sciency things
- Beer Walks and History Just exactly what it says on the tin!
- Shut Up About Barclays Perkins Technical and bloomin’ detailed beer blog
- The Zythophile Super posts on beer and pub history and stuff you never knew about
Beer writers with books
- Inside Beer Award winning beer writers Jeff Evans’ beer portal
- Michael Jackson The Beer Hunter My Dad’s copy of “Beer” has a lot to answer for! Enjoying an ale in the sky we hope.
- Pete Brown Our fave beer writer bemoans many things, but loves beer. Go buy ‘Hops & Glory’, now!
- The Beer Boy Beer writer supreme Zak Avery makes probably the best video beer tastings in the world
Brewery Blogs
- Adnams (Suffolk, UK) If you want to know about Adnams beers then this is the place for you
- Brewing at the Sharp End Head Brewer Stuart Howe takes us through the science of brewing at Sharp’s in Cornwall
- Brooklyn Brewery (NYC, USA) Dishing the dirt on new Brooklyn brews, local events and much more, this is a great looking and content-full blog from one of our favouite US breweries
- St Austell Brewery blog Brewer’s of one of the best English IPAs blog from their Cornwall home
- Thornbridge Brewers blog Thornbridge make some damn fine beers and they’ve even been known to dabble in poetry!
Leeds and West Riding beer folk
- A Swift One Kirkless based blog who proudly shout about beer and pubs in Huddersfield and surrounding area
- Hopzine West Yorkshire compatriots Matt & Rob’s excellent beer tastings
- New Briggate Beer Blog New Briggate is home of Leeds’ most renowned beer bar and these are musing from North’s very own Matt
- New Full Measure News and views from Leeds CAMRA
- Reet Good Tom Goodhand blogs about reet good music, food and beer
- The Good Stuff Leigh from Leeds mixes beer and food and makes us very hungry indeed
Website friends
- Digital Media Monkey FletchtheMonkey’s digital marketing blog
- Leeds Guide's Leeds Eye View Our very own FletchtheMonkey’s column on his beloved Leeds United
- On This Football Day Our footy mad mates Rob & Joe
- Stag Do Beer Ideas Need help with your stag do? The chaps at I Am Staggered are here to help! Staggered is the men’s wedding magazine that takes you all the way from getting engaged right through to the honeymoon.
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