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Mark is better known as @fletchthemonkey and started writing about beer in 2009. Mark is editor of Real Ale Reviews and blogs at beeralewhatever.co.uk. When not content with spending all day on the internet working for a digital marketing agency, Mark waxes lyrical at digitalmediamonkey.co.uk and types up match reports for Leeds Guide magazine.
Sam is a life long Leeds United fan and sometime home brewer, using kit that includes a recycled Hotpoint washing machine. When not drinking beer Sam likes nothing more than a hot cuppa and the sound of a crackling record on the long player
A jobbing editor and wannabe crime writer from Gravesend in Kent. Luke plays guitar for local three-piece grunge outfit Kerosene Wish and is currently working on a police procedural second novel. Has previously written for The Good Food Guide and The Good Food Guide London.
A card carrying CAMRA member and future brewer Sam can always be found immersed in the real ale culture in Leeds. Friend of many publicans and brewers he also attends numerous beer festivals throughout the year and is famous on Twitter for airing his forthright opinions on many hostelries (in 140 characters or less!!). Sam also is the official CAMRA blogger on the Wetherspoon's real ale site and has his own site under the moniker "Lord of the Beers". Watch this space for his views on various pubs around Leeds and reports from
various beer festivals. Outside real ale Sam is the Senior Lay Clerk of Leeds Parish Church Choir, a great Leeds United supporter and loves to cook.
After giving up the guitar Tom Fozard set about brewing his own beer and has never looked back. Pulling pints to fund his habit, he quickly upgraded to a full mash kit in his Leeds bathroom. Tom's talents also stretch to design and his home crafted bottle labels put many a beer marketer to shame. Tom now plies his trade at specialist retailer Beer Ritz and we understand his guitar has been sold in order to bankroll shiny brewing equipment.
Gavin is an exiled Geordie living in North Yorkshire. He is a man of simple pleasures, but would struggle to live without his iPhone. He has a penchant for crisps and builder's-strength tea. Though he may appear it, he's not all that grumpy - it's just what being a Newcastle fan does to you.
Stubbornly tea-total till the tender age of 27, Paul suddenly splashed into the real world and real ale and has never looked back, having sampled over 4000 different brews since. Paul is considered rather crazy as he runs marathons for fun (though it's just an excuse for a post-race pint or two). When not galavanting around country lanes or fells you might find him designing websites, cooking, taking photos, church bell-ringing, stargazing, juggling or with his nose in a book (probably not all at once).
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- Beer and Sci Fi Does exactly what it says on the tin
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- Beer Reviews with Andy Mogg Beer and ale tastings for the common man, written by Andy Mogg of Chilliupnorth fame
- Blogobeer Four lads who like us like to write beer reviews and tasting notes
- Blood Stout & Tears It might not look like South Wales, but this is beer reviewing from the Valleys. By a non-Welshman.
- Boak & Bailey Perceptive London beer geeks with an eye for detail
- Cheese and Cheers Beer. Cheese. Everything you could need. Fantastic.
- Cooking Lager Informed, hilarious and a nice bloke to boot, Cooking Lager destroys the myths of all things lout
- Ghost Drinker A firey blog from alcohol nerd Ghost Drinker
- 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 in pocket?! Entirely in French, writing about whiskey and beers mostly (we think).
- Maltworms Tasting notes and fine prose from beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones
- Meantime Brewing Co. The blog home of London brewers Meantime, on GMT of course.
- My Life with Beer Great insight into European beers and the beer business from Rick Kempen of Bier & Co
- Pencil & Spoon Tasting notes from beer lover Mark Dredge who ponders on beer, often with anthropological discussion!
- Pint Sized Musings Pintsized but well worth it, a Californian’s musings on wine and beer
- Pint Sized Musings Pintsized but well worth it, a Californian’s musings on wine and beer
- Pints & Panels Succinct comic book beer tastings. Fabulous
- 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 crystal sharp envy inducing beer snaps too
- Super Void's beer matching service This different approach from Chris Thompson results in the sublime, the ridiculous and the odd match made in heaven.
- Tandleman Love him or loathe him, Tandleman knows – and loves – his pubs
- Ten Inch Wheeler Beer and scooters from a Yorkshireman in exile
- The Beer Bear The Beer Bear’s beer tastings are great and he had great beer taste too
- The Beer Bunker Masters of the short and sweet beer review, purveyors of wordplay and ratings
- The Beer Nut The Beer Nuts travels are brilliant reading and he’s a super nice Irish chap too. Craicing tasting notes!
- The BeerCast Beer for Web 2.0 – blogs, podcasts and a wealth of different opinions from a wide ranging team
- The Bitten Bullet An Irishman Living In Muenster (that’s Germany not a typo), Barry is exploring beer from his European home
- The Bottle Beer Year CAMRA supporter The Hearty Goodfellow tries to drink the UK dry of beer (not just real ale) in one year
- The Endless British Pub Crawl Drinking, running, working and talking bollocks from an American in England
- The Nightjar Wild rover Jerry Bartlett (aka Malt Jerry) spends all his words on whiskey and beer
- Thirsty Pilgrim A focus on Belgium and Belgian ales from Joe over in Brussels
- Three Sheets Simply adventures in beer, presumably with some tipsyness
- Woolpack Dave's beer and stuff blog Dave writes about pubs, beer and brewing his own ale 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 Does 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 in pictures
- 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
- 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
- Travels with Beer Pics that make me green and posts that make my thirsty – one of the classiest beer reads out there
Beer writers with books
- Chris Routledge Writing, beer, history and all sorts of interesting stuff
- Inside Beer Award winning beer writer Jeff Evans’ beer information 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
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- AllGates (Wigan, wrong side of the Pennines, UK) Words and deeds on matters beer (and interesting accompanying pictures!)
- 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 more, this is a great looking, content-full blog from one of our favouite US breweries
- Roosters (Yorks, UK) Yorkshire beer, with hops an’ all!
- Shepheard Neame (Kent, UK) Sheps from Kent
- 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!
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- Eating Isn't Cheating “Food. Beer. Food & Beer. What’s not to like?”. Amen to that.
- Gastroturf RickFurzer’s food, whisk(e)y and beer blog
- Good Food, Good Beer Leigh’s food (and beer) blog – great recipe and pairing ideas
- Them Apples Mouth watering and generally excellent food blog by Rich from Saltaire
Leeds and West Riding beer folk
- A Swift One Kirkless based blog who proudly shout about beer and pubs in Huddersfield and surrounding area
- Broadford Brewer Aspiring home brewer Dave, with plans beyond his brewing shed!
- Eating Isn't Cheating Neil’s excellent blog, mainly on beer, food and the places the two doth meet
- Good Food, Good Beer Leigh Linley’s new home for The Good Stuff, Leeds’ longest running beer blog
- Hopzine West Yorkshire compatriots Matt & Rob’s excellent beer tastings
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- New Full Measure News and views from Leeds CAMRA
- Reet Good Tom Goodhand blogs about reet good music, food and beer
- The Beer Prole Nick’s blog explores beer, food and thoughts on many things related
- The Globetrotters Foodie blog Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies, not necessarily focused on Yorkshire
- The Good Stuff Leigh from Leeds mixes beer and food and makes us very hungry indeed. Yum yum!
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- Beer Inn Print Purveyors of beer memorabilia (including those pub stop posters!)
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