AVA wins an Award!

I was delighted to be informed today that my Beautiful Hoppy 3.5% Blonde – AVA has been awarded ‘Beer of the Festival’ in the up to 3.6% class at the CAMRA Bradford Beer Festival. Needless to say I am over the moon about this! Ever more so because Bradford was the first CAMRA festival to serve one of my beers. Many thanks to the good folks of Bradford for the accolade. I shall look forward to meeting all the volunteers from the festival and other award winners at the awards event in April. I’ll be sending along a cask of AVA in advance by way of thanks to the many volunteers from the local CAMRA branch who work so hard to make the festival possible.

FCBA, IMBC and OTM

Coming up tomorrow and Saturday (October 5th & 6th 2012) is the Independent Manchester Beer (and stuff) Convention. Something I have been looking forward to since I first heard about it months ago. It’s being organised by the good folks of Port Street Beer House who always deliver when it comes to providing great beer. I’m sure you will agree if you check out their website this is not going to be your average beer festival and to say I was chuffed when they asked to collaborate with me on a brew for the event would be an understatement.

WLS

WLS is a black jaggery IPA I brewed for a collaborative installation at WestLane South gallery in Bermonsey, London. It all started with a little trip down the big smoke with a few bottles of TEA….

THE FIRST HOP

This is where it all started with the first brew of HOP. Brew day number one, 23rd April 2012. Britannia Mill, Cobden Street, Bury, Lancashire. Well strictly speaking it all started months before back at the lab (my front room) in Water…..