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Yes, it’s that time of year again, I bet we all have crazy memories, those adverts of sugar’d mince pies, silly Christmas cards that make you wonder how or why that was funny and dinner table moments that just make you smile. For me, I wonder if my mother will improve on last years Christmas card: The Four Stages of Man: He believes in Santa Claus, He doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, He is Santa Claus, He looks like Santa Claus, thanks Mum.
To the Beer! We’ve put together a few cases to satisfy even the toughest to buy for, ok, of course it’s ok to sneak something in for yourself…
The Lil’bit o’ Luxury – a fine selection of big bottles, from Mikkeller, DrieFonteinen, Lost Abbey, etc… a couple of Glasses, and all for the insane bargain of £59.95 normally £89.95 saving £27.05 over 30% on this absolute bargain of a case of super dooper brews. CLICK HERE
The Beer Lovers Perfect Gift – a selection of 20 classic Belgian brews, plus one of the classic books on Belgian Beer. £41.50 normally £59.79 saving £18.29 over 30% CLICK HERE
The Just in Case, or AKA the Festive Emergency case, the festive survival case, call it what you will. 19 bottles of great beers, great fridge fillers to help while the festivities away. All for £30.00 normally £37.50 saving £7.50 or 20% CLICK HERE
All in all, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas, Best Wishes from all of us here at Beermerchants.com and Cavedirect
Be Naughty – Save Santa a Trip! He knows if you’ve been bad or good… Hope your Christmas is a very very merry one!
from Colin, Louise, Don, James, Alex, James, Julie, Anthony, Noel, Ronnie, Laurence, Nick, Simon, Barry, Darren, Matt and Phil.
So one question that I get when I am delivering tastings is, “what’s your all time favourite beer” – this doesn’t irritate me, I love it, just I believe that there is a curve of awareness that mirrors both the tongue, travel and time – and only when the experience is comparable to the beer, in place, company and service – can we even begin to consider where, when and how a beer becomes, nay transcends to the greatest, best, or any other superlative that we chose to pluck out of thin air.
Reading a few blogs and books recently, the philosophy of beer is oft contemplated, whether as a motivation or result of beer consumption, I’ll leave that to the those writers to decide what started this all off, but in the meantime, here’s something to ponder… read more…
We think you’d want to know about this, we have BrewDog beers!
Nothing I can write will be original, witty with regard to these beers or as much the crazy chaps up the top of these isles – there are so many better orators toward the successes of these guys!
Seemingly you can’t pick up a paper, journal, read a blog, read your tweets without someone mentioning a BrewDog beer. I will add in the short time these guys have been on planet beer they have certainly set a pace of change, interest and new twist on the evolution of great beer in the UK. Congratulations!
They are a brewery that people know of far and wide. Their beers garner plaudits and every release draws great attention. Now available at Beermerchants.com
you can also hear an interview on a great american homebrew show here, just ignore the english guy.
We’ve really changed over the last couple of years, one major thing has been happening over the last couple of months, plus great beers, winners and more beer, and even more beer! read on to find out. read more…
the intermittent blog continues. the travails of sending out boxes of beer isn’t something new, but doing it with rules is something that I haven’t done for a while. Sending personal boxes of beer, rather than the rule thing.
Having taken all of three minutes to design the artwork, I would suggest that you study it closely, enjoy and send me answers in the comments below. Answers to what question, I have no idea. Just as much why the hell should I, someone with more beer, of diverse origin, around me in my place of work than most brewers, send beer to some bloke who I have never met. I am always keen to help those that shout about the beer. But hang on here, involved with a couple of blokes idea, that of Andy Chilliupnorth of BeerReviews.co.uk and the ever present Mark Dredge of Pencil and Spoon – that of #Beerswap. The premise that was to send beer, via some strange new mail service from my local newsagent. read more…
Sorry I haven’t blogged in nearly month or so, sat here tapping away, bashing by head against various technologies and what runs said techie bits, even when surrounded by beer all day, beer o’clock is still a time that really brings joy!
My normal day is an early start, flicking through Tweets and Emails, many the normal “african prince” with the various levels misapropriated finances, or dubious original erectile disfunction remedy, or if you’re really curious, methods of extending ones manhood. In amongst that lot I get people wanting to sell me beer, lots and lots of people PR’ing for beer brands, and on that note I tend to find that coffee is calling my name and the real news of the day on the World Service.
Traveling so much and the beers that we keep at Beermerchants.com – I could quite easily have a finger pointed at me for no love to our local, or national brews.
Over the last couple of years things have really come along here at Beermerchants.com, I could never have believed that we’d be selling the rare American Craft beer, the number of Gueuze and just the number of great quality British brews that we’ve started bringing together. Over the weekend that I wandered north to hang out with Simon (the Reluctant Scooper) and hunt for Burton IPA, we chewed the fat when it comes to various English Breweries that we love, and I use that word with it’s full meaning.
Simon’s insight into the midland/North scene is something incredible to hear, the number of breweries that are really trying to brew great, experiential brews, with impressive quality. Spending time with Kelly and Stephano from Thornbridge and Mark Tranter of DarkStar, Justin of Moor Brewing, chatting with Dominic from Marble, Jeff from Lovibonds, Alan at Old Chimneys, Eddie from Gadds, they are as passionate at many of the breweries that I have travelled around afar, they are brewing exciting beers, they are having fun! and they are growing… Even the new Steel City Brewing, Pete at the Brew Co for opening up to have this guys is such an incredible opportunity (even that their new beers, 3 of them, are available at Oxford Beer Fest)
I have taken many beers from these breweries to beer events in foreign lands and people have gone nuts for them. Ok, I am sure to many readers of this I am shouting at the converted, but, seriously it’s a great time for beer, both home and abroad. I want to say congratulations, to all.
Showcasing the best of our British ales, Laurence one of the cylinders of the beermerchants.com engine, who’s really getting into these beers… has put together a case for you all, and it’s an amazing deal – here - those beers you receive two of, you’ve got one of them FREE! yes, FREE! Plus you get one of the very very cool Gadds of Ramsgate glasses.
Hops on Radio 4 too! See, beer is getting noise! and the Telegraph this week!
Inspired by the Family Guy episode “Road to Europe” rather than a 1970’s style dream of showing “Johnny Foreigner” how to play the beautiful game, we’ve opened up to ship to Europe.
So, beermerchants.com is shipping european wide. Such is the growth in demand for quality beer our little corner of the websiphere has certainly been getting some love.. Our email inboxes certainly get more and more interest from further and further afield. So, thanks to the Family Guy we’re shipping to Europe. We’ve started with a few countries, taken from where we have had the most interest from, but if you can’t see your destination, please let us know. We’ve sent a few parcels already, one to Greece and a few to nearer European nations, before the roll out. Why? So we had peice of mind that you were going to get your beer in the same state that every UK based customer has come to expect over the last two years… and, we’re pleased to say that it passed the test. So, dear beerlover siting in France, Belgium, Germany, and Norway and Spain, and Italy… you can enjoy the beers that many here have too!
To mark this occasion, we’re offering all you the chance to win a case of beer, shipped anywhere in Europe or the UK, if you can guess the beer and destination of the first European Delivery. (Only open to people 18 and above!) Use the comments box for entries.
Dashing off tonight, the delights of EasyJet, Gatwick, the Italian motorways… I am sure that there will be beer found and consumed. ‘ll try to find Wifi and post some pics here.
Have a couple of barrel aged beer stories to write and post, update the “beerbloggin”” story and look out for some surprises on our newsletter that’s out soon!
Oh, and a fun story about a bottle called 580.
Have a great weekend.
There are two gentlemen… hell, I bet they have never been called that before…
Take two hop loving beer aficionado’s of absolute life long dedication – something like more than 40,000 beers sampled between them the world over, Dave Unpronounceable, and Gazza Prescott have finally put their money where their mouths are and dived into the art of brewing.
Dave a one time brewer, has from memory had an ambition to get back to brewing and Gazza a long time friend and travelling companion on one of their many beer “scooping” trips has jumped in with him to deliver what they say will be some of the hoppiest beers out! I have known these two for a good while, there will some fireworks here… They will be brewing at and under the watchful eye of one of the quietly up and coming breweries in the area, with Pete at the Brew Co. If you call yourself a hop head, a beer geek or the like… I am sure you’lk know of these two and I am sure you’ll be hearing loads about their beers!
Congratulations, great effort, brilliant idea and can’t wait to try them!
You can read more here.
