Adam Croft

It looks as though Christmas has come early! This morning I took great delight in accepting a delivery of beer from Daas – an organic premium Belgian brewer. Out of the two I received, I decided to review the Daas Witte wheat beer first – partly because I quite like wheat beers and mainly because [...]

As I sit and write this in mid December, it’s probably not the best time to be drinking an iconic summer refresher but my radiator is extremely warm tonight so I see no reason to pay reverence to my calendar. This is a beer which will be recognisable to any real ale drinker across Britain [...]

This is the second of my BeerSwap beers as sent to me by Mark Fletcher and if last night’s beer is anything to go by I’m looking forward to this one! The beer comes in at 3.8% and is described on the brewery’s website as “an easy drinking pale ale. Light and hoppy with delicate [...]

As an amateur home brewer and lover of all things beer, I recently joined the Craft Brewing Association. I had been recommended to join by a couple of existing CBA members and at £15 per year, membership seemed more than worthwhile. Shortly after joining, I received an email to let me know that my application [...]

Leeds Best, from the Leeds Brewery, was one of the fantastic beers I was glad to receive as part of this year’s BeerSwap scheme. Coming in at 4.3%, it’s described on the brewery’s website as “A classic Yorkshire Bitter. Finest English hops blend perfectly with our unique Yorkshire yeast to create a full flavoured beer [...]

This Tuesday sees the start of a brand new TV series highlighting the decline of the British pub industry whilst attempting to revive five failing pubs. I was fortunate to be able to interview the programme’s presenter, Jay Smith, himself a successful pub landlord. What made you want to get involved with this new TV [...]