Adam Croft

BrewDog and I go back a long way. It’s no secret that whilst I loathe their childish and immature (although, admittedly, successful) marketing activities and approach to branding, even I cannot deny that their beers are nothing short of superb. Ask this man when was the last time he had a bad pint of a [...]

Many of you will know that my beer mantra is always to opt for a beer I’ve never heard of, where possible. When I see a brewery I’ve never heard of, happy little pixies do happy little dances somewhere inside me. So, Best Mates Brewery? According to their website, the brewery is situated in the [...]

Imagine my delight when I opened my most recent box of beer deliveries and found this little baby inside – Ossett Excelsior – one of my favourite draught beers. Having never had it in a bottle, I decided I’d review it (if only to stop me gulping it all down in one mouthful). The beer [...]

Imagine my surprise when I opened up a package sent in the morning post to find this striking blue bottle staring me in the face. I must admit that my first thought was What the hell are WKD doing sending me samples to review? After rubbing my weary eyes and taking another sip of coffee, [...]

My latest selection of beers from the 52 Week Beer Club turned up earlier today, so it’s time to crack open a couple of bottles and see what they’re like. The first one that caught my eye was a beer simply called ‘Ginger’, from the Williams brewery in Scotland. The beer professes to be a [...]

This beer is one which I know well in its cask form. Having been on a tour of the brewery, bought multiple casks and polypins of this beer for parties and beer festivals, and tried in in many pubs around the local area, I can honestly say I’ve never had it from a bottle. The [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]