New Beer Tasting Club at Beerhere.co.uk!

Great news for the beer lovers: Beerhere launches its Beer Tasting Club!

The Beerhere Tasting Club is the best way to discover new beers from around the world with the minimum of effort!

Every month you can enjoy a selection of 12 top-quality beers at home... for just £20.00 (plus p&p).

Why not treat yourself, a friend or loved one with a membership to the new BeerHere club! Here is a perfect Xmas present !

Click here to get more info on the Beerhere Tasting Club ...

Find Xmas Gift Ideas at Beerhere!

Beerhere has loads of gift ideas for your Xmas Presents !

The Beerhere Team created an exclusive Christmas Beer Tasting Case for you to enjoy during the festive season!
Beer Gift Packs, Beer Tasting Case and Beer Glasses are also available.

Click here and Go to the Beerhere Shop now!

BeerHere Gift Certificates are also perfect as a Christmas present for beer lovers.
Beerhere Gift Token are available for either £5, £20, £40, £60.

Top FIVE Beers Every Beer Lover Should Know

Whether you are just beginning to explore the world of beer or you are a seasoned beer snob, these are brews that you should know. In compiling this list, I’ve tried to put together a list of beers that are 1) solid representatives of their respective styles 2) seem to have a decent market saturation so you will have a chance of finding them 3) generally cover the spectrum of beer styles.

1) Paulaner Hefe-Weizen - the best representation of this style, Paulaner, is easily found almost anywhere. Chill a bottle and pour it in a glass making sure to get all of that yeast out of the bottom of the bottle. Many fans of this style like to squeeze a lemon into their glass. That’s fine but save that for the second one. For the first, just enjoy this hallmark of Bavarian brewmasters’ craft all on its own.

2) Chimay Trappist Ales - The entry for the Trappist ales, a rich malty style noted for being crafted by monks, is Chimay. You will find that a few varieties are available from the Chimay brewery but any of them will do nicely.

3) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - this is a great example of the American interpretation of this classic English brew. It is amber colored and has a nice balanced flavor. It is hopped with distinctive Cascade hops.

4) Guinness Dry stout - This famous beer is perhaps one of the best known beers in the world. With a small dose of beer soured by lactic acid bacteria in each batch, Guinness might not be the prototypical dry stout but it is so ubiquitous it is hard to deny it a spot on my list. Other perhaps more correct choices for this style would be Murphy’s or Beamish Stout.

5) Hoegaarden Wit Bier - Hoegaarden is at the fore of a revival of the Belgium white, an unusual wheat beer. This is one of the best examples of the mix of spicy yeast and cloudy white that marks a Belgium white.

There will be those that disagree let us no with your comments all the beers are available on the website so try us out today!!!!!

An Halloween Beer Mixed Case soon available at Beerhere.co.uk!

Beerhere is happy to enlarge its beer Mixed case range; from next week, the new Halloween Beer Mix will be available for you! It will contain 5 beers carefully selected and a Free beer glass.

Watch out our website and join our mailing list now to be informed about the availibility in direct!

Oktoberfest Is Here

Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September (and running to early October). It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year, and is an important part of Bavarian culture. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event.

The Munich Oktoberfest, traditionally, takes place during the sixteen days up to and including the first Sunday in October. In 1994, the schedule was modified in response to German reunification so that if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival will go on until October 3 (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2 and 18 days when it is October 1.

At BeerHere we have come up with a Oktoberfest Mix Tasting case for those who are not fortunate enough to get themselves over to Munich. Including the Paulaner, Augustiner, Hofbrau, Spaten, Erdinger, and Lowenbrau Oktoberfest special brews, with a free erdinger glass. So come on get in the spirit and enjoy Oktoberfest in style.

The World's Best Beers are available at Beerhere

The World’s Best Beers 2009 have been crowned by Beer of the World, the UK beer magazine. After five months and three separate rounds of tasting, the world's best beer listing is now available!
You can see below that most of them are available at Beerhere!




WORLD'S BEST Ale
World’s Best Dark Ale
World’s Best Strong Dark Ale
World’s Best Barley Wine
Robinson’s Old Tom (8.5%) ENG

HIGHLY COMMENDED


Standard Pale Ale
Hook Norton Old Hooky (4.6%) ENG
Wye Valley Butty Bach (4.5%) ENG

Premium Lager
St Austell Admiral’s Ale (5%) ENG

Golden Ale
Purity UBU (4.5%) ENG
Hook Norton Hooky Gold (4.2%) ENG

Abbey Ale
Brasserie St Feuillien Triple (8.5%)
Oud Beersel Bersalis (9.5%) BEL

Special Pale Ale
Delirium Tremens (8.5%) BEL
Dorothy Goodbody’s Country Ale (6%) ENG

Standard Dark Strong Ale
Het Anker Gouden Carolus Classic (8.5%) BEL

WORLD'S BEST Saison
Brasserie St Feuillien Saison (6.5%)

WORLD'S BEST Lager
Waldhaus Diplom Pils (4.9%)

WORLD'S BEST Strong Lager
Cruzcampo Gran Reserva (6.4%) SPA

WORLD'S BEST Wheat Beer
Brasserie Du Bocq Blanche De Namur (4.5% Abv) BEL

WORLD'S BEST Dark Wheat Beer
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel (5.3%) GER

WORLD'S BEST Stout/ Porter
WORLD'S BEST Baltic Porter
Baltika No.6 Porter (7%) RUS

HIGHLY COMMENDED (dry stout)
Hook Norton Double Stout (4.8%) ENG

WORLD'S BEST Dortmunder
DAB Original (5%) GER

WORLD'S BEST Fruit Beer
Früli Strawberry (4.1%) BEL

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Liefmans Kriek (6%) BEL


WORLD'S BEST Kriek Beer
Oud Beersel Oud Kriek (6.5%) BEL

WORLD'S BEST Lambic/Geuze Beer
Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze (6%) BEL

18.2% Brewdog Tokyo available at Beerhere

Brewdog Tokyo is a limited run beer. Only 3000 Brewdog Tokyo bottles have been released, 2000 of which have been shipped over to Europe. So only 1000 remain in the UK!

BeerHere have managed to get hold of the infamous Brewdog Tokyo.
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Barack Obama is also having a Beer at the end of the day

It's official, Barack Obama is Part of the Beer Conspiracy!
In perhaps the most unusual sitdown of his administration, President Barack Obama hosted Prof Henry Gates, a prominent black scholar, and Sgt James Crowley, a white police sergeant, for beers in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday evening.



Mr Obama was hoping to defuse the angry racial furore that has raged since Sgt Crowley arrested Prof Gates for disorderly conduct at the Harvard academic’s own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 16.

The President has acknowledged that he fuelled the controversy when he said that the police “acted stupidly” for arresting Prof Gates after he protested vociferously about Sgt Crowley’s actions during a burglary investigation.
Mr Obama invited the two men and Vice-President Joe Biden to join him for a symbolic beer and chat and to talk over their differences.


Source: Daily Telegraph

Brewdog Brewery Under Fire!

The legendary Scottish craft brewery Brewdog has was under fire yesterday from critics and various newspapers.

The award winning brewery has released the new batch of Tokyo at 18.2% ABV (last year's was 12% ABV)
This highly anticipated beer is brewed with jasmine and cranberries in the kettle and then dry-hopped with bucket loads of American hops. After dry-hopping Brewdog then age the beer on fantastic French toasted vanilla oak chips for 4 weeks. The beer is fermented with a champagne yeast and uses an insane amount of malt.

All sounds great doesn't it?
Well not according to the Alcohol Focus Scotland chief executive Jack Law, who claims that beers with such a high ABV (alcohol by volume) could cause as much damage as binge drinking! "This company is completely deluded if they think that an 18.2% ABV beer will help solve Scotland's alcohol problems," he said. "It is utterly irresponsible to bring out a beer which is so strong at a time when Scotland is facing unprecedented levels of alcohol-related health and social harm. "Just one bottle of this beer contains six units of alcohol - twice the recommended daily limit."

I personally can't see what all the fuss is about! Brewdog are only releasing a small batch of 3000 samples of Brewdog Tokyo. The beer can be ordered from the Brewdog website here and can be delivered outside of the UK. These 3000 bottles will go all over the place (to be precise Around 2,000 bottles have been sold to retailers abroad, and only 1,000 remain in the UK)so our friend Jack Law doesn't really have to worry about the "Scotland's alcohol problems" as the UK let alone Scotland won't be the sole receiver of this devilish beer.



"All we can see is that it will add to the binge drinking culture. They are promoting the high ABV which they should not be allowed to do." says Sarah Matthews from the British Liver Trust.

Brewdog have priced the beer at just shy of £10 pounds per 330ml bottle and encouraged it as a beer to savor. At this price I can't really see any binge drinkers forking out £10 for 330ml of drunken fun! Binge drinkers have little interest in this kind of beer. They are far more likely to pop down to the local CO-OP and spend £3 on a litre and a half of white lightning! Never mind faffing about online and waiting patiently for their £10 bottle of tiny Tokyo. Brewdog Tokyo is marketed to people who enjoy and understand beer not hoodlums.

The ABV is so high as it is used as a backbone to maintain the unique body and flavours of this very special beer.

Health campaigners should find something far more important to worry about and take a step back to admire this outstanding technical achievement!


BREWDOG BEERS AVAILABLE HERE AT BEERHERE.CO.UK

Homebrewing

Homebrewing carries with it an image of middle-aged men in baggy jumpers and broken spectacles, hiding in their garden sheds, searching for that elusive drinkable beer, like alchemists looking for gold, but merely producing an undrinkable flat brown liquid.

The truth is slightly different.

Homebrewing has gained in popularity since the late 1970s and early 1980s as a reaction to the few major breweries which produced only streamlined beers for the mass market. Since then, micro-brewers (small breweries which typically make a regional beer) and brewpubs (pubs which brew their own beer sold only in the pub) have had their small market share, as has homebrewing.

A few companies and micro-brewers, many of which had been in the homebrew brigade themselves, filled a gap in a niche market and are producing brewing kits that are foolproof. It is now possible to go into a shop on any high street and buy a brewing kit. Often the instructions on these are straightforward and the results taste pretty damn good, too. Buy the equipment, sterilise it, open the can, add some boiling water, stir, add some cold water, add the yeast sachet, leave for a while, drink.

With a little time, patience and care, anyone can do it.

Beerhere stocks some of the beers from micro breweries around the UK (see link)

Old beer is not harmful to health

The EU requirement introduced a consume-by date on the bottles a couple of years ago; The Objective Beer Tasters, a Belgian association of beer consumers, conducted a campaign against this measure.

The breweries are not happy with a compulsory consume-by date on the label, either. Beer does not really go off, although the flavour can change and it may turn slightly cloudy, experts advise.

Lager in particular has a tendency to cloud over time. The gradual clouding is caused by bonds being formed between proteins (from the malt) and polyphenols (from the chaff of the malt and the hops), so that is why types of malt are selected with not too high a protein content in which the proteins easily coagulate and can be removed during the brewing process.

Consumers do not like cloudy lager. Keeping lager clear is generally a sales issue. Drinking cloudy lager has no effect on the health of the drinker. Some special beers are deliberately made and sold cloudy.

The following beers would be highly recommended for a beer cellar (e.g., a cool cupboard in the basement). Suggested cellaring periods are in brackets, though they are only approximate cellaring times based on personal experiences and in some cases, brewery recommendations. Three gueuzes have been included for the simple reason that these beers have the best cellaring potential in the beer world. Frank Boon of Brouwerij Boon claims a 30-year cellar life for his gueuze beers.


* Brasserie d’Achouffe N’Ice Chouffe (up to 5 years) - Belgium
* Chimay Grand Reserve Blue (up to 5 years) - Belgium
* J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 1998 (up to 10 Years) - England
* Lindemans Gueuze Cuvee Rene (up to 15 years) - Belgium
* Frank Boon Gueuze Mariage Parfait (up to 20 years) - Belgium
* Cantillon Gueuze (up to 20 years) - Belgium

It is proven: Beer belly is genetic!

Experts claim that “beer does not cause pot bellies”, The Sun reported. The newspaper said the researchers had found that heavy drinkers do put on weight, but it is spread all over their body. It said that the pot belly, long thought to be associated with drinking, may be due more to genetics.

This cohort study looked at beer consumption, weight and body measurements in almost 20,000 people on two occasions over an average of six years. It found that increased beer consumption over time was linked with increased waist circumference, particularly for men. However, once a person’s overall weight was taken into account, the significance of these associations disappeared. This suggests that any weight gain from beer is distributed all over the body, rather than being concentrated around the waist.

More information on the NHS website.

Beer Glass Collecting

People now want to have the maximum out of their beer drinking experience. The German Wheat beers, for instance, have their own type of esthetically designed glass to enjoy drinking the beer to the core.
People with a craze for collecting breweriana exhibit a passion for collecting different beer glasses besides mugs and steins. Breweriana buffs collect glasses based on the variety of beers that are on hand in the market. We are sure that some of you love to collect mugs based on their make as to whether they are made by hand or are mould-blown and so on.

Here at BeerHere we stock beer glasses from all over the World from America to Spain to Austria and of course your German and Belgian glasses so why not try us out, go on make you beer drinking experience that little bit more pleasureable!

Erdinger Family of Beers

At the world's largest wheat beer brewery, tradition and progress go hand in hand: the beer is brewed according to traditional recipes, but using state-of-the-art technology. Today, beer connoisseurs around the world regard the traditional specialty beers from Erding, Bavaria, as the ultimate in wheat beer enjoyment.

Erdinger Weissbier is now available in eight different varieties.

Erdinger Urweisse
Erdinger Alcohol-Free Wheat Beer
Erdinger Schneeweisse
Erdinger Pikantus
Erdinger Kristallklar
Erdinger Hefe Weissbier
Erdinger Hefe Weissbier
Erdinger Hefe Dunkel

A very popular wheat beer found in pubs , but why not try it in the peace and quiet of your own home visit http://www.beerhere.co.uk/

NEW BBQ MIX PERFECT FOR SUMMER

It's officially the Summer and that means out in the garden barbequeing at every opportunity, so why not try our BBQ mix of beers to go with your steak, burger or sausage

Enjoy barbecues with the Beerhere BBQ mixed case! The BBQ beer tasting box contains 20 bottled beers carefully selected from around the world, a bottle opener and beer mats

- Erdinger Hefe Weisse (Germany)
- Flensburger Pilsner (Germany)
- Fruh Kolsch (Germany)
- Goose Island IPA (United States)
- Mahou Cinco Estrellas (Spain)
- Menabrea 1846 (Italy)
- Timmermans Kriek Cherry (Belgium)
- Vedett Extra Blond (Belgium)
- Veltins Pilsner (Germany)
- Victoria Bitter (Australia)


You know it makes sense

BeerHere on Nuts TV!

So, BeerHere is going up in the world! We are now the UK exclusive printers of the Vedett personalised labels.

If you are not familiar with Vedett Beer: Vedett is owned by Duvel Moortgat who are the brewers of the famous Belgian Ale Duvel.

Vedett are well known for their quirky advertising campaign. They give the public the ability to have a personal photo printed onto a case of beer. The photo can be whatever you would like it to be. A picture of your dog, your Gran, your car or even you!
This was previously only available in Belgium, but now it is possible to do it over here in the UK, but ONLY at BeerHere.co.uk. Click here to find out!

We have even had a mention on Nuts Magazine TV! Click here to watch the Video!

If you would like to your face on a case go to our website and purchase a case of Vedett!

Why not buy a case of Vedett Beer as a gift on Father's Day?

Cheers!

Jones Soda at BeerHere.co.uk

As of August 1st, 2000, Urban Juice and Soda Company Ltd. officially changed its name to Jones Soda Co ("JONES"). The story of the company began in 1987 when company founder and president, Peter van Stolk, recognized the potential of emerging "alternative" products in the beverage industry.

The company's start in the beverage world was not as a manufacturer of its own brand, but as a distributor in western Canada of other successful lines, including Just Pik't Juices, Arizona Iced Tea and Thomas Kemper sodas. By 1994, Jones was firmly established as a full line beverage distributor in western Canada, with a reputation for picking winners.

Utilizing its experience and knowledge gained in the distribution industry, JONES decided to create and distribute its own brands. In 1995, JONES created two brands of its own: WAZU Natural Spring water, launched in April 1995 and Jones Soda, launched with six flavors in January 1996. Jones Soda has been recognized and awarded for its unique packaging that features constantly changing labels that are generated and submitted by its consumers. In 2000, Jones Soda Co. launched its own version of an energy drink, named WhoopAss. The following year, in 2001, Jones Soda Co. launched 6 flavors of Jones Juice.

Good news for you guys! BeerHere now stocks all the flavours of Jones Soda!

Some of these flavours were only available in the USA.... until now!

Jones Soda is a great way to quench your thurst after a day in the sweltering heat of Britain!

Also, why not try them with Vodka and ice!??

Click here for more info

New Beer Merchandise available to Buy Online

BeerHere.co.uk has enlarged its range of Beer Merchandise; in addition to the Vedett Mint Tin and the BeerHere Pouring Spoon, the following beer stuff are available to buy online:

Desperados Stuff: Desperados Bar Runner, Desperados Bottle Opener, Desperados Jig Saw, Desperados Key Ring

Duvel Stuff : Duvel T-shirt

Tiger Beer Stuff: Tiger T-shirt, Tiger Bottle Opener

Orval Stuff: Orval Bottle Opener

Desperados Gift Pack - Only at BeerHere.co.uk

Roll up! Roll up!
For the limited run of BeerHere Desperados Gift packs!!

http://www.beerhere.co.uk/acatalog/Desperados_Gift_Packs.html#aDESPGP1

Follow the above link to have a look at the New Desperados Gift back ONLY available at BeerHere.co.uk!

The Desperados Gift Pack contains:
1 Desperados Ice Bucket (Free)
12 Desperados Bottles
1 Desperados Key Chain
1 Desperados Bottle Opener
5 Desperados Jig-Saw Beer Coasters

Summer is pretty much here people. Take this Pack (ice not included) to a picnic or BBQ or even to your Granny's.. its up to you.
Chill out with some fresh Tequila Beer on a lazy summer afternoon...yeah

News from the Liefmans Brewery

By the end of 2007, Liefmans brewery were under threat of being lost. However, Duvel Moortgat decided to take over the brewery. Duvel Moortgat undertook to rescue this piece of beer heritage, and also to provide Liefmans Brewery with a new and dynamic future. As a result, the Liefmans brewery's existing premier beers have been given a new look (Liefmans Kriek renamed Liefmans Cuvée-Brut and Liefmans Goudenband) and a brand new beer, Liefmans Fruit, is being added to the range.

Liefmans Kriek renamed Liefmans Cuvée-Brut is now available at BeerHere.

Liefmans Fruit will be available soon: watch our site!

Liefmans beer characteristic and unrivalled craftsmanship is found in the mixed fermentation of its beers and master blends. Mixed fermentation simply means that the beers are first left to ferment inside open keeves causing the controlled fermentation process to be complemented by a spontaneous fermentation of the brewery's own 'making', using microflora that are unique to the specific location, on the banks of the river Scheldt in Oudenaarde. This unique method of fermentation, which to this very day is made to occur inside the authentic copper fermentation keeves that date back to the early 20th century, ensures slow-paced maturation, thereby enriching the full-bodied flavour for periods ranging anywhere from months to several years. It is this spontaneous process that also gives each bottle its very own characteristics.

Liefmans was the first brewery to wrap each bottle in tissue-paper; All the bottles are hand-wrapped.

Here is an alternative to the living hell of the hangover!

BeerHere enlarges its range of Alcohol free beers!

In the UK, Alcohol-free beers (also called non-alcoholic or NA beers) contain not more than 0.05% Alcohol By Volume. Most alcohol-free beers are lagers, but there are some non-alcoholic ales.

Non-alcoholic beers may impart the same cardiovascular benefits as its traditional counterpart (research had shown moderate consumption of alcohol could have beneficial effects on health, in particular on preventing cardiovascular disease) but without the potential negative impact of excessive consumption.

Have a look to our range of low alcohol beers available at BeerHere.co.uk:
- Belgian alcohol Free beers: Jupiler Alcohol-Free, Stella Artois Non-Alcoholic Beer
- German non alcoholic wheat beers: Erdinger Alkoholfrei, Maisel's Weisse Alkoholfrei, Schneider Weisse Alkoholfrei, Veltins Alkoholfrei.

Learn to taste Beer like the experts!

Learn to taste like the experts with the tutored tastings at the Great British Beer Festival 2009 held in London (4-8 August 2009). More info on the show...

There are a variety of tastings, taking place in the evening or lunchtime sessions. You will be led through taste, look, style, history and other interesting information about the beers that you try.

The tasting sessions are listed below and places are available now to book online in advance. The tickets are priced at £11 (CAMRA members) / £12 (Non-CAMRA members) and can be bought at the same time as your admission ticket.

- "A Life on the Hop" by Roger Protz
Leading beer writer Roger Protz showcases six beers from his new book "A Life on the Hop" that define his last 30 years work in search for the perfect pint. A book signing will follow after the tasting.

- Champion Beers of Britain by Roger Protz
A taste of the best from this year's competition, including the category winners and the current Champion Beer of Britain, hosted by one of the lead judges and Good Beer Guide editor Roger Protz.

- The Best Bottled Real Ales by Jeff Evans
Jeff Evans, a bottle-conditioned beer expert, will take you through six of his favourite beers taken from the new edition of the "Good Bottled Beer Guide".

- A Beginner's Guide to Real Ale by Melissa Cole
If your opinion of beer is that it's all bitter brown liquid or fizzy lager then come along to this tasting and let leading female beer expert Melissa Cole change your mind. The tasting will feature a selection of styles and strengths to suit all.

- Meet the Brewers hosted by Simon Jackson
Simon Jackson will host this popular tasting with six of the UK's finest brewers, each one guiding you through their finest beer.

- The Best from Belgium by Tim Webb
Tim Webb, author of the new edition of the "Good Beer Guide Belgium", presents six traditional and unique beers from Belgium.

British Ciders and Perry's

Are you looking for British ciders or British Pear ciders to buy online ? Here is some great news for you: BeerHere is now selling English ciders and perrys including :

- Dunkertons Ciders & Pear Ciders
- Henney's Ciders
- Hogan Ciders
- Thatcher's Ciders & Pear Ciders
- Westons Ciders & Pear Ciders

Have a look at our English ciders and perrys range now: Cider & Perrys @ BeerHere

Buy British Beers online at BeerHere.co.uk

BeerHere has had a re-vamp!

As I have written in a previous post. BeerHere are taking stock of some British Beers.

We now have them in and ready for purchase. There are 172 new additions to the range.
Ales, Lagers, Ciders, Perrys. You name it we have it!

Have a look at our new products section by clicking here but dont stop there. You will find plenty more new aditions on the site.

Cheers!

Oz & James, Drink to Britain

The Kings Head at Huddersfield station.

Our designated driver for the night!

Stalybridge station Pub.

If you are familiar with the television series 'Oz & James, Drink to Britain'. You may remember in the first episode where they do a pub crawl in Yorkshire ending up in Lancashire.
The Pub crawl is more of a train ride on the Trans-Pennine Express to three Stations that have a Pub on the Platform and serve good real ale.
They Start off in Dewsbury then to Huddersfield (there are two pubs in this station. They went to the Kings Head rather than the Head of Steam) and ending up over the border in Lancashire at the Stalybridge Station Pub.

I fortunately live in Huddersfield, so a few pals and I decided to give this a crack.
However, Huddersfield is in the middle of the journey so we decided to opt out on Dewsbury, on our miniature Oz & James adventure.

So, we started in the Kings Head, on the platform of Huddersfield station. Meaning, when our train arrived, we could literally step out of the pub and onto the train.
There was a pretty big selection of good beer at very good prices.
I got the first round in; £8.80 for four ‘Magus’ from the Durham Brewery.
This is a great golden session ale, really easy to drink. You could taste a hint of lemon in the mouth. The name means magician. I’m not sure why they call it this. Maybe because the beer has magic inside it, making you want more? Who knows! Well, the magic did work, and a few more of these were had.
Our second beer of choice was ‘Hophead’ from the Dark Star brewery in Sussex. Again, pretty cheap: £2.10 a pint!
Another golden session ale. It smelled pretty sweet, with a touch of elderflower. Never the less, a full bodied drink despite its strength and dryness. A very drinkable and clean beer that we all enjoyed.

Half way through our second helping of ‘Hophead’, it was announced over the Tannoy that our train had arrived. Down they went, off we went to Stalybridge.

The journey over the border takes about half an hour. Not too long when your with your mates.

Stalybridge station pub is on the opposite side of the platform when arriving from Huddersfield, so a short march under that tracks gets us into our final destination for the night.

The pub itself has a warm and friendly atmosphere despite the Yorkshire/Lancashire divide! It is a nice place to be, with all sorts of railway related memorabilia plastered all over the walls (a train spotter’s dream).
Again, as promised; a large selection of good British beer. I even spotted some pretty decent Belgian beer lurking in the fridge.
First up was ‘Rainbow Chaser’ by the Wem brewery in Shrewsbury. There is some confusion in the name here. I have seen the brewery listed as Hanby Ales, but it said Wem on the tap, so Wem it is.
By this time I had had my fair share of ale, so I can’t really recall the price. Having inspected my wallet the next day, I was reassured that it was pretty cheap!
Anyway, back to the beer:
‘Rainbow Chaser’, a very pale bitter, full of flavour. A very hoppy and sweet aroma followed by tangy refreshing mouth. Another classic British ale. Probably my favourite of the evening.

My second and final choice at Stalybridge was ‘Longbow’ by the Empire brewery. I was a bit disappointed with this beer. It was very watery and smelled like soggy cardboard! It may have been that the barrel needed changing, after all it was nearing closing time.
By this time it was 23.14. One minute to wait for the train back to Huddersfield. Down the rest of the soggy cardboard went and a couple of steps back onto the trans-Pennine express.

However, all of that rushing to catch the last train home had forfeited a toilet stop! And there were no toilets on the train! With half an hour to bare and a full bladder, desperate measures had to be taken……

British Beer

BeerHere are now taking stock of over 170 new British beers, Ciders and Perrys!

From the Brewdog Brewery in Fraserburgh to the Wooden Hand Brewery in Cornwall. You name it, we are most likely to have it!

Mothering Sunday at BeerHere

It is Mother's day this Sunday! (22nd of March 2009).
Let all appreciate what our Mother's have done for us in our lives and show them some love this sunday.
BeerHere.co.uk have been running around these past few week trying to create some special beer mixed cases to suit Mother's Day.
We have done it. There are all sorts of lovely items for you to choose from.
We offer Champagne Beer and Fruit beer separately, but also in Beer Mixed Cases and also Beer Gift packs!
Just click here to take a closer look!
For now.... happy St. Patricks Day
and for then.... Happy Mother's Day!

St Patricks day!

It is St. Patricks Day on the 17th of March! Don't forget to get your Guinness!

BeerHere.co.uk are offering John Martin Guinness - Special Export! for all you beer enthusiasts out there.



This isn't your usual Guinness. This is a much more intense chocolatey, burnt experience than available generally in the U.K.
John Martin Special export is brewed mainly for Belgium but we at BeerHere have brought some all the way back for St. Patricks day! Now that is pretty kind of us don't you think?! And to add to that we are giving away free Guinness T-Shirts with each case!
Come on, what a steal!

Click here to see the BeerHere St. Patricks Day deals!

New Beer Available at BeerHere!

Urthel Hop-It , a new addition to the Belgian Beer range at BeerHere.co.uk!

Another Beer for the Hop Lover ! Made from 1 Malt and 3 different Hops, Urthel Hop-It Superior Hoppy Blond Ale is a wonderfully complex creation.

The Story:
Following a visit to the American Northwest in January, 2005, Hildegard returned to Belgium enthusiastic about of the differents Indian Pale Ales (IPA) she had tasted. With her passion for barley, yeast and especially hops, she wanted to brew an IPA of her own. It had to be special, an hommage to hops in the style of American Craft Brewers, but with a real Flemish touch. Her touch!
Using only different aromatic European hops and nothing but Pilsner malt, Hildegard has created a vibrant, hoppy, full-flavored top fermented and bottle conditioned golden special classic, Urthel Hop-It.

Urthel Hop-It, now a available at BeerHere Uk.

The Temple of a Million Bottles

The resident Buddhist monks at the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew complex in north-east Thailand have built twenty buildings from beer bottles including; the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground which serve as monks quarters.

Over all 1.5 million bottles were used. The bottle collection started in 1984. But the monks do not intend to stop there: 'The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make', says Abbot San Kataboonyo.

Recycling doesn't stop at building the temple's buildings - mosaics around the temple, predominantly of Buddha, are made out of bottle caps.
Besides being ego-friendly, the disused bottles don't fade, provide good lighting and are easy to clean.

Special Offers at BeerHere.co.uk!

Hello every one!

There are loads of special offers going on at BeerHere. Just visit the website an see what suits your fancy!
We have thrown in free beer glasses with the beer mixed cases. Free Pouring spoons with the Black and Tan mix.
There are even limited edition mint tins with Vedett beer!

Black & Tan Pouring Spoon now available!

The official BeerHere Black & Tan pouring spoon is now available at BeerHere.co.uk!
Click here to view. Also take a look at the demonstration video on the same page.

Black & Tan Mix

The Black & Tan Mix is finally here!
Click here to view it on the BeerHere website!

Well after much wiating, BeerHere have brought the Black and Tan mixed beer case to life!
The Black & Tan mix comes complete with a selection of 10 darker beers and 10 lighter beers, for you to enjoy.
We have also thrown in an official BeerHere pouring spoon for free. The BeerHere pouring spoon is a great aid for creating your perfect Black and Tan beer mix.


Take a look at the videos on the edge of this page to see how its done or:
Follow the Youtube link below to have a look at the BeerHere Pouring spoon being demonstrated!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFmGU8vcIF0&feature=channel_page

What is YOUR Favourite beer???

I have just had a quick whizz around the BeerHere office asking my colleagues what their favourite beer is.
I had a couple of shotgun answers like: Stella and Fosters, but I know you people have more taste and a better imagination than that.
After some thought we came up with a short list of beers we had tried and enjoyed the most.

The German beers were the most popular, with two entries from Erdinger; the Hefe Wiesse and the Hefe Dunkel. Flensburger Gold was also mentioned
One Belgian beer was mentioned in the form of: Karmeliet Tripel
From America we had: Brooklyn Lager
and from France Desperados
Not a bad list for a hand full of humble office workers.

Now this list is just to get you all started. Please let us know what your favourite beer is and why buy commenting on this post. It is very simple to do. Anyone can just click comment below and put some text in. Easy as that.

If you have pictures of you favourite beer,(even you drinking that beer) and want to see them in this blog then please email them to info@beerhere.co.uk and they will be posted for you to see. (we will notify you when they are up)

Others can then comment on your posts etc. etc.

Come on people lets get a community going and have a chat about good beer???!!

February Special Offers at BeerHere

BeerHere are being very kind to you this month and chucking in a free glass with every case of Chimay, Duvel, Vedett White and Looza Fruit Juices!
This offer is part of the BeerHere february special offers and will only be available to you this month and this month only! So hurry hurry and get that free stylish beer glass you have always wanted.

Also part of the February special offers at BeerHere:



The BeerHere team are offering to give away three Vedett mint tins free with every case of Vedett Blond ordered. These aren't just your average mint tins. These are exclusive to Vedett and of a very limited edition!
So be quick to get your hands on this special FREE offer at BeerHere before time runs out!