black sheep brewery

We had a great day out the other day we ended up at blacksheep brewery, Black sheep ale ,

We ended up having a few drinks, in the lovely setting of this north yorkshire brewery.

"Black Sheep ale has a bittersweet malty taste, followed by Black Sheeps uncompromising long, dry and bitter finish.

A pleasing brew with good fruit, malt and hop characters".

We also have a great selection of English Ale's available.

Spanish Beer

Well the world cup is over with Spain winning.

Here at beerhere we have a great selection of

Spanish lagers to choose from, so why not celebrate

the spanish teams historic win, with some great lager.

Cruzcampo , Estrella Damm , Mahou , San Miguel.

Taste The Summer.

We have a great selection of ales, lagers and ciders ideal to quench your thirst this summer.

Colomba, Westons Organic Pear Cider, Coniston Bluebird Bitter, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Little Creatures Pale Ale, James Boag's Premium Lager.

Why not give them a try. Our World Cup mix now Includes White Shield Ale, representing England And Hite from South Korea. mix is still available,

Fathers Day

Why not treat your dad to a BEERHERE gift voucher to buy his favourite beer, they are availabe in £20.00 , £40.00 and £60.00.

We have lots of ideal gifts for fathers day from gifts packs to beer glasses and everything else in between.

Why not treat him to a membership of our exclusive beer club

New Tasting Notes for our World Cup Mix, with the new South Korean beer added to the mix.

World Cup Beer Mix

World cup beer mix is available now.

Celebrate the tournament in style with this fantastic 20 bottle World Cup beer mix.

Some old classics and some new favourites.

The World Cup Mix includes beers from.

France, Germany, England, USA, Nigeria, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, South Africa and many more.

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BeerHereUk's Trip to Cologne!

Last week BeerHere.co.uk had lovely three day break in the City of Cologne.
'What a wonderful opportunity' we thought to sample some of Germany's finest Kolsch beers brewed by some of the 24 breweries situated in and around the historic city.

Amongst the many delicious beers we tried, here are a few names that spring to mind: Paffgan Kolsch, Gilden Kolsch, Muhlen Kolsch and Gaffel Kolsch (our favourite, but we'll come to that later).

On the final night we visited Cologne's legendary pub Haxenhaus. Founded in 1231 Haxenhaus is the oldest pub in Cologne. When it was first built the pub was a home for hiring sailors. Now it is one of Cologne's finest medieval public houses offering great authentic beer and food!

The best part of our visit to Haxenhaus was the wheel of fortune which is spun once a night.
We had consumed a fair amount of the Gaffel Kolsch they had pouring from the tap and had set up a tab to cover the bill at the end of the night.
When the wheel of fortune is spun, whatever number it lands on applies to the brass numbers tacked to each table around the room. If you are so fortunate for the wheel to land on your table number then all your drinks are free!
The BeerHere team were sitting on table number 31 and lucky for us the wheel of fortune landed on the very same number! So the evening couldn't have worked out any better!

A quick fact: The glasses used for drinking Kolsch are traditionally only 0.2L (just under half a pint). The reason being: it is believed that if you have your kolsch in anything bigger the beer gets too warm and as a result less fresh. If it were served in a pint glass, by the time you had drunk half out it, the remaining half would have lost its freshness!

To see our Cologne youtube video click here.

Don't Forget Mother's Day!

It's Mothers Day this Sunday (14/03/10)!
BeerHere have hand picked a small selection a beer gift packs just for your Mum this mothers day!

Click here to select your beer gift pack. Perfect for Mother's Day 2010!

Hurry while stocks last!

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!!!!!

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.

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

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/

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

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

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!