It may be 2020 now but there’s still a few more countries from last year’s beery jaunt around Europe for me to get through yet. I hope everybody has had a relaxing festive break and is embracing the Tryanuary spirit. What better way to spend the long, dark winter nights than with a hearty stout … Continue reading Hopping Around: Serbia
A group from Sheffield CAMRA jumped on the tram train to Parkgate to visit Chantry Brewery on Friday 10th January. We were also joined there by some of our beery friends from Rotherham and Barnsley. As well as having a bit of a nosy and seeing their 20BBL brew kit and 4 fermenting vessels used … Continue reading Chantry Brewery trip
On Saturday 9th.November, 39 of the many volunteers at SCBF45 had a day out. This year we went to Harrogate. An initial hour long stop at the recently opened Roosters Brewery and Taproom was followed by a few hours in Harrogate. Roosters were founded in 1993 and quickly developed a reputation for brewing ground-breaking, hop-forward … Continue reading Steel City Beer & Cider Festival volunteers day out
It was great to be back in Sheffield again for a few days in October for the Steel City Beer & Cider Festival. Once again, it was a really successful event and credit goes to all the volunteers who work hard throughout the year to make it so enjoyable. Poppy and I have now been … Continue reading Hopping Around: Hungary
Our tour around Europe has sadly now come to an end, but we’ve had a fantastic five-and-a-bit months traversing the continent and exploring the beer scenes old and new. Poppy and I are back in the UK for now – until we’ve saved up enough to go again at least! In the meantime, we’ve got … Continue reading Hopping Around: Slovakia
As I sit down to write about this month’s adventures, we’re less than six weeks away from this year’s Steel City Beer Festival. Poppy and I have been fulfilling our roles from afar; the food stalls are finally all sorted, press and trade invites have been sent and attendee numbers on the Facebook event have … Continue reading Hopping Around: Czech Republic
After a couple of months hopping around the Baltics, it was time for us to head to Poland. Poland is a country we’ve both been to several times before and always been impressed by, so we were very excited to see what it would have to offer on the beer front. A very slow train … Continue reading Hopping Around: Poland
Morecambe a popular seaside resort in the mid 20th century, but now it’s more famous for its potted shrimps and the birthplace John Eric Bartholomew or known to millions as Eric Morecambe. A town that’s always looked to its near neighbour in Lancaster for a different variety of real ales. Well times are changing with … Continue reading Beer on my travels – Morecambe
As I write this, Poppy and I are three months into our trip, just about the half-way point before we head back to Sheffield for the festival in October. Everything sounds like it’s coming along nicely and it should be another fantastic event this year! We arrived in Lithuania, the last of the three Baltic … Continue reading Hopping Around: Lithuania
First up I’d like to thank everyone who has managed to check out our blog so far, we really appreciate it and hope you’ve been enjoying reading! If you haven’t managed to have a look yet, you can find it at hoppingaround.co.uk. So, after three weeks exploring Estonia we headed down towards Latvia. After successfully … Continue reading Hopping Around: Latvia