Steampunks at BeerHeadZ

Steampunk @ BHZ – Calling all Steampunks!

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FREE Steampunk BeerZ @ BeerHeadZ BeerHeadZ Lincoln has commissioned Cheeky Imp brewery to brew us three truly EXCLUSIVE beers to celebrate the Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln next month. They will be available only at BeerHeadZ over the weekend, 24th-27th August. Newark Steampunk aficionado Jay (Von Duran) Doran will be crafting special leather pump clips to showcase the beers on the bar, so big hoorahs to him! Also thanks to John Carcass of Cheeky Imp for rising to the challenge of creating these most excellent beers just for us and to Lincoln Steampunk Adie Trevelyan (aka Dr. Porridge) for getting involved in this project. One will be named BeerPunkZ – A juicy New England IPA, packed with Mosaic and Sorachi hops. The second beer – SteamHeadZ – will be a beautifully smooth coconut and vanilla stout. The third is a …

American bar at GBBF

GBBF should change.

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Well, the curtain closes on another hugely successful Great British Beer Festival, which ended yesterday. But whilst I enjoyed it and think it’s an incredibly well-run event and one that CAMRA should justifiably be proud of, I can’t help thinking that it’s not what it should be. Sure, there were 900-odd beers showcased. Sure, the beer (certainly the ones I sampled) was in top nick, but there is something big missing. GBBF, as CAMRA’s showcase event, should be highlighting the very best of the British beer industry. They should be presenting the pioneering breweries that are producing fantastic beers using cutting-edge techniques to brew exciting and innovative, world-class beers.  These breweries were almost totally absent (with less than a handful of exceptions – Tiny Rebel and Vocation to name a couple) and the beer choice was, in the main (and …

Brewtopia guys

BeerHeadZ meets Brewtopia.

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At this week’s BeerHeadZ research (yes, honest!) trip to the excellently organised Leicester CAMRA beer festival, BeerHead Phil ran into old acquaintance Owen Ogletree, renowned American beer blogger, BJCP beer judge and founder of both the Brewtopia website and Classic City Brew Fest which is held in Athens, Georgia, USA. When he’s not drinking, judging or writing about beer, Owen still finds time to organise beer tours around Europe for like-minded folk, taking in some of the best beer destinations in the world. It was on his latest organised jaunt to the UK that I bumped into him again with three of his colleagues – Mark Hall, Ian Meents and Daniel Pittard. These guys are serious drinking machines! It was their second visit to the festival in as many days and they were sharing and ticking off beers from the …

Next Stop Hop City Beerfest II

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This weekend sees our second ‘Next Stop Hop City’ beer fest at BeerHeadZ Retford, which compliments the Retford Beer Festival which runs Fri 7th – Sun 9th October. BeerHeadZ Retford will be featuring, over the weekend: Atom (Hull: 2013) – Singularity 3.5% The Atom twist on a mild: Big chunky body, and infused with oak smoked wheat and vanilla, aged on oak. Tons of flavour in a small package. BlackJack (Manchester: 2012) – Shuffled Deck 3.9% Golden/Blond Ale. Aromas of citrus, light floral hops. Taste is light bitter, faint malt. Bitter finish. By the Horns (Merton: 2011) – Hop Air Balloon 4.2% Aroma and taste combines sweet bready malts, light citrus accents of lemon, straw, some grassy and floral hoppy action. By the Horns (Merton: 2011) – Stiff Upper Lip 3.8% A well-balanced mellow malt gives the beer a clear …

The first Harrow-HeadZ beer festival

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BeerHeadZ Grantham are delighted to work with the Lord Harrowby bring you the first Harrow-HeadZ beer festival, held at the same time and complementing the Grantham CAMRA festival. BeerHeadZ opening times: Wed & Thu – 13.00 – 23.00 Fri & Sat – 12.00 – 00.00 Sun – 12.00 – 22.00 All eight pumps will be on over the festival, with some in reserve. Brass Castle/Almasty collab – Elderflower and Rose Pale 4.2% Fyne – Hurricane Jack 4.4% Imperial/Steel City/Reptilian Cervesa Artesanal (Spain) collab – Turkeys Voting for Christmas 9.0% Isca – American Rye 5.0% London Beer Lab – Session IPA 4.2% Mallinsons – The Amazonian 5.2% North Riding – Oatmeal Stout 5.0% North Riding – Waimea 4.2% Staggeringly Good – Staggersaurus 4.0% Wild Weather – 5.15 5.2% Wylam – Jakehead 6.3% Beer list may vary, dependent upon deliveries. We look …

Beer list for the 1st Cannon Ale Run

Cannon Ale Run beer list

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We now have the final list for this week’s forthcoming Cannon Ale Run festival, which features BeerHeadZ Retford, the White Lion and the Idle Valley Tap and starts this Thursday June 23rd and runs (excuse the pun) through until Sunday 26th. Almasty – Citra 4.2% A single hopped pale ale. Bad Seed – Session I.P.A 4.0% A session IPA with German Comet, German Cascade & Perle hops. Cloudwater – Bitter 4.3% A hoppy bitter using seasonal ingredients. Errant – Knight 3.5% A classic bitter with English hops. Errant/Quilliam – Ahab 5.0% Lapsang Souchong stout. Five points – Pale ale 4.4% A zesty aromatic pale ale with Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops. Harbour – Amber 4.0% A malt driven ale with caramel and toffee flavour. Finished with mild floral hops. Left Handed Giant – Lactose Tolerant 5.5%. A milk stout North …