Craft Beer
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DoctorMick
Striker
Put on a keg of Cloudwater Soft Fruiting Bodies in the garage today to try and relieve the stresses of getting the f***ing pub reopened. The beer is nice at least!
FlyingLotus
Midfield
Had the Dooper tonight, lovely! Big fan of the Full Circle offerings so far.
That No Capes beer from Tiny Rebel was absolutely minging
That No Capes beer from Tiny Rebel was absolutely minging
Had that from s43 yesterday too, it’s good but dank money was a shade better.
have the threefold big hitter for tonight. Off work tomorrow
I’ve got an outside table booked at the brewery first day they’re open. They messaged me before opening the booking systems. Offering regulars the chance to get booked in. I think I need to admit I have a FCBC problemHad the Dooper tonight, lovely! Big fan of the Full Circle offerings so far.
That No Capes beer from Tiny Rebel was absolutely minging
Heads up all - FCBC have pure phase on growler refills direct from the brewery at the minute. (The pump clip for this is my avatar on here) It’s easily of the best DDH pales I’ve ever had.
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Well, I took today off from work and have had a few beers about the place. A few belated birthday beers
went into the palm place on wessington way against my better judgement. The food was ok, the beer was predictably shite. Service was f***ing atrocious. Felt sorry for the lass serving us, she was getting the proper run around. It will be chaos at the weekend when it’s full.
Took off through to Newcastle and had a couple of very decent pints at By The River Brew Co. Pint of Heedbanger, fresh as a daisy, hoppy and dank as f**k. Outstanding. Closely followed with a pint of Wylam Best on cask. First cask in months. Lush. Really well organised if you’re that way on.
cheeky pint in the Ivy House on the way home too. Pint of Joosy Pale ale by Unbarred decent fresh, sessionable gear. Great to see that all the staff were back and have survived lockdown and furlough.
went into the palm place on wessington way against my better judgement. The food was ok, the beer was predictably shite. Service was f***ing atrocious. Felt sorry for the lass serving us, she was getting the proper run around. It will be chaos at the weekend when it’s full.
Took off through to Newcastle and had a couple of very decent pints at By The River Brew Co. Pint of Heedbanger, fresh as a daisy, hoppy and dank as f**k. Outstanding. Closely followed with a pint of Wylam Best on cask. First cask in months. Lush. Really well organised if you’re that way on.
cheeky pint in the Ivy House on the way home too. Pint of Joosy Pale ale by Unbarred decent fresh, sessionable gear. Great to see that all the staff were back and have survived lockdown and furlough.
A pub called the Stables has opened in Cleadon. Lazy Lizard Brewery. Not sure if it’s just draft, or if they do takeaway, or can their beer or what, but might be something to try.
Town End Farmer Giles
Striker
Well, I took today off from work and have had a few beers about the place. A few belated birthday beers
went into the palm place on wessington way against my better judgement. The food was ok, the beer was predictably shite. Service was f***ing atrocious. Felt sorry for the lass serving us, she was getting the proper run around. It will be chaos at the weekend when it’s full.
Took off through to Newcastle and had a couple of very decent pints at By The River Brew Co. Pint of Heedbanger, fresh as a daisy, hoppy and dank as f**k. Outstanding. Closely followed with a pint of Wylam Best on cask. First cask in months. Lush. Really well organised if you’re that way on.
cheeky pint in the Ivy House on the way home too. Pint of Joosy Pale ale by Unbarred decent fresh, sessionable gear. Great to see that all the staff were back and have survived lockdown and furlough.
Thats one hell of a trek. We were really tempted by By the River for Friday, but its a bit out of the way to get there and find a huge queue as they're walk ins only so just stopping in Newcastle where we've got places booked. Shame as it's a smashing place
I could have warned you about the Palm, beer was always shit, even the bottle selection is shit. A pint of Shipyard in the Wessie would have been a better option
Wasn’t that bad of a trek We had a designated driverThats one hell of a trek. We were really tempted by By the River for Friday, but its a bit out of the way to get there and find a huge queue as they're walk ins only so just stopping in Newcastle where we've got places booked. Shame as it's a smashing place
I could have warned you about the Palm, beer was always shit, even the bottle selection is shit. A pint of Shipyard in the Wessie would have been a better option
hence the choice of the Palm. After that shitshow, I chose 
by the river really well organised- same as the Ivy house , both just walk ups too. Be a right fuck on come the weekend though.
Town End Farmer Giles
Striker
Wasn’t that bad of a trek We had a designated driver
by the river really well organised- same as the Ivy house , both just walk ups too. Be a right fuck on come the weekend though.
Ah right, always public transport or a taxi for me unless I'm out with the missus (rare) and the daughter drives (even rarer), hence its mostly Sunderland and Newcastle for me. Occasionally do Tynemouth or Ouseburn.
I'm expecting everywhere to be quite well organised. It was in lockdown one and also in the tiers.
DoctorMick
Striker
Replaced all our lines then Worked for 5 hours yesterday and it was rammed, my feet are killing! Stopped on after working for another 5 hours, my head is killing!
Good stuff. Long may it continue
We should have a SMB coach trip here like. We can all drink 10% pints & leave after 45 minutes off our tits
Steeeeeeed
Midfield
cloud water releasing some beers for Tesco. Looks like 4 collab beers for a tenner
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Beer With Big Ideas — Cloudwater Brew Co
by Connor Murphy Over recent years, we have received a multitude of offers from supermarkets keen to showcase our beer on their shelves. Until this point, none of the offers have felt right, either for us to reach our goals, or for growth of the wider industry. Given that the role of supermarkets
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FlyingLotus
Midfield
Also doing 4 of their own apparently! Great news if they’re as good as expected.cloud water releasing some beers for Tesco. Looks like 4 collab beers for a tenner
Beer With Big Ideas — Cloudwater Brew Co
by Connor Murphy Over recent years, we have received a multitude of offers from supermarkets keen to showcase our beer on their shelves. Until this point, none of the offers have felt right, either for us to reach our goals, or for growth of the wider industry. Given that the role of supermarkets
Blue_Monday
Central Defender
Not sure how I feel about this from Cloudwater, they are the best brewery around for me and I buy from them at least a few times a month, these beers are being made at Brewdog so that makes me doubt how good they will be, it wont hurt them financially doing this obviously but reputation wise I think they could suffer.
The Cloudwater Brew Dog collab they used to sell in Tesco wasn't good. Had that same nasty Brew Dog aftertaste so I'd expect these to have the same problem. Yeastie Boys were the same when Brew Dog were making them as well.
Town End Farmer Giles
Striker
They're obviously prepared to risk their reputation with hardened craft beer drinkers to make more money. If the beers are good I'll buy them, if they aren't I won't.
Some people will presumably stop buying their stuff as they see this as selling out, but I'd imagine the lost sales will be a tiny percentage of the additional sales they get from being stocked in Tesco.
Northern Monk seem to do OK walking this line, my main concern is that Brewdog are making them.
We'll see...
Doubt it'll have much of an impact really. It'll open them up to more people that know them now, and they're putting 3 other tiny breweries in the shop window, one of which is queer which is good for inclusion in an industry pretty terrible for it.
Whether they should be supporting a company like Tesco that is undercutting the independents and potentially killing the industry is another matter.
They've got a blog post about it on their website: Beer With Big Ideas — Cloudwater Brew Co
Shame that one of the 4 pack is alcohol free.
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DoctorMick
Striker
A cynical person would possibly think the 4 pack is used as cover for them whacking a load of core range beers into Tesco...
