Greetings one and all!! Welcome to the first beer review of the year (although I do appreciate it is somewhat late being February and all... I hope you enjoyed the last blog with the review of the excellent wines and food pairing at The Monro in Liverpool, but this month we are back on track with a beer review for the beers experienced in January. It’s quite a spread this time once again, but we are having another bottle shop review in the form of the Crosby Bottle Beer shop on College road in Crosby, North Liverpool. For those who have some experience of all things beer, the shop was indeed once known as (the legendary) Lancashire Heroes; selling all manner of continental and best of British ales to the public, bringing people from miles around to source stuff that simply wasn’t available anywhere else – the supermarkets were still in the throes of mid-nineties infatuation with Stella Artois and just about getting their heads around stocking wheat beer, such as the fairly ubiquitous Hoegaarden. This bottle shop has undergone a bit of revamp once again at the end of 2015, going from stocking a great range of continental lagers, dubbels, wit and lambics along with British ales from Cumbria, the local area and beyond, to getting hold of some of the more recognisable craft brewers such as Arbor, Buxton, Brooklyn, Wild Beer, Thornbridge along with Neptune, 3 Potts, Siren Craft, Wiper and True, Gigantic and Firebrand Brewing Company. I spoke to the Bottle Shops' Jamie Greer about their revamp, which has recently been bolstered by the sounds of it.... "We decided last autumn that we didn't just want to be shop that sold craft beer, we want to be an EXPERIENCE for beer lovers. Every week we get new beers in to keep things interesting and allow our customers to always have new things to try - and we do this on large scale. Very recently we've had to use more shelving and now have around 607 beers at the last count. This will continue. Also, we genuinely cater for all tastes, having traditional bitters and milds to massively hoppy IPAs, stouts and barley wines from breweries making strides in the industry. We have have a large can section (about 45 at last count) and loads of sours now to address that trend. Lastly, we are soon going to launch bottle tasting nights once a month so honestly its all about the experience not just buying a few beers." This increase in range has lifted the reasons to visit up to a new level, not least because the pricing structure is actually very reasonable for most of the stock. The shop doesn’t open on a Monday sadly, but opens most days from 1pm up until 7 or 8pm. And now… for the beers!
That’s the lot for January everyone, but thanks again for reading and if you have anything you would like to add about any of the beers from this month’s review, please just post below the line. Don’t forget to share on Twitter and Facebook too if you enjoyed the blog and feel as though someone you know would enjoy the read! Also, don’t forget to pop along to Crosby and poke your nose in through the door if you’re in the area; you’re unlikely to leave empty handed! Next time we’ll have a review of some beers from a brewery that has recently undergone a rebranding exercise and has sent some of their wares across for comment. We also have the February review nearly ready (as I am a little behind on things!) along with plenty of other good things for 2016. Cheers for now! Pedro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crosby Bottle Beer Shop 59 College Road Crosby Merseyside L23 0RL Tel: 0151 949 1834 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crosbybeershop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/crosbybeershop
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Paul Leg
3/2/2016 04:33:21 am
You have to try Crafty Nanna's Dog Witch Brew. It's Australian, available in booths.
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Pedro
3/2/2016 06:41:38 am
Hi Paul,
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