As ever, we have eight beers on display for you all to read about, mixed styles from breweries across the UK on this occasion. Excluding one or two, they all come from a relative newcomer to the bottle shop scene, whose presence has yet to be felt with any real force on social media. The Bottle Tree, on Church Road in Formby, Merseyside has relatively small premises, but they do stock some very different beers to those seen in other bottle shops in the area. There are the usual cans of Beavertown on display, but there are also some from other lesser-known breweries based down in London plus a few in the Lake District and elsewhere including Wildcard, Limestone, Keswick, Two Cocks, Parker and Old School. I have attempted to cover these in my tasting notes below, as it is a welcome change for the shops in the area to try and cover different bases and co-exist as much as possible – those who frequent the shops for a beer run (such as myself) tend to go along to each, with the Bottle Tree now providing an extra destination along the coastal run from Liverpool to Southport (or vice versa, depending on your perspective of course). The Bottle Tree is a family run business, which opened in February/March earlier this year. Chris Giles who serves in the RAF runs the establishment with the help of his parents and I am lucky enough on my last visit to get to chat to his mother Patricia, who is heavily invested in what they are trying to accomplish. The shop also doubles as a micropub with a cask cider and couple of beers ready and primed for drinkers alongside the ample selection of beers, there is also a good selection of wines and spirits available, pushing the Bottle Tree above the normal off-license premises. If you’ve not had a chance to visit yet, it is more than worthy of a few moments to go and find some beers that you’re unlikely to have yet tried. So what are the beers like....? See below.
Right, that's your lot.
Until next time…. Stay thirsty everyone! There’ll be another bottle shop profile to come too! Pedro. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Bottle Tree 99 Church Road Formby, Merseyside L37 3ND Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebottletree_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebottletreeformby
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