Brewhouse Beer Blog
by Richard Salsbury
A Little About Richard
I try to write on a broad variety of topics, but I have a particular interest in technology, society, and personal philosophy, which all sounds very grand, but I’m also deeply concerned with writing stuff that entertains. An element of humour and/or irony often creeps in.
Some of my favourite writers include David Mitchell, Scarlett Thomas, Jonathan Coe, Kurt Vonnegut, Graham Greene, Dickens, Shakespeare … I could go on.
All of my novels are based in the fictional town of Strathurst, on the border between Hampshire and Surrey.
In my previous jobs I have worked as a civil engineer, software engineer, training instructor and technical writer.
Real Ale Train, Alton to Alresford
Real Ale Train, Alton to Alresford, 24th June 2017 What could be more English than taking a journey on a steam train through the old green and pleasant, while drinking real ale? That’s the proposition of the Real Ale Train (or RAT, as it’s affectionately dubbed). It starts from Alton, and chugs to Alresford and back,…
Read More Dark Side of the Wight
Dark Side of the Wight (500ml, 5.0% ABV) Yates’ Brewery, not to be confused with Yates Brewery, is a drinks distributor and brewer based in Newchurch on the Isle of Wight. They’ve been making beer since 2000 and are run by father and son partnership Dave Senior and Dave Junior. Dark Side of the Wight is their strongest…
Read More Hole Hearted – Fallen Acorn
Hole Hearted – Fallen Acorn (500ml, 4.7% ABV) They’re back! After the sad demise of the Oakleaf Brewery, one of my favourite local purveyors of beer, they arise Phoenix-like from the ashes as Fallen Acorn (geddit?). Similar resurrections have taken place across the south. The Havant Brewery may no longer have brewing premises, but…
Read More Hoptimus Prime 6.5% ABV)
Hoptimus Prime (330ml, 6.5% ABV) As well as a stable of four regular beers, Fallen Acorn are also brew up experiments as part of their ‘Nutty’ range, which currently consists of no fewer than eight beers. Some of these are pretty wild (fancy a tangerine infused weissbier or a rye beer made with Rooibos tea?).…
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Southwick Revival
Southwick Revival (Sat/Sun 10/11 June 2017) Good grief, what’s going on here? The wife and I pop into Southwick for a quiet pint and look at all this to-do! Couldn’t even get into the centre of the village – it was blocked off to traffic unless you happened to possess an army jeep, a bus…
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Harbour Brewing Co Amber Ale
Harbour Brewing Amber Ale (500ml, 4.4% ABV) In recent years, prompted by the American craft beer boom, the fashion has been for hops, hops and more hops. Not that I have any problem with that – a hoppy beer is a wonderful thing – but outside the realm of stouts and porters, the humble malted…
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Downton Brewery Solstice
Downton Brewery Solstice (500ml, 4.6% ABV) Stonehenge – a word that evokes the ingenuity of prehistoric engineering, the druids, and the heroic incompetence of Spinal Tap. It’s also the image featured on Downton Brewery’s Solstice, a beer mysterious enough not to feature on their website. It’s the brainchild of Wiltshire-based Downton Brewery, who have been…
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Palmerston’s Folly
With almost a year out to give way for our ‘V.E Day’ special and, the now permanent fixture, ‘Land of Hop and Glory’, we are very happy to announce that Palmerston’s Folly will be back on the shelves and in cask tomorrow! Sitting on the top of Portsdown Hill, the forts (Lord Palmerston’s Follies) were…
Read More London Fields Brewery Easy IPA
London Fields Brewery Easy IPA (500ml, 5% ABV) Born in 2011 in the London borough of ‘Ackney, the London Fields Brewery (or LFB to their friends) makes a range of beers including IPAs, a porter, wheat beer, red ale and craft lager. Not content just to brew beer, they also have a taproom which serves…
Read More The Smoke Padstow Brewing Co.
The Smoke (568ml, 4.9% ABV) For me, the concept of smoked beer always bring to mind one particular example of the genre: Heller-Trum Schlenkerla Rauchbier, a 6.5% German classic that tastes like drinking liquified smoked ham during a house fire. Padstow’s offering might be called The Smoke, but it’s an altogether more restrained affair. It’s…
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