Life imitates art
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
What started as an in-joke between two cartoonists in Viz comic has transformed into a full English IPA brewed in
Author Archives: Alastair Gilmour
Five star review
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
This announcement from the Mean Eyed Cat in Newcastle caught the Cheers eye. Regular TripAdvisor reviews of the St Thomas
Front runner sets off
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
A couple who between them had been made redundant six times in ten years have decided to do things for
New vision’s on its way
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Sonnet 43 Brew Co’s senior craft brewer Alex Rattray has wasted no time in getting his sleeves rolled up to
Tapping into history
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Fierce loyalty to their home town is the major driving force behind Tyneside’s latest micropub. Luke Orwin and partner Abbie
The waiting game
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
A Newcastle brewery should have been in full swing in its new premises weeks ago, but it isn’t because of
The Italian Job
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Fiano, Nero d’Avola, Vermentino – instantly recognisable Italian wines, right? Well yes, but they don’t necessarily have to be made
Let’s twist again
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
The long-running debate over wine bottle closures – natural cork, synthetic, screw cap – has been joined by this simple
Hero’s slap-dash treatment
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
A South Shields reader’s sharp eyes were alerted by the vagaries of nomenclature at Kirkpatrick’s in the town – or
Burmese daze
February 12, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Globe-trotting Cheers reader Nick Snaith has recently returned from Thailand and Myanmar (formerly Burma) where he took special note of
