February New Brews

Love was definitely in the air this month as we headed up to Scotland to be witnesses for our friends’ elopement wedding, and of course, we tried a few local brews while we were there. We also did a mini South Leeds bar crawl with friends, tried beers from the UK’s only Trappist brewery, and worked our way through some of Vocation’s chocolate stouts, rounding off the month with some excellent pale ales from Burning Sky.

Not long to go until our next in-person catch-up on Friday 6th March, from 5pm at Brewery Tap in Leeds (right around the corner from the railway station).

Please register if you plan to attend so I can confirm numbers. Let me know if you are bringing a friend (or friends) and what time roughly you think you’ll arrive.

Sign up, grab a new brew, then log in for a friendly chat.

You'll be asked to introduce yourself, tell us a bit about your business, and let us know what you’re drinking. Once everyone has done this, we’ll just chat about whatever comes up.

There are no sales pitches or presentations. It’s just a group of business owners having a beer together.

It’s been a few years since I’ve been to The Hop in Leeds, and I’d forgotten what a great venue it is. It has a great range of beers on cask and tap, live music, and delicious pies (served with mash, peas and gravy).

Managed by Ossett Brewery, it’s located underneath the arches of Leeds station. You can even feel the trains rumbling above you. If you are coming from the station, head out of the south entrance, and you’re pretty much at the door.

We visited The Hop as part of our mini South Leeds bar crawl after hitting The Grove Inn, The Midnight Bell, Cross Keys, and Northern Monk Refectory. These are all brilliant venues and all within a 10-minute walk of each other - perfect if you fancy a few new brews in Leeds without being in the main city centre.

Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve been drinking in February.

We’ve had some lovely beers at home this month, including…

As always, we’ve been on the lookout for tasty new brews when we’re out and about, and we found a fair few, including these:

Our beer stash is slowly going down - we’ve even got one of our fridge shelves back - but we still have plenty more to try, including these two IPAs from SALT.

And as always, we’ll be on the lookout for interesting new brews when we’re out and about.

I’m always open to recommendations, so do let me know good beers you’ve been drinking recently and I hope to see you at my next new brew event on the 6th or at one of my upcoming online meet-ups.

Cheers!