Oxford favourites Shotover Brewery and Oxford Craft Brew Co now form the new Oxford Brewery. The history Shotover Brewery is a well-known name on the Oxford beer scene. Typically, a pint of Prospect was a regular purchase for me the at The Bear in central Oxford. Do you remember when gong to pubs was an actual 'thing'? Glory Days! This independent, family-owned and run … [Read more...]
What you should know about popular local brewery Loose Cannon and its beers
If you've been around the Oxford beer scene for a while, you'd be hard pushed not to know Loose Cannon Brewery. Either that or you've been living under an Abingdon Bridge (did you see what I did there??). Terrible jokes aside, Loose Cannon Brewery has been on the Oxfordshire beer scene for over a decade now. I've personally enjoyed a pint of Gunners Gold or Abingdon Bridge in … [Read more...]
Box Bars, Bicester: Delivery Review
Box Bars is an independent company that, pre-Covid, was a portable bar available for events. Post-Covid, owner Heather has adapted brilliantly with cocktail delivery. Quite literally a bar in a box! I went with the ‘Gin tasting’ box (£20) and was able to choose a flavour theme from fruity, non-fruity, or best of both. After reading the descriptions I was torn, but chose … [Read more...]
Is Natural Wine Organic?
Our guest writer today is Rachel Everett, Co-Founder at L'altreVi Limited and all-round oenophile. L'altre Vi is an Oxfordshire-based mother and son wine import business, with a love for Catalan wine. When Rachel isn't delivering delicious wines, she can be found messing about in weedy organic vineyards - like in the image below. “Organic wine”, “natural wine”, “biodynamic … [Read more...]
Happy IPA Day! But what is IPA – and what makes a good one?
You heard right, it's National IPA Day today! Drinking a good IPA is one of my favourite beery pastimes, but what is it? And what the hell is a DDH IPA? The term IPA is thrown around a lot these days. With so many differing versions of the beer, and sometimes the letters that accompany it, it leaves some wondering what the hell they're drinking!? Going back to the … [Read more...]
