Beer Tastings

Other Writing

At the awards dinner for the British Guild of Beer Writers on December 11th 2008, this website scooped first place for best use of new media in beer writing for 2008. As a consequence of being a category winner, Zak Avery was put forward as a contender for Beer Writer of the Year, and despite having had no previous form, scooped the Gold Tankard. Previous recipients include the late Michael Jackson, Roger Protz, Alistair Gilmour and Jeff Evans. Really, it's quite an accolade. You can read the news on the Guild website here, or have a look at the newsletter announcing the awards here.

Offered below is a slowly growing collection of writing around the theme of beers, wines and spirits, with occasional forays into food, music, motorbikes and anything else I feel like writing about. If you'd like me to email you when I post new articles, please mail me with this link

Sharp's Brewery - Rocking Rock (01/09)

The Brooklyn Brewery - Touring the Taps: An Hour with Garrett Oliver (09/07)

Anthony's, Leeds - Oh, My Goodness (04/05)

The William Reed International Beer Competition 2005 (02/05)

Food and Beer Matching - Four High Petergate (09/04)

Breton Beer - Beer. And Then Some (08/04)

The Plockton Hotel - Straight Outta Plockton! (06/04)

Trappist Ales - A Brief Primer (06/04)

The Beer Academy - Semper Sitiens (Always Thirsty) (04/04)

Loch Fyne Restaurant, Harrogate - Loch Mighty Fyne, more like (02/04)

Drink Less, Drink Better - A Hymn to Unibroue (01/04)

Why I love Viognier (and hate you) - Condrieu on the christmas table (12/03)

The 10 Best Specialist Beers - Published in The Independent (08/03)

New Zealand Wine Tasting - Frankly, they deserve better than this (04/03)