Nzbrewer's Blog – April 2009 Archive (3)

Still all go and we’ve just finished an awesome collaboration with Luke Nicholas of Epic Brewing Company over in New Zealand. Luke was over here to launch and promote Epic Pale Ale which he had been invited to brew with Everards Brewery in Leicester as part of the JD Wetherspoons International Real Ale Festival. Luke is a highly awarded New Zealand brewer with a vast amount of experience. He has twice brewed beers that have won the Supreme Champion Beer of New Zealand (including Epic Pale Ale,… Continue

Just a quick update, I'm returning to the UK on the 13th April to pull the first pint of the Epic Pale Ale I brewed a few weeks ago at Everards in Leicester for the JD Wetherspoons International Real Ale Festival.

While I am there I am going to be doing a collaborative brew with Kelly Ryan (kiwi) at Thornbridge Brewery. We are thinking of doing a double IPA. Will keep you posted as things develop.

Thinking of a weekend in Belgium, any tips on where to go, or what to see?

I have started a Google Map that plots the pubs I visited while in the UK recently. I hope to get this finished in the next week before I head back to the UK for another tour. I am 90% there on the pubs. I still need to download all my tweets for that period to cross reference the beers tweeted with notes recorded. …

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