Craft Beer Newcastle

We’ve got our tickets (and are looking forward to joining @beersmanchester.bsky.social for a collab brew day at First & Last!)

#ISBFX info here ⤵️

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The rise of the micropub Fiercely anti-chain, micropub owners are often beer experts and support community-minded breweries

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Yep! Was over that way recently:

• Hazy Daze bottle shop (has space to sit in)
• NORD
• Cafe Amsterdam
• Dog & Rabbit
• Left Luggage Room
• Front Street Tap House

Any recommendations for good beer places around Whitley Bay these days? I'm heading there on Sunday, feel like I'm out of touch.

( @craftbeerncl.bsky.social any suggestions?)

#CraftBeer #EvilKegFilth #beer @beersofmastodon

Sunny exterior

A slightly sad sunflower

A beer dispenser

A glass of beer

A belated first visit to the new-ish #Luckies brewpub in #Newcastle.
Kicking off with their 'Flat Out' pale from the handpulls. A cask ale to horrify the traditionalists. It's murky! It has a ton of hops in it! It doesn't taste like puddle water!

#BskyBeer
#DrinkLocal
#ThirstyThursday

Craft Beer Channel Live Show Box We're super excited to be joining the guys at The Craft Beer Channel for a live tasting on Friday 22nd August.Hot on the heels of the release of our Big Foam Trilogy, Head Brewer/Owner Reece will guid...

In other exciting news... our next live show!

On Friday 22nd August we'll be joined on the channel by the lovely Reece of Donzoko, when we'll drink through six delicious beers from our very own GOLD RIMMED GLASSES! The taste-along box is at the link:

www.donzoko.org/cans/craft-b...

Nothing quite like a chilli burger and pickleback to settle last night's hangover. Great burgers and lovely service at @burts_nwc - see you soon!

More Tees in the wild and they’re getting even more exotic.

Thanks to Lance for his picture from Vegas, Michael at the Great Barrier Reef, and closer to home, to Andy at the excellent and bonkers God’s Own Junk Yard in Walthamstow !

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GCT Beer Festival 2025

The bar

The bar, but closer up

The band

Friday festing at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk
#Newcastle
#BskyBeer

Collab with @donzokobeer.bsky.social tasting great in their tap room last night

Juno Pilsner by Twice Brewed is an utter joy.

Big Foam Grand Cru- a hot side blend of @burningskybeer.bsky.social coer de provision and big foam, fermented with lager yeast and brettanomyces on top of nelson sauvin. Light acidity, complex peach and apricot. Incredibly delicious. Launching Friday nationwide, and on the webshop now.

Our Rustic lager Big Foam is back on Friday. 40 venues nationwide. It's bitter. It's tangy it's uniquely delicious. Alongside two special versions with our favourite breweries.

This Friday we’re honoured to showcase on of our favourite breweries in the whole of the UK.

@burningskybeer.bsky.social
Pouring Friday 1st August

I missed off our own taproom because I'm dumb. We are serving bankers of it there.

✨ Spick and span!
Another Salsa Food plus Beer audit passed for the year.
You can be safe in the knowledge that any Hadrian Border beer you drink, be it in a bottle, can, or a pint at the pub, has been brewed to the highest standard to meet legal requirements, in a clean and safe environment.

Last orders: a pub crawl across the UK’s dying booze industry – video The British pub, long a staple of community life, has been in a state of decline for years – and it’s getting worse. Last year 400 pubs closed their doors. A record low number remain and with the aver...

A great video on pubs and their struggles from the @guardian - the best quote: "Are we witnessing the strangulation of fun?" - www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...

Close-up of a cheeseburger from 2Knives Kitchen, featuring a toasted bun, melted cheese, tomato, lettuce, pickles, and special sauce, held in a hand with a blurred outdoor background. The text reads: Newcastle This restaurant in a car park in Byker is only open on Friday and Saturday for brunch and then burgers. It’s worth the wait, though. @2kniveskitchen

Fantastic to see our friends at 2 Knives Kitchen mentioned in The Times this week 👏

Outside The Central bar - a coffin-shaped stone pub from 1856

Two hazy beers sat on a table in Microbus Gateshead

A little bit of Gateshead not to be missed: The Railway Quarter. On a warm summer evening it almost feels like being on holiday, with the gentle sounds of laugher and conversation pouring out onto the streets.

• The Central Bar
• Microbus Gateshead
• Station East
• Axis

A Sicilian-style pizza with added cheese, cut into 9 slices in a pizza box

The logo for Midnight Pizza Crü, stamped onto the top of a pizza box

It’s taken 3 sittings, but we’ve finally finished the pizza we got from Midnight Pizza Crü last night. So, so filling!

Discover their Detroit-style and Sicilian-style pizzas in the back room of the Bridge Hotel Vaults in Sunderland (opposite Pop Recs). Good range of Vaux beers on the bar, too.

The Session is a great way to get yourself blogging. Nice one, Chris!

Our next meet up will be on Tuesday 12th August at 7pm at the Town Mouse, hopefully see a few people there. #homebrew #beeroclock #Newcastle #beer

A cosy café interior featuring a patterned tile floor, a mix of dark wooden chairs and tables, and a wooden half-wall with high stools along a bar ledge. Four framed cat illustrations with colourful backgrounds (red, green, brown, and purple) hang on the white wall above the bar.

Hello, Sunderland

Speaking of Burning Sky, look out for their beers landing at @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social from 1st August

#ShareTheBeerLove

Our Top 5 for this week has just been published on our WhatsApp channel

Drinking ale?
In a railway museum?
That sounds class

OUR AUGUST gigs:

3/8 Emma Wilson Band (4pm)
9/8 Marrapalooza 🎟️
10/8 John Doe Trio (4pm)
16/8 Appalachia 2 (3–7pm)
17/8 Queen K & Kings of Musette (4pm)
24/8 The Dust Raisers (4pm)
25/8 Bandits & Friends
30/8 ArchFest (3pm)
31/8 Radgie Gadgie (4pm)

🎟️ seetickets.com/tour/marrapalo…

Saturday’s Brew Day was a blast. A great day filled with fun and lots of craft beer!🍻

📅 Upcoming Brew Days:
Wed 20 Aug 
Tue 16 Sep
Tue 21 Oct

🎟️ Book your spot now: https://brewlab.co.uk/product/brew-day-experience/

We’ve been proud sponsors of @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social for a few years now…if you’d like to support this fantastic beer festival where profits are all donated to charity, check out the link below.

Looking forward to seeing the list of North East beers heading down to the festival in November!