HB&B Blog — Leeds

Fundamentals #66 — Ridgeside Picurd Lemon Curd Sour

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Fundamentals #66 — Ridgeside Picurd Lemon Curd Sour

Ah, Leeds is brilliant. I don’t know of any other British city with a name that demands you repeat it three times when you speak it aloud. Go on, say with me now. Leeds Leeds Leeds. While the beer in Leeds is first rate, what I love about it most of all is the choice it offers you. Do you wish to drink the finest pint of Landlord, bursting at the seams with condition, and lovingly caressed through a tight sparkler as the gods themselves declared? How about the latest kinky hop sludge, dry-hopped so heavily that it’s served with...

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Fundamentals #41: North Brewing Co x Ritual Lab Triple Fruited Gose Blueberry + Apricot + Blackberry

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Fundamentals #41: North Brewing Co x Ritual Lab Triple Fruited Gose Blueberry + Apricot + Blackberry

The last time I reviewed a beer from Leeds’ North Brewing Co. I diligently – some might even say successfully – compared the New England IPA to that most visceral of musical genres, post-punk. Sometimes you just need the melancholic gratification that only racing drums and angular guitars can provide. But other times, you just wanna jam it out, endlessly. So you light up some Nag Champa (hell, feel free to light up whatever’s your preference so long as you’re sharing), stick on Can’s epic Ege Bamyasi and reach for a can of gose. That’s right folks, gose is the...

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No More Heroes XI – Northern Monk New World IPA

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No More Heroes XI – Northern Monk New World IPA

Last week saw the ingeniously named US beer-rating site RateBeer hand out its annual awards. Finally, all of the brewers who had spent the last 12 months complaining about the bad reviews their beer had received on the site were able to finally sing its praises as they collected their medals at the ceremony. Now don’t get me wrong, RateBeer can be a useful resource, especially if you’re visiting an area for the first time, and you want to know some of the best places to grab a decent beer. However, despite a select few young breweries receiving a collective pat on...

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