Just Beer’s list for the upcoming Newark CAMRA IPA Trail has been finalised and is as follows: Brewhouse & Kitchen (Portsmouth) – Black Swan Black IPA 5.7% Double Top (Worksop) – IPA 5.5% Geeves (Barnsley) – Fully Laden IPA 6% Hamelsworde (Hemsworth) – Cherokee American IPA 6% North Riding/Revolutions collaboration (Scarborough) – Punch the Clock Double IPA 7.8% Maypole (Eakring) – Red Eye Red IPA 5.2% Three IPAs will be on the bar throughout the trail, stocks permitting. Hope you …
Iron Maiden Night 2nd July.
To celebrate the launch of Robinson’s The Trooper, the new 4.8% beer brewed with Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson, we will be holding a special Iron Maiden evening on Tuesday 2nd July from 7pm. Denims, leathers and t-shirts are obligatory and we’ll be playing toe-tapping top tunes from London’s top hairy metal combo all night. We have two casks of the Trooper for your enjoyment. After our recent Beer Belles afternoon when the girls quaffed nine gallons of Lincoln Green ‘Go …
Special bug-curry night tonight!
Inspired by the recent BBC Four documentary “Can Eating Insects Save the World?“, we have collaborated with a local Asian chef to bring you an exclusive bug-based menu for tonight’s curry night. For starters – Giant Water bugs, marinaded overnight in Titan Beetle blood and lime leaves. Main course will be a choice of either Tandoori Tikka Tarantula or Giant Garam Masala Camel Spider. The beauty of these spider dishes is that everyone gets a leg. To accompany, we have …
Just Beer goes Stateside.
On Wednesday February 13th, Just Beer went all Stateside for a couple of hours or so, when they hosted Owen Ogletree and a team of 20 beer writers, bar owners and craft brewers from Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Their stop-over at JB was part of a 10 day beer tour of the UK. They arrived about an hour behind schedule due to a combination of some dodgy SatNav info and atrocious snowy weather but were in very high spirits when they …
Pub of the Year presentation this Sunday.
This Sunday (24th Feb) we have our official presentation of the Newark CAMRA Pub of the Year 2013 award. We are delighted to have taken the award for two years running and to celebrate, we’ve had two special beers brewed by Steve at Bexar County, beer from brand-new Nottinghamshire brewery White Dog and a beer priced at £1.50 per pint. We also have a free buffet, and a special charity quiz in aid of the Air Ambulance. Festivities start from …
BeerMuda Triangle beer fest – Review.
A rather nice review appeared a couple of days ago on one of the beer groups, proof that the festival has quite a draw and entices discerning drinkers to travel some distance to visit the fest and bring money to the town. It is reproduced here in a slightly edited version (just to correct some spelling and grammar). After enjoying the views from the train of snowy scenery all the way across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, I arrived in Nottingham with …
Win a Pin!
In conjunction with our ’12 Ales of Christmas’ campaign, running from December 15th and through the Christmas period in which we will be donating £2 from every pint to Routes 4 Children and Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance, we are also holding a raffle to win some beery prizes: 1st PRIZE: A Pin (36 pints) of cask beer, donated by Muirhouse 2nd & 3rd PRIZES: Bottle gift packs, donated by the Real Ale Store and Maypole Brewery. Tickets are £1 …
Charity Day 7th October.
We will be having an afternoon of fun and fundraising at Just Beer on Sunday, Oct 7th from 1pm. Prize quiz by Quizmeister Mark Taylor Prize raffle Beer tasting competition Silly Darts competition plus more. Exclusive beer brewed for JB available (25p per pint donated to charity) and free munchies. All proceeds will go to Beaumond House Community Hospice. We look forward to seeing you there.