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Beer52: The Craft Beer Discovery Club

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A review and giveaway in collaboration with Beer52.

Beer 52: Craft Beer Discovery Club Review & Giveaway

I’m not going to pretend I know anything about beer for this post. In fact, I’ve only recently become a convert to the wonderful hoppy fuggle world of beer after a recent trip to Belgium and a taste testing of the most delicious dark, chocolatey rich Belgium ale (LeFort, if you’re interested), and I’ve made it a mission now to explore this unknown world one bottle at a time.

Fuggle: (noun) hops of a variety used in beer-making.

Beer52 is the world’s largest craft beer discovery club, sourcing new and interesting beers from microbreweries around the world and delivering them to your doorstep, within 8 weeks of brewing, for your tasting pleasure.

Their founder, craft beer obsessive James Brown discovered his passion for craft beer during an epic road trip from his home in Edinburgh (in Scotland, y’know)  to Faro (that’s in Portugal – I checked), on the back of his dad’s Harley-Davidson. Stopping at tiny pubs and brewhouses along the way, he found beers that were not only delicious, but that he’d never heard of before.

So now, Beer52 source and send you a selection of eight different beers, a snack and their magazine ‘Ferment‘ in their monthly subscription service.

Beer52 Box

Last month’s box featured beers from all around Scotland, plus one wildcard – a rather tasty red ale from Chile. Because I really don’t know enough about beer to give you a detailed breakdown of the taste and depth of each bottle, I’ll just tell you that I was really impressed with every single sample in the case. It might have helped that I drank a few of them by myself, alone on a Saturday night with a pizza while binge watching the latest season of Orange is the New Black. Some things just need to be done.

I was delighted to see Shetland’s own Lerwick IPA from the Lerwick Brewery featured too. For those who want to expand their beer horizons this is definitely the subscription box for you, and for as little as £21 it’s not a bad price. I do, however, have an exclusive discount code for you – if you use the code ELIZABETH10 at checkout you’ll get £10 off a case of beer, and I’ll get £5 too, and you’ll be directly helping support my family. Win-win, this, no?

They’ve also offered my UK readers the chance to win their next case in a giveaway! Fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter!

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GIVEAWAY

Beer52 have kindly offered one of my UK readers to win their next shipment of beer worth £24. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!

HOW TO ENTER

For your chance to win a Beer52 subscription box worth £24 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.

The prize is offered and provided by Beer52. The prize is to win a Beer52 subscription box worth £24.  There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.

There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway. The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.

Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.

If you need some help using Rafflecopter, here’s a quick clip to show you how. Rafflecopter will pick the winners at random from all the entries received. I will be verifying entries and any automated entries or those who have claimed they have made the mandatory blog post comment and really haven’t will be disqualified. It’s mandatory! Please make sure your comment is eight words or longer or Google views it as spam. >>>>> All entries with comments fewer than the mandatory 8 words will be disqualified. <<<<<

Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 19 September 2016 (GMT) and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

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Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary received a case of beer from Beer52 for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are our own. This is not a paid post (unless you use the voucher code provided, in which case I’ll get a fiver and be eternally grateful).

Comments

  6. There is a small brewery near Oxford called The Shotover Brewing Company, they make an amazing Porter. Shotover by the way is a nearby country park .

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  10. The Camden Brewery does a great smoked lager in the winter months – it is called Flue Faker Lager and it is made with smoked hops and is great!

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  12. My husband tries them all while we’re away. He had Blue Moon while we were in Florida. He likes Doom bar whilst in England

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  18. Thornbridge Peakender always conjuring up images of the wonderful Peak District and sometimes, I swear I can even hear sheep bleating!

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  20. I’m more of a lager person it’s my fiancé that likes a beer/ale. He mostly drinks HSB (well it is our local brew)

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  23. MY FRIEND BROUGHT ME SOME BISON BEER BACK FROM BRIGHTON, AND IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN THE STANDARD STICK OF CANDY ROCK.

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  37. I always loved Waggle Dance but haven’t seen it in a long time. I’m not keen on anything too hoppy, I enjoy trying new ones at beer festivals.

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  38. Big Big fan of Tudor Brewery in Llanhilleth. Driving by it, blink and you’ll miss their brewery. Well worth a pop in as they have a shop. Deals are better in their shop than online. The Tudor IPA and the Skirrid Welsh Bitter are my personal favourites.

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  47. Difficult to choose, we love Wainwrights but also have a local brewery set up by a couple of young lads and they have gone from strength to strength, The Blackedge Brewery, we even have our own bar as well! Check them out if you are ever “Up North” http://www.blackedgebrewery.co.uk/

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  59. To be honest I much prefer cider – I’m an Aspalls gal, butmy other half loves beer – any type of ale. We always have an IPA in the cupboard and he loves trying different craft beers. How can you pick only one!

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  65. My other half loves them and always gets a new one every week at the local supermarket- his favourite so far is one thaat Iron Maiden made ! xx

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  78. have tasted very few and cant remember my favourites but do recall they each had a honeyed flavour to them. May have been artificial but they tasted lovely

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  90. ahve to admit have only tried brew dog of the ones they do so will have to stick with that, hope i win, then will have more options next time im asked

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  94. im not a craft beer more a wine person but i will try anything once my partner more in to them i did hVE ONBE CRAFT BEER ONCE CALLED GET UR COIT which is barnsley talk for get your coat lol

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  97. I don’t drink but my Hubby is always testing different beers from the local supermarket. He’s on Hobgoblin at the moment.

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  99. I don’t know much about craft beer but my husband loves to try them when he can, so this giveaway would be a treat for him!

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  110. Favourite craft beer…… That’s tricky as there’s so many great ones nowadays, but! I’ll go for Brewdog Elvis Juice. Full of juicy grapefruit and so easy to drink, Recommend it fresh from one of their bars.

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  112. Two new craft beer shops have opened in our town recently. I’m new to these so don’t have a favourite yet, but I’m having fun trying them!

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  119. I like the nettle beer from from river cottage I can’t always afford different beers that are unusual but I try and get some when I have the money.

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  120. I love Black Isle Blonde. It’s a lovely, light lager beer that has loads of flavour without being too bitter or earthy.

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  130. To be honest I’d never heard of Craft beer as a term before I read you brilliant piece, but I’m sure I must have tried it somewhere along the line? I’d love to try Beer 52 aswell. x

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  135. I don’t have a particular favourite, but I do like to try a wide range. Tactical Nuclear Penguin is a great named one.

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  136. I really like brew dog lager. My brother first introduced it to me, and I’m not normally a beer drinker but they have so much flavour

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  137. Not much of a beer drinker normally (only really like stouts – do they count?), but a friend is convincing me to try some new ones, so why not?!

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  138. I love Boho by Tiny Rebel Brewery. They’re an up and coming Welsh brewery that a lot of my local bars are getting hold of. The brewery themselves make fantastic beers, this one and FUBAR I would definitely recommend if you can get them!

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  143. I have just finished drinking 6 bottles of James Morton Pale Ale and it was delicious. It was light and fruity with a lovely colour.

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  144. I am not a massive fan of beer. If I won this it would be for my OH and he loves brewdog 🙂 I would love to surprise him with this!

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  146. We have a small independent brewery not far from us, and they have a lovely selection, my favourite is one called “Cereal Killer” 🙂

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  152. My husband would love to try these… we will need plenty of alcohol to get through becoming parents for the first time in November 🙂

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  155. I enjoy a Saltaire Blonde, I always try a Saltaire Brewery beer when I visit family in Yorkshire, their local shop has a rather fine selection 🙂

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  165. I’m not a drinker, but my fiance loves ales and ciders and so does his dad, so I think they would really enjoy these.

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  182. My husband is a firm beer and ale fan – so I get to try lots my favorite is Lust from the Northern Monk Brew Co Leeds.

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  184. My favourite craft ale changes all the time! I’ll give you a Japanese one as I’m there at the moment, Dai Dai Ale from Hitachino.

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