Pete Drinks

Welcome to Pete Drinks, where I celebrate the artistry of beer, whisky, coffee, and more.

Embark on an adventure with me as I dive into the fascinating world of libations. Tastings, reviews, the occasional recipe and even a bit of home brewing and roasting thrown in for good measure.

Cheers to the wonderful journey ahead!

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Bowland Brewery Tour-At-Home

Bowland Brewery is a Lancashire brewery founded in 2003; since 2015 it's been based in a magnificent former cotton mill in the heart of Clitheroe, which has ...

First published 10th November, 2024.
Last updated 10th November, 2024.

Farsons Brewery

As well as brewing the ever-present Cisk, Farsons - Malta's oldest and largest brewery -produces a fair variety of other, less lager-y beers for thirsty islanders. {{family}} Despite their ...

First published 20th June, 2024.
Last updated 20th June, 2024.

Cisk

Virtually everywhere I've travelled, there's a national - or at least regional - beer brand that you see everywhere; in every bar and restaurant, on every ...

First published 15th June, 2024.
Last updated 15th June, 2024.

Antur Brew Co Tour-At-Home

It's fair to say that beer-wise, I was spoiled for the last few decades by living in London - a city that even now is knee-deep ...

First published 17th March, 2024.
Last updated 17th March, 2024.

J P Wiser's 18 Year Old

J. P. Wiser's have been making whisky in Ontario since before Canada was even a country, and as is traditional for any distillery with a history, ...

First published 19th December, 2023.
Last updated 19th December, 2023.

Mezan Rum Twitter Tasting

It's been a long time since I got involved in a Twitter Tasting, but when we saw the announcement for an evening of rum neither Kavey nor I ...

First published 3rd October, 2018.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Continuing our exploration of CaféDirect's revamped range, and we head a little south, onto the South American continent itself. We've encountered Colombian coffee from CaféDirect before, but I suspect ...

First published 8th January, 2018.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Taylors Rare Blossom Ethiopia

Taylors have re-vamped their Origins range, or perhaps simply replaced it with a very similar 'Single Origin' one. Although none of the old origins that I ...

First published 1st January, 2018.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Fuller's & Friends: Flora & The Griffin

In the last couple of years I've grown to realise what a great ingredient rye is. My consistent 'go-to' beers from London Brewing - the mighty Mad ...

First published 27th December, 2017.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Fuller's & Friends: Matariki

Saisons are very 'on-trend' at the moment - every craft brewery worth its salt seems to brew one, just as last year they all had to ...

First published 26th December, 2017.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Fuller's & Friends: Rebirth

Although Fuller's best known beer is probably London Pride, their ESB is arguably the best beer in their standard lineup. That's not just me saying that, as ...

First published 23rd December, 2017.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.

Fuller's & Friends: New England IPA

Forgive me for saying so, but Cloudwater have always felt a bit.... cult-y to me. Their beers seem to attain legendary status before the yeast has settled, ...

First published 22nd December, 2017.
Last updated 1st June, 2023.