Craft Metropolis Online Craft Beer Blog

The alcohol industry has changed drastically in the last couple of years when it comes to craft beer, the mass-produced lager of yesteryear has recently been losing ground to the craft beer market, and the big players are taking note.  In the UK this has been brought into the mainstream by Scottish brewers BrewDog who […]

When we were first asked to #raiseatoast way back last year we didn’t really know what to make of it all. When the creators of Toast ale came to us to tell us all about their beer we were naturally interested to hear more. Our intrigue was expanded beyond the fact there was a new […]

How much money do I have? Keep your nose out!…but if I had a pound for everyone that said “beer in the post that’s a great idea” I wouldn’t be writing this. I’d be on a beach. It’s great because getting beer delivered to your door is one of life’s ultimate pleasures. Beer in the post….tell […]

OK, I’ll admit I was a little sceptical when I was approached by That Thing – the company making “life hack” products. Here they were with a white wand – the Ultrabeer – wanting to explain to me how this thing would improve my enjoyment of my craft beer. I’m open minded and I had […]

No. OK, hold on there. “You do sell Lupuloid online right?” you ask. Yes, and like the rest of the craft beer world I couldn’t wait to try the newest beer from Beavertown but the answer is still no. Let me explain. They say all good things come to those who wait and Beavertown’s IPA […]

Next time your see someone swilling a pint of generic mainstream lager think of all the fish guts in that pint of “beer”. OK, I know what you’re thinking; “sounds a bit extreme Oli, I know you like banging on about proper beer but telling someone it’s full of disgusting stuff is a bit far”…or […]

For some people the excesses of Christmas are all just too much. As the remnants of the last scraps of turkey fizzle away in their belly and the scales starts shouting their annual abuse at them they start to reevaluate their lives as they stare down the barrel. The barrel is January. January brings with […]

  Beer snacks have come a great way since the old days of a floppy bag of overpriced crisps and the infamous peanuts with revealing backgrounds – but then so has beer. It is becoming increasingly common to start seeing the craft beer world take it’s foody friends seriously when it comes to it’s snacking […]

Just a very quick blog post to wish all our much appreciated customers a very merry Christmas and a brilliant New Year. 2016 has been a bit of a brute in one way or another – so here’s looking to a rosy and productive and fun 2017. From a Craft Metropolis point of view we […]