Craft Metropolis Online Craft Beer Blog

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 […]

The festive period. Christmas, the new year and all those parties. It’s great isn’t it? No. It’s not that I dislike the fun element of it all and being jolly. I can be jolly with the best of them and I actually enjoy it all but one problem still exists – getting good beer at […]

I had the pleasure of dropping into the bar on the banks of the canal in Hackney the other night after seeking out this  takeover from Pirate Brewery. Anyone that hasn’t had the chance to pop into the chance to get over east to the bar is missing out. It’s in a strange place. Beautiful, […]

They are one of the closest breweries to us and having missed their recent (very kind) brewery night invite I thought it was time to revisit an old flame. It’s always nice when stock arrives – make it feel a bit like you’re getting somewhere and it can only mean one thing; people are enjoying […]