Grace and Duncan have spent the last two days with Ossett Brewery in Yorkshire.
On Monday Oliver Ford and Head Brewer Paul Spencer took the pair of us on a superb tour of three very different pubs and the Ossett Brewery.

We started off at the stunning Kings Arms, Heath Common, Wakefield. This stunning 18th century building is full of beams and atmosphere. Sorry no photos.

We then headed to Fernandes Brewery. Luis Bar, converted from an old maltings couldn’t be more different to the Kings Arms. The cellar houses a tiny brewery! The only photo we grabbed was of the pump clip of local legend Bill Nelson, which Duncan had a very enjoyable pint of, having seen him front Be Bop Deluxe back in 1978!

Then on to a great tour of Ossett Brewery, an incredible setup, that relies on one Mash Tun to feed a mass of tanks.

Finally we headed to the Bingley, for more beers and some great Bao buns and wings.

Tuesday was an early start to head back across Leeds to the Riverhead Brewery Tap in Marsden. Our task for the day was to collaboration brew Wild Flower, a 4.2% hazy pale under the expert guidance of Steve Chapman. Steve has a lifetime of brewing, including many years at Tetley Brewery. It is fair to say that hazy beers packed with lots of American hops post boil are not his personal preference, which to be fair lead to lots of teasing, but this was helped along by lots of discussions about gigs we had all been to. So Wild Flower, 4.2%, hopped with Citra, Idaho 7, Mosaic and Galaxy will make its first appearance at our CAMRA National Pub of the Year Finalists presentation on 23 November.

Thanks again to Ollie, Paul and Steve for looking after us, we had a great time.