Links - Drinks
These pages feature a number of websites that we've come across over the years or that have been recommended, and that we think might interest our customers and crew - the foodie sites are geared up to serve the domestic market, so we use them personally rather than as a business.
If you've found any good sites that you think would sit well here, do please send us a link and we'll have a look at it.
By the way, if you happen to find any links have stopped working please report them to webmaster@brunninngandprice.co.uk.
Drinks
Beer4Home.co.uk
www.beer4home.co.uk is an online mail order beer shop. They have over 60 cask ales priced by strength starting from just £1.49 per pint.
Bramley and Gage Liqueur Makers
This outfit, based on the edge of Dartmoor, makes all its own liquers, using only real, fresh fruit - award-winning Sloe Gin, Greengage Liquer, Blackberry, Plum - the list goes on, and you can order online.
Cordial Makers –Belvoir Fruit Farms
Belvoir is a family business that was started in 1984 to make the best soft drinks from fresh fruits and flowers grown on the farm. To get the best taste they only use real fresh fruits, flowers and spices, which are pressed, infused or cooked on the farm. Products include pure fruit cordials, presses and crushes, organic real lemonade and ginger beer, as well as a host of others.
Robert Parker
Although this is a subscription site costing a hefty $99 a year, the information it contains is second to none if you are a wine buff - Parker’s breadth of knowledge and level of detail are legendary, and especially useful if you are buying fine wines. Alternatively, you can buy the 6th edition of Robert Parkers Wine Buyer’s Guide for about £20 from Amazon.com, or his incredible Bordeaux Guide for about £30.
The Somerset Distillery
From personal experience Somerset Cider Brandy is absolutely delicious - but we’re always running out because it's difficult ot get hold of. They have a three year old, five year old and ten year old, as well as an eau de vie and other interesting goodies, all of which can be ordered on-line.
Union Coffee Roasters
This company is run by a couple of genuine coffee fiends, who travel extensively to source the beans from independent, organic, single estate growers, and meticulously roast for darker richer flavours and offer an impressive choice of grinds. A well written and photographed site that follows the whole coffee process from growing and picking the cherries, through to roasting and grinding the beans.
Whiskeys
This is a lovely site with lots of whiskey stuff- refreshingly, it's not selling anything at all but is the hobby of a serious enthusiast sharing his knowledge and experience.
Wine Lovers Page
According to their own blurb, this is the oldest, largest and most popular independent wine-appreciation site on the web. There are masses of articles and wine reviews, vintage reports, reviews of vineyards, discussion forums and lots lots more - with a search engine and endless links to other sites.