Above and Beyond
Hadrian Borders Brewery is a local (Newcastle) real ale brewer, with an interesting history, that produces excellent traditional beers. Everything doesn't have to be a hop extract infused, grapefruit flavoured IPA in a colourful can!
It offers free local delivery on orders over £20. Local is generous, stretching 35 miles to Alnwick in the north, and 25 miles to Hexham in the west. I'm 11 miles away to the south west.
They deliver to specific areas on specific days. I missed the order date for my delivery area, but they were happy to drop off my beer on the 'wrong' day when their driver would have been heading in a completely different direction.
Back to the beers: Farne Island, a 4.1% English bitter; Secret Kingdom, a 4.3% ruby ale; and Ouesburn Porter, at 5.2%, are all top notch.


