Friends of The Beer Diary

A lot of the bottled beer which has featured over the last couple of months has come courtesy of the following online retailers. They both provide a top service and offer excellent value for money compared to other retailers (including Tesco). Give them a go next time you stock up your cellar's, fridges and pantries.

Beer Ventures are a specialist beer company run from Dorset. I have been dealing primarily with Andrew who has provided excellent customer service and has matched beers to my requirements perfectly. Service is really quick (literally less than 24 hours) and the prices are extremely competitive compared to Utobeer and more in line with the prices you will pay at Tesco. I had the fortune of meeting Andrew's sister recently and she seemed like a top bird as well, with a love of all things Belgian. Andrew also runs a blog - Adventures in Beer.
Website: http://www.beerventures.co.uk/


BEERmerchants.com is the e-commerce site for Cave Direct. A family owned business started in 1979 to source and distribute top quality beers from all over the world - many of which are very hard to find in the UK and all from craft brewers who are passionate about quality. I recently met Phil from Beer Merchants at BrewDog's launch of Zeitgeist and he seemed very knowledgeable and approachable. Service from Beer Merchants is also very good and they even threw in a Duvel T-shirt for free. Phil has a blog which you can check out here.
Website: http://www.beermerchants.com/

Online Retailers

This post is nothing more than a shameless plug for two online beer retailers I have sourced beer from recently. Last week I posted about some pretty ordinary service when dealing with Utobeer at Borough Market and gave a shout out to these guys. But I felt a full post would be more fitting. Please support the guys mentioned below when restocking your beer supplies.

Beer Ventures are a specialist beer company run from Dorset. I have been dealing primarily with Andrew who has provided excellent customer service and has matched beers to my requirements perfectly. Service is really quick (literally less than 24 hours) and the prices are extremely competitive compared to Utobeer and more in line with the prices you will pay at Tesco. I had the fortune of meeting Andrew's sister recently and she seemed like a top bird as well, with a love of all things Belgian. Andrew also runs a blog - Adventures in Beer.

Website: http://www.beerventures.co.uk/

BEERmerchants.com is the e-commerce site for Cave Direct. A family owned business started in 1979 to source and distribute top quality beers from all over the world - many of which are very hard to find in the UK and all from craft brewers who are passionate about quality. I recently met Phil from Beer Merchants at BrewDog's launch of Zeitgeist and he seemed very knowledgeable and approachable. Service from Beer Merchants is also very good and they even threw in a Duvel T-shirt for free. Phil has a blog which you can check out here.

Website: http://www.beermerchants.com/