books + beers // 2022 edition
By FORUM Books + the bound + The Accidental Bookshop
books + beers // 2022 edition
By FORUM Books + the bound + The Accidental Bookshop
There's nothing like a good book and thanks to Craft Beer Newcastle for giving us ten of the North East's best to pair with some of our favourite new reads ... happy happy!
A Heart Full of Headstones: The Gripping Must-Read Thriller from the No.1 Bestseller Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
£22.00Orange and melon on the nose. The taste is a hit of lime and melon with a peppery build in the aftertaste. and a heart full of headstones. More than Omega Kilo ... Alpha Delta - Hera (4.2%) Southern Hemisphere Pale
The Rising Tide: Vera Stanhope of ITV 1’s Vera Returns in this Brilliant Mystery from the No.1 Bestselling Author
Ann Cleeves
£20.00 £19.00Life’s not always a beach, and luckily we have some stunning countryside and hills around us to enjoy too. There are not many better experiences than wandering up Roseberry Topping and having a pint straight after - which is why we created Summit! Just hoping Vera won't be up there too checking a body ... Talking Tides - Summit (3.8%) Session Pale Ale This bright, light, sessionable pale has serious stone fruit notes from a generous hop addition and New England style yeast will have you coming back again and again (and again).
Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony Marra
£16.99 £16.14This 4.9% ale features a glowing amber colour, robust malt base and west coast American hops. The solid malt backbone allows us to use more of these hops, which feature a higher alpha acid content, giving a bold citrus fruit flavour and a piney character quintessential of this style of beer. And for our dollar 'Mercury Pictures Presents' is equally packed with flavour, depths, plot turns and characters to sigh for. Tyne Bank - Silver Dollar (4.9%) Pale Ale
Meantime: An absolutely gripping detective novel from one of Britain's best known comedians
Frankie Boyle
£14.99 £14.24One of our most popular beers, a Hazy Session IPA that’s been generously dry hopped with Citra & Moutere to create a wonderfully flavourful, easy drinking session beer that really punches above it’s weight. And so does Frankie in Meantime - yes we came for the colourful swears but man, this one is on the nose brilliant. Brinkburn St X Steam Machine - Cushty Cushty (4.2%) Hazy Session IPA
The Midwife
Tricia Cresswell
£16.99 £16.14The Midwife is all gold! and from Alnwick too ... Alnwick Gold is a brilliant blonde ale with clean refreshing flavours and aromas. An especially pronounced hop character at a smooth 4.2% abv. Alnwick Brewery - Alnwick Gold (4.2%) Golden Ale
Lessons: the new novel from the author of Atonement
Ian McEwan
£20.00A crisp, clean pilsner with a subtle sweetness. Brewed with W34/70 yeast and traditional European lager hop Tettnanger. Take it as read that the new Ian McEwan is pretty top notch - an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. Stu Brew - Post Exam Clarity (4.5%) Pilsner
The Voids
Ryan O’Connor
£8.99 £8.54A luxuriously smooth, dark stout with a delectable chocolate aroma. Rich and well-balanced, with flavours of roasted malt and a light hint of black coffee, finishing with a distinctive and moreish chocolate note. We don't judge beers or books by their covers but these two just go together, right? Hadrian Border // Club A’Coco (6.1%) Chocolate Stout
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li
£16.99 £16.14Brewed with gorse flowers foraged from Northumberland. A light-bodied and refreshing pale ale with a beautiful floral aroma and rounded flavour profile with notes of lime, coconut and gooseberry. We forage for the best shimmering, beguiling, resonant and ravishing reads too. First & Last Brewery // Gorseflower Foraged Pale (5%)
The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer
£16.99All the vitamin C goodness we can handle in a great book + beer! A light and fruity Belgian Wheat Beer with flavours of Orange and Grapefruit. Conditioned on orange juice & peel for maximum flavour. Brewed in collaboration with No Club Running Club Heatwave, Orange Wit, 3.5% – contains sediment, as well as real orange juice!