• Brewery - North America

    Moderation Brewing Company

    Moderation Brewing is a modern establishment that hearkens back to pre-prohibition time when small breweries were the favored gathering spots in neighborhoods. Locals came at the end of a long day for freshly brewed beer, conversation, and maybe a jug of brew for the road. Politicians plied their trade with constituents here, greasing the skids of legislature with alcohol—within moderation, of course.  We are a small, locally made and sourced brewery, created by a pair of lifelong Brunswick residents, Mattie Daughtry and Philip Welsh.

  • Grab + Go (Bottleshop)

    Nord Bottleshop

    WELCOME TO NORDA bottle shop and tasting room in the heart of Whitley Bay, committed to providing our local community with high-quality beer made by the best independent breweries in the UK and beyond. We are one of the few retailers in the UK with 100% refrigerated storage, preserving the intensity of the flavours of every beer we stock so you can enjoy them fresher for longer. Our fridges showcase a curated range of beers from fine examples of well known styles to those that push boundaries, take risks and pack a punch, while our seating area is the perfect space to relax with your favourite pour or discover something…

  • Bloggers

    Melissa Cole

    Melissa Cole’s passion is life is getting people to learn as little, or as much, as they want about what she considers the finest social lubricant known to humankind – beer. Respected the world over for her fine palate, she is invited to judge at competitions in New Zealand, the US and Brazil, as well as closer to home in the UK and across Europe. Aware of the impact this can have on the future prosperity of breweries she has also spent years educating herself about how to properly assess beer, partly through achieving her Certified Cicerone© but also about the brewing process, by getting her hands dirty making collaboration…

  • Bloggers

    Chalonda White – Afro Beer Chick

    Drinking My Way Through Life One Awesome Beer At A Time.   Chalonda is a lover of life and all of the madness that comes with it. After being introduced to craft beer in 2009, she briefly sat as a local chapter President of Girls Pint Out in Chicago. You can catch her around the Chicagoland area at various events, just look for the chick with a kick ass afro with a beer in her hand.