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Pack it up, lads. We’re staying home.

After much soul-searching, we’ve made the decision to close DeskBeers for the time being…

Money isn’t something people like to talk about. Including us. That’s why we haven’t really considered our pricing since we launched way back in 2013.

Why you shouldn’t worry about the 800lb gorilla entering your market

🇪🇺🍻 Beerexit

There has been a lot of talk recently about an important decision we are all going to have to make.

Which beers would I like to see in my DeskBeers box?

Meet The Brew: Magic Rock — Salty Kiss

Gose (pronounced “gor-seh” — I asked a German) is a style of beer that traditionally uses coriander and salt to give its unique flavour. The result is a lightly sour beer that is refreshing and fiendishly moreish. Recently on DeskBeers we had the distinct…

It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere

Friday beers are special. When we first started DeskBeers it was the traditional Friday beers in offices across London that we wanted to help make great. In the intervening years (!) that we’ve been making deliveries we’ve opened up our delivery area to the whole of the UK and, with…

Meet The Brew: Chorlton — Brett Pale Ale

Beer is a pretty simple drink. Water, malt, yeast, hops. That’s it. Cook it all up, leave it a while and be rewarded with beautiful, boozey beer.

Except it’s never that simple. The myriad hops, the precise mix of grain, the mineral…

Meet The Brew: Firebird — Fireweisse

Good things come to those who wait. This is especially true in the case of Firebird brewery. We first tried their beer a few months back and knew at the time we had to send it out. Before we could though, we had to overcome a couple of key hurdles. Firstly…

March, Manchester, Mayhem

It’s March, and that means we’re one step closer to spring. To celebrate, we left the comfort of the capital and headed north to Manchester to track down some of the great beers we’ve been hearing about on the hop poles.