New beer out today! His image is depicted on a commemorative Irish silver 15 Euro coin. A memorial to him, in red terracotta stands opposite Fenwick on Blackett Street in Newcastle City Centre, disguises a Metro ventilation shaft, and goes largely unnoticed by passers by; yet his main invention affected every aspect of modern life […]
New beer out today. Come and get the first chance to try at the CAMRA Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival. Little Belgium – A tribute to the Birtley Belgians. GOLD AWARD WINNER AT THE CAMRA TYNESIDE & NORTHUMBERLAND BEER FESTIVAL 2018 THE TASTE OF OUR TRADITIONAL BELGIUM BEER MATCHES ITS ENTICING AROMA OF SPICE, ORANGE AND FRESH WHEAT; THE LIGHT […]
“Giuseppe Gluten Free” is a continental style lager which, in its name-sakes style, frees gluten intolerants everywhere from the despotic clutches of stomach cramps and the misery associated with normal barley and wheat based beers. Giuseppe Garibaldi the great popular hero of Italian Unification was already a living legend when he arrived in South […]
Firebrick Brewery Ltd. is on Cowen Road, which is named after Joseph Cowen Junior, MP for Newcastle in the late 19th Century; he was quite a character and a global political figure in his time. His father Joseph Cowen Senior was also an MP and was knighted for his work on the Tyne Commission, improving […]
Stella Spark uses some of the best hops in the world from the American West Coast and combines them with light malts to create a very refreshing citrusy blonde beer of medium strength. Ideal for any time of year but recommended throughout the British Summer to generate a spark of energy when the sun hides. […]
Tormit Heed is a special edition autumn beer. “Tormit” is 19th century northern dialect and old Geordie for turnip. Tormit Heed or turnip head is meant to conjure up, images of autumn evenings, warm fires and the excitement of making turnip lanterns at Halloween. As turnip lanterns are written about from late 18th century onwards […]
Historian William Bourn tells us that the Cowen family moved from Lindisfarne (Holy Island) to Stella on Tyneside, sometime after the reformation and dissolution of the monastries. It seems they probably moved to what they hoped would be a catholic safe haven, in the shelter of the Tempest family of Stella Hall. The Tempests were […]
MP, Radical & publisher; Joseph Cowen was ahead of his times in 19th Century. A friend of revolutionaries, he fought to abolish slavery and he campaigned for the vote. He angered Gladstone and Queen Victoria was not amused at his rabble rousing -in other words, he was the perfect man to launch the Chronicle. MIKE […]
By Michael Brown Newly-formed Firebrick Brewery is commemorating the contribution Sir Joseph Cowen made to Tyneside A new brewery is celebrating a father and son who left a major mark on Tyneside. Between them, Victorian MPs Sir Joseph Cowen and Joseph Cowen Jnr founded the Chronicle, rerouted the Tyne, secretly supported revolutionaries around Europe, fought […]
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