In September 2010, my flatmate and I cycled 1000 miles from Land’s End to John ‘O Groats. On a tandem. With a some detours. En-route we visited breweries and tasted as many beers as possible within our strict 2 week schedule of cycling 70-100 miles a day.

Before we left we’d never visited a brewery and didn’t know even the basics about brewing. This trip was the transition from beer drinker to beer geek. Along the way we learnt about mashing, hopping, conditioning, fermenting and even more about drinking.