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Banks & Taylor Black Dragon Mild

Originally published in What’s Brewing May 2004.

Origin: Shefford, Bedfordshire, England
ABV: 4.3 per cent
Buy from Specialist stockists, brewery’s pubs, direct sales (tel 01462 815080, www.banksandtaylor.com)

Banks & Taylor Black Dragon Mild

As I noted this time last year, real mild in a bottle must be one of Britain’s rarest styles. Historically, “mild” refers to hopping rather than alcoholic [...]

Youngs Special London Ale

Originally published in What’s Brewing April 2004.

Origin: Wandsworth, London, England (now transferred to Wells and Youngs, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England)
ABV: 6.4 per cent
Buy from most supermarkets

Youngs Special London Ale

Youngs’ historic brewery site in the heart of Wandsworth, currently slated for possible redevelopment, produces some highly distinctive bottled beers. Most of these — for example luscious Double [...]

Hepworth Bath Ales Festivity

Originally published in What’s Brewing January 2004

Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England (now brewed in a filtered bottled or cask version only by the owning brewery, Bath Ales, Bristol, England)
ABV: 5 per cent
Buy from local supermarkets and outlets, Bath Ales (0117 952 7580, www.bathales.com)

Bath Ales Festivity

Festivity, originated by northeast Somerset micro Bath Ales, is one of the [...]

Meantime Chocolate

Originally published in What’s Brewing December 2003

Origin: Greenwich, London
ABV: 4.5 per cent (since reformulated to 6.5%)
Buy from supermarkets

Meantime Chocolate

Unlike most British brewers, Alastair Hook, who founded the Meantime microbrewery in Greenwich in 2000, comes to praise lager not to bury it. Alastair was trained both in Edinburgh and at the Weihenstephan school in Munich, and [...]

John Smith Courage Imperial Russian Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 7)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review concludes what was originally published as a single longer article. See  previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. Scroll down for a 2012 update.

See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England
ABV: 10%

John Smith Courage Imperial Russian Stout

I couldn’t conclude this [...]

Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 6)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See  previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. See the next post to read the final review.

See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Lewes, East Sussex, England
ABV: 9%

Harveys Imperial [...]

Proef SNAB Czaar Peter / Петр I (Imperial Stouts Part 5)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See  previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. See the next post to continue reading about further Imperial stouts.See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium
ABV: 8.5%

Ellezelloise Hercule (Imperial Stouts Part 4)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See  previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. See the next post to continue reading about further Imperial stouts.
See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Ellezelles, Hainaut, Belgium
ABV: 8.4%

Ellezelloise Hercule

Ellezelloise [...]


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