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Originally published in BEER April 2006 CAMRA North London tasting 2010 ABV: 4 and 4.2 per cent Origin: Cropton, North Yorkshire, England Buy from: Local Tesco, specialists Mail order: 01751 417330, www.croptonbrewery.com Cropton Two Pints From Jacobite Ale [see previous post] to a brewery offering a beer called King Billy might once have […] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV: 7.2 and 8 per cent Origin: Traquair, Scottish Borders, Scotland Buy from: Specialists Website: www.traquair.co.uk Traquair House Ale and Jacobite Ale Scotland also offers a few filtered bottled beers of note: for example, Williams Brothers Heather Ale range, which includes the unhopped Alba Ale; the wood-matured […] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV 5 per cent Origin Munlochy, Highland, Scotland Buy from local Tesco, specialist beer and organic shops Mail order 01463 811871, www.blackislebrewery.com Black Isle Organic Scotch Ale There’s something of a beer renaissance going on in Scotland, with a vibrant micro scene busily innovating as well as […] Originally published in BEER January 2007 ABV: 4.6 and 5 per cent Origin: Bridgend, Islay (Argyll and Bute) Buy from: Brewery (tel 01496 810014), local outlets, specialists Website: www.islayales.com Islay Ales Ardnave Ale and Single Malt Ale I never really “got” whisky until I tasted the pungent, peaty single malts of the Isle […] Originally published in BEER January 2007 ABV: 3.8 and 4.2 per cent Origin: Larbert, Falkirk Buy from: Brewery (tel 01324 554000), specialists Website www.trystbrewery.co.uk Tryst Brockville Dark Hogmanay is imminent as this issue leaves the press, with Burns Night soon to follow, so it’s the time of year for this column to look […] First published in BEER December 2005 Origin: Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium ABV: 7.5 per cent Dutch autumn bokbier must be one of the most underpublicised beer styles outside its home country: world beer surveys often don’t mention it all, or treat it as a footnote to German Bock. Yet it’s really a style in its […] Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2005 Origin: Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England ABV: 5.6 per cent Buy from supermarkets White Shield Worthington White Shield Worthington White Shield was already a historic beer when CAMRA was founded in 1971. Then, it was one of only five bottle conditioned beers still in commercial production […] Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2005 Origin: Villers-devant-Orval, Luxembourg province, Belgium ABV: 6 per cent Buy from specialist suppliers Website www.orval.be Orval Orval is one of the world’s most unusual and distinctive ales as well as one of its finest. It’s one of the family of Belgian beers brewed under the supervision […] Originally published in What’s Brewing June 2005 Origin: Faversham, Kent, England ABV: 6.5 per cent Buy from supermarkets Website www.shepherd-neame.co.uk Shepherd Neame 1698 Shepherd Neame helped pioneer the new generation of real ale in a bottle back in the mid-1990s, when a gorgeous version of Spitfire, now the brewery’s biggest seller in cask, […] Originally published in What’s Brewing May 2005. This beer has since been discontinued. Origin: St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands ABV: 3.5 per cent Buy from supermarkets R W Randall Cynful It’s been an interesting year for bottled milds. Not only have more real milds appeared in bottle, but an excellent new […] |
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