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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
Des de Moor

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St Austell Smuggler’s Ale

Originally published in BEER June 2006 as part of a piece about beers in Asda supermarkets

ABV: 5 per cent Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Buy from: ASDA supermarkets

St Austell Smuggler's Ale

I’ve been drinking a lot of St Austell beers recently: a trip deep into the brewery’s territory to research a […]

Bartrams Marld

Originally published in BEER May 2006. Also featured in BEER August 2008 as part of a piece about beers for summer outdoor drinking.

For more milds see previous post.

ABV: 3.4 per cent Origin: Rougham, Suffolk, England Buy from: Specialists, local farmers’ markets Website www.bartramsbrewery.co.uk

Bartrams Marld

I first encountered Marc Bartram’s beers […]

Fenland/Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning

Originally published in BEER May 2006

Note this brewery has since closed. For more milds see previous post.

ABV: 4.2 per cent Origin: Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England Buy from: Brewery, specialists Mail order: tel 01353 699966, www.elybeer.co.uk

Fenland / Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning

Fenland opened in Chatteris in 1998 and moved to […]

Iceni Thetford Forest Mild and Honey Mild

Originally published in BEER May 2006

ABV: 3.6 per cent Origin: Ickburgh, Norfolk, England Buy from: Brewery, local farmers’ markets, specialists Mail order: tel 01842 878922, www.icenibrewery.co.uk

Iceni Honey Mild and Thetford Forest Mild

A few years back, each May arrived with a tough challenge for your humble reviewer: finding a new bottle […]