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Zythos Bierfestival 2010 The Zythos Bierfestival is the flagship event of the Belgian beer consumers’ organisation Zythos, earning multiple stars, a three line whip and a smudge of highlighter pen in many a beer diary, and a great way to get a rounded view of the multifaceted Belgian brewing scene in one fell swoop. It’s also [...] Zythos Bierfestival 2010 ABV: 10% Ultrabrune d'Écaussines This new generation farmhouse brewery, founded in 2000 by Hugues and Isobel Van Poucke, tends to pop up more in the export market than in Belgium, so it was great to see them represented with a full range of bottle conditioned ales among a number of [...] Zythos Bierfestival 2010 ABV: 5% Oud Beersel brouwerij en geuzestekerij Oud Beersel in the heart of Pajottenland’s lambic country was the brewery that unexpectedly came back. Originally named Vandervelden after the owning family, it closed its doors in 2002 when the last Vandervelden retired, but two beer enthusiasts, Gert Christiaens and [...] Zythos Bierfestival 2010 ABV: 5.5% De Dochter van de Korenaar Noblesse De Dochter van de Korenaar — the Ear of Grain’s Daughter — is one of the remote outposts of Belgian brewing, in boundary boggling Baarle-Hertog, a tiny and irregularly shaped enclave of Belgium — less than 8km² divided over 24 seperate pieces of land, [...] Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 ABV: 8.8% Thornbridge Hall Thornbridge are emerging as a world class new brewery, offering a solid range of excellent everyday beers but also knowing how to push at the boundaries of style while still retaining good taste and balance. Witness the popularity of these wood-aged imperial stouts at [...] Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 ABV: 8% De Struise Aardmonnik De Struise Brouwers, a beer firm that work mainly on the plant of the Deca brewery, are the enfants terribles of Belgian brewing, more appreciated by the international “extreme beer” crowd than within Belgium itself for their eccentric, often strong and sometimes barrel-aged ales. The name means [...] Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 ABV: 5.3% Picobrouwerij Alvinne The latest collaboration between the Alvinne “picobrewery” and beer writer, tour organiser and all-round personality Chris “Podge” Pollard is this beer intended primarily for the Chelmsford Beer Festival, a combination of Belgian flair and some decidedly local links to Podge’s Essex stomping ground. The malt was procured from [...] The Rake, London SE1 The Rake, a tiny pub on the edge of London’s Borough Market, is a serious specialist beer venue that in a few short years has become one of the UK’s main attractions for the international beer appreciation circuit, a must-do on the itinerary. The first day of the pub’s annual Welsh beer [...] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 4.4% The Blorenge. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jemwilliams/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I must confess I’d not heard of this brewery, one of a number of new Welsh micros, and chose the beer from the cask selection at the Rake festival largely on the grounds of its relatively low [...] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 6.5% Breconshire Ysprid y Ddraig Breconshire Brewery under the leadership of brewer Justin “Buster” Grant has become one of the best breweries in Wales, mixing innovation with consistency and a sense of tradition and place. Buster is adept at making easy going session beers with [...] |
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