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Harveys Christmas Ale

Top Tastings 2011

ABV: 8.1%
Origin: Lewes, East Sussex, England
Website: www.harveys.org.uk

Harveys Christmas Ale

The end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 found me tasting an unusually large number of British cask ales as I worked my way round potential places to drink for my London guide. Normally, to preserve as clear a head as I could when [...]

Appleford Power Station

Beer sellers: Westholme Store

ABV: 4.2%
Origin: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Website: www.applefordbrewery.co.uk

Appleford Brewery Co

Based on a farm in rural Oxfordshire at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell near Wallingford, Appleford was founded in 2006 by Andrew Torrance, formerly an accountant at the Morland brewery which was bought and closed by Greene King. Beers tend to be sold locally.

The bottle conditioned version of the [...]

Hepworth Ridgeway Oxfordshire Blue

Beer sellers: Westholme Store

ABV: 5%
Origin: Horsham, West Sussex, England

Hepworth Ridgeway Oxfordshire Blue

Ridgeway, based at South Stoke just south of Wallingford in Oxfordshire, is a beer firm set up by former Brakspear brewer Peter Scholey when that historic company pulled out of brewing. The brand name references the prehistoric trackway, the Ridgeway, which passes nearby on [...]

West Berkshire Dr Hexter’s Healer

Beer sellers: Westholme Store

ABV: 5%
Origin: Yattendon, West Berkshire, England
Website: www.wbbrew.com

West Berkshire Dr Hexter's Healer

From the image on the label, you might guess that Dr Hexter was some eccentric Victorian quack, but he turns out to be a more contemporary local character — the landlord of a pub in Wantage for whom this beer was originally [...]

Itchen Valley Pure Gold

ABV: 4.8%
Origin: Alresford, Hampshire, England
Website: www.itchenvalley.com

This beer featured in a piece about the influence of different malts on beer flavour on the bottled beer review page in the May 2011 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is also available in selected newsagents.

Itchen [...]

George Gale Prize Old Ale 2007

Top Tastings 2010

ABV: 9%
Origin: Horndean, Hampshire, England

George Gale Prize Old Ale 2007

Gale’s Prize Old Ale is a real slice of British brewing heritage. Created by a Yorkshireman who worked at the company’s 1860s tower brewery in the early 20th century, it perpetuated an already declining technique in British brewing, the long ageing of strong ales [...]

Rebellion IPA

Great British Beer Festival 2010

ABV: 3.7%
Origin: Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Website: http://www.rebellionbeer.co.uk/

Rebellion IPA

Rebellion, founded in 1993 and now a decently sized and highly respected micro, has kept the flag flying for brewing in the Thamesside town of Marlow since Whitbread closed the historic Wethereds brewery –its founders originally hoped it could be incorporated in the redevelopment of [...]

Vale Black Swan Dark Mild

Featured as a mild for May in  BEER May 2009. To read the beginning of this piece see under Hobsons Postman’s Knock.
The beer also featured in BEER May 2011 as part of a piece on the influence of different malts on beer flavour. See additional text below, and to read about other beers featured see Woodforde’s [...]

High & Mighty Beer of the Gods

The Hepworth version featured in a piece on ales with which to convert lager drinkers, first published in BEER February 2009. This version may no longer be in production.

ABV: 4.5%
Origin: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (original version); Horsham, West Sussex, England (licensed version)
Website: www.highandmightybeer.com, www.papercity.com

High & Mighty Beer Company

While licensing of international lager brands is all too [...]

Hook Norton Double Stout

First published in BEER July 2008 as part of a piece on beers recently converted to bottle conditioning. For more similar beers see previous post.
Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 4.8 per cent
Origin: Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
Website www.hooknortonbrewery.co.uk

Hook Norton Double Stout

A steam-driven Victorian tower brewery on the edge of the Cotswolds [...]


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