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Beer sellers: Westholme Store ABV: 4.2% 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 [...] Beer sellers: Westholme Store ABV: 5% 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 [...] Beer sellers: Westholme Store ABV: 5% 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 [...] Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 9% 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 [...] Great British Beer Festival 2010 ABV: 3.7% 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 [...] 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% High & Mighty Beer Company While licensing of international lager brands is all too [...] 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. ABV: 4.8 per cent Hook Norton Double Stout A steam-driven Victorian tower brewery on the edge of the Cotswolds [...] |
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