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Top Tastings 2009 A shorter version of this piece originally appeared in BEER May 2009 as one of several milds for May. ABV: 4.4% Hobsons Postman's Knock May is the month to celebrate beers which in the words of the promotional materials for CAMRA’s endangered beer styles campaign are “smooth and suave, tall, dark [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2005 Origin: Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 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 in the UK, only three of which [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing January 2005 Origin: Knightwick, Worcestershire, England Teme Valley Hearth Warmer A few hundred years ago it wouldn’t have been uncommon for local breweries to keep their own patch of humulus lupus, but times have changed. When it was founded behind the [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing October 2004 Origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England Burton Bridge Burton Porter There is a certain irony in a great porter coming from Burton upon Trent. Porter originated in 18th century London and became the first big commercial beer style, but it went [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing October 2003 Origin: Winstantow, Shropshire, England Wood's Hopping Mad Awareness of the ingredients of beers is growing, and the hop, which gives beer its most obviously identifiable and distinctive aromas and flavours, has come in for particular attention. Where once brewers would simply reach for their [...] |
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