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Top Tastings 2011 ABV: 3.8% Fyne Ales Jarl Cask golden ales are now as ubiquitous in Britain as traditional bitter, and most, it’s sad to say, make for relatively bland, if refreshing, drinking. One of the ways some of them are marking themselves out is by leaning towards the US style of [...] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop; Top Tastings 2011 ABV: 4% Tryst Drovers 80/- Tryst is a strong candidate for the list of the most underrated breweries in the UK — I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad beer from this micro just outside Falkirk. The wide range of accomplished bottle conditioned beers [...] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 4.5% Traditional Scottish Ales Lade Inn LadeBack In 2003, the owners of the delightful Lade Inn in the Trossachs near Callander decided to add to the pub’s attractions by opening a microbrewery in an outbuilding, developing a range of own brand beers in collaboration with Douglas [...] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 4.5% Moulin Brewery Real Ales Special Brews From one of Scotland’s (and the UK’s) smallest and most scenically situtated breweries comes this bottle conditioned rarity in an intriguingly screen printed bottle. It’s from the village of Moulin, actually the historic centre of an ancient parish [...] Beer sellers: Scottish Real Ale Shop ABV: 6% Highland (Swannay) Orkney Blast One of Britain’s most northerly breweries and one of its more ambitious, the Highland Brewing Company’s Swannay Brewery was established by Rob Hill, formerly with the Orkney Brewery, originally as a beer firm that contracted out to English breweries. Since 2006, however, [...] European Beer Bloggers Conference 2011 ABV: 8.2% Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer Scotland’s Innis & Gunn specialises in oak ageing beer – “like no other beer”, they’ve been known to claim rather inaccurately, although their take on the process is unusual. It came about when Dougal Sharp, then brewer at Caledonian, was asked to create [...] An extended review of a beer featured as a new real ale in a bottle on the bottled beer review page in the February 2011 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is additionally available in selected newsagents. ABV: 5% Stewart St [...] ABV: 4% This is an expanded review of a beer that featured as a fruit beer on the bottled beer review page in the August 2010 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. Tryst Blàthan Hops [...] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.3% Stewart Edinburgh No 3 Premium Scottish Ale I was recently enthusing to a Scottish friend and fellow beer enthusiast about the recent improvements in the Scottish brewing scene, to a somewhat arch and cynical response. “Aye, there are more brewers, it’s [...] |
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