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Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009. ABV: 2.7% BrewDog Founded in 2007 by iconoclasts James Watt and Martin Dickie, the latter formerly of Thornbridge, BrewDog has rapidly become one of Britain’s most exciting breweries. It’s also caused some controversy particulary through its pursuit of massive gravities using [...] First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post. ABV: 10 per cent BrewDog Paradox James Watt and Martin Dickie opened Grampian-based Brewdog only a year ago but they’ve already caused a stir with their original and distinctive brews, and a youthful [...] ABV: 8% A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. Harviestoun Ola Dubh Special Reserve For a fine but mellow lightly charred experience I recommend Harviestoun Ola Dubh Special Reserve – not bottle conditioned but currently one of Britain’s most remarkable beers. It’s a version [...] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4.9% West For four decades cask ale has been the focus of the British beer consumer movement, and the technical specifications for its production and dispense have become embedded in the ideology of beer appreciation as if they’re judgements of value and quality, with “lager” as their polar opposites. This was [...] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV: 7.2 and 8 per cent Traquair House Ale and Jacobite Ale Scotland also offers a few filtered bottled beers of note: for example, Williams Brothers Heather Ale range, which includes the unhopped Alba Ale; the wood-matured Innis & Gunn; or Orkney Brewery’s barley wine, [...] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV 5 per cent Black Isle Organic Scotch Ale There’s something of a beer renaissance going on in Scotland, with a vibrant micro scene busily innovating as well as reinventing the country’s own distinctive traditional styles. Bottled [...] Originally published in BEER January 2007 ABV: 4.6 and 5 per cent Islay Ales Ardnave Ale and Single Malt Ale I never really “got” whisky until I tasted the pungent, peaty single malts of the Isle of Islay, the southernmost of the Hebrides and [...] Originally published in BEER January 2007 ABV: 3.8 and 4.2 per cent Tryst Brockville Dark Hogmanay is imminent as this issue leaves the press, with Burns Night soon to follow, so it’s the time of year for this column to look north of the border. In previous years I’ve bemoaned [...] |
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