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First published in BEER February 2009. With real ale bucking the trend of decline in pubs, and with longer days and better weather on the way, it’s a good time to go evangelising among home drinkers looking beyond slabs of Stella. Back in the mid-80s cask ale brewers hoped to meet lager drinkers halfway by inventing golden [...] Top Tastings 2008. Featured in BEER February 2009 as an ale to win lager drinkers. ABV: 4.7% Cheddar Totty Pot Established in 2006, this small brewery near the tourist hotspot of Cheddar Gorge soon won a reputation for good quality beers, including a bottle conditioned range. Its porter, Totty Pot, was originally a seasonal [...] Featured as an ale to win lager drinkers in BEER February 2009. ABV: 8.5% Duvel-Moortgat Duvel Rood Belgium is a rich source of golden ales often mistaken for lagers, but beers like Duvel- Moortgat Duvel, despite their delicate colour and palate, have the fruity complexity of ales. Duvel is an acknowledged world classic, celebrated [...] 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 [...] Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006; also featured as an ale to win lager drinkers in BEER February 2009. NOTE: This beer was originally briefly reviewed under an earlier name, Double Champion. ABV: 4% O'Hanlon's Goldblade This is one of several bottle conditioned offerings from this excellent micro in [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing August 2002
Hop Back Summer Lightning Origin: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Summer Lightning is arguably the most influential British beer of recent years, [...] |
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