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Top Tastings 2011
ABV: 8.1%
Origin: Lewes, East Sussex, England
Website: www.harveys.org.uk
Harveys Christmas Ale
The end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 found me tasting an unusually large number of British cask ales as I worked my way round potential places to drink for my London guide. Normally, to preserve as clear a head as I could when [...]
Top Tastings 2009 / CAMRA North London Tasting 2010 / London beer tastings 2011 / Top Tastings 2011 (2001 vintage)
ABV: 8.5%
Origin: Chiswick, London W6, England
Website: www.fullers.co.uk
A run of Fuller's Vintage Ale poses for the camera, Hock Cellar, Fuller's Brewery, London W6, October 2011
Until the recent resurgence that took everyone by surprise, craft brewing in London [...]
European Beer Bloggers Conference 2011
ABV: 24%
Origin: Rock, Cornwall, England
Website: www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk, http://brewingreality.blogspot.com
Sharp's Turbo Yeast Unspeakable Abhorrence from Beyond the Ninth Level of Hades III. Pic: Reuben Gray, www.taleoftheale.com.
Sharp’s brewer Stuart Howe has produced some inventive stuff in his time, recently setting himself the challenge of producing a new beer a week, but this liquid, which appeared [...]
Top Tastings 2010
ABV: 27%
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website: www.samueladams.com
Boston Beer Company Samuel Adams Utopias 2009
I got an opportunity to try Utopias at a beer judging — it was presented anonymously but others on our judging team who’d tried it before instantly recognised it, and we later confirmed what it was, with the opportunity to taste it again. [...]
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: 8.5%
Origin: Lowestoft, Suffolk, Engand
Website: www.green-jack.com
Green Jack [...]
Top Tastings 2010 (Granite)
ABV: 6.5%, 8% and 10.4%
Origin: Millom, Cumbria, England
Website: http://hardknottale.co.uk/
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 [...]
ABV: 10%
Origin: Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
Website: www.traquair.co.uk
Traquair 2010
An extended review of a beer featured as a strong and special beer on the bottled beer review page in the November 2010 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.
The 18th [...]
ABV: 8.7% and 10.7%
Origin: Manchester, England
Website: www.marblebeers.co.uk
An extended review of a beer featured as a strong and special beer on the bottled beer review page in the November 2010 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.
Marble Special [...]
Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2008.
ABV: 12.5%
Origin: San Marcos, California, USA
Website: www.lostabbey.com, www.portbrewing.com
Lost Abbey brewer Tomme Arthur. Pic: Port Brewing
Another rare treat on draught at the Great British Beer Festival, this extraordinary barrel aged beer has spent six months in Heaven Hill Wheat Whiskey barrels, rather than the brandy barrels [...]
Featured in BEER November 2009 as a strong ale for winter drinking. For similar beers, see previous post.
ABV: 8%
Origin: Woodbastwick, Norfolk, England
Website: www.woodfordes.co.uk
Woodforde's Norfolk Nip
Established in 1980, Woodforde’s is now quite a veteran, and a leading player in the burgeoning microbrewing scene of East Anglia. As well as a number of standout cask products, its [...]
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Biercultuur met Des de Moor.
Promotie van een internationale biercultuur die bieren van kwaliteit, voortreffelijkheid en streekkarakter erkent en viert, die met zorg en passie zijn gebrouwen.
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