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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
Des de Moor

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Teignworthy Reel Ale

ABV: 4% Origin: Newton Abbot, Devon, England Website: www.teignworthybrewery.com

Teignworthy Reel Ale

This beer featured as a British Real Ale in a Bottle on the bottled beer review page in the May 2010 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is […]

Itchen Valley Godfathers

ABV: 3.8% Origin: New Alresford, Hampshire, England Website: www.itchenvalley.com

Itchen Valley Godfathers

This beer featured as a British Real Ale in a Bottle on the bottled beer review page in the current (May 2010) issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine […]

Sambrook's Wandle

London Beer Tastings 2011, London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010

A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER February 2010 as part of a piece about beers to taste with chocolate. For more beers tasted with chocolate, see Rulles JeanChris Numéro 1.

ABV: 4.2% Origin: London SW11, England Website: www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk

Westerham British Bulldog (BB)

First published in BEER November 2006 as part of a piece about beers stocked by Tesco supermarkets. See previous post for more Tesco beers.

ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Crockham Hill, Kent, England Website: www.westerhambrewery.co.uk

As well as the Drinks Awards winners, Tesco has beers of interest on offer in its “local programme”, which covers […]

Whitewater Belfast Ale

Top Tastings 2009

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Kilkeel, Dúin, Northern Ireland Website: www.whitewaterbrewing.com

Whitewater Belfast Ale

Ireland is a mixed bag of a country for the beer connoisseur. The island gave us one of the world’s classic styles in dry Irish stout, but domestically the nitrogenated evolution of that style has been instrumental in […]

Weltons Pridenjoy

Top Tastings 2009

ABV: 2.8% Origin: Horsham, West Sussex, England Website: www.weltonsbeer.com

Weltons Pridenjoy

Overall this Top Tastings selection exhibits a bias towards very strong beers demanding contemplative sipping, but I also have an affection for low gravity beers, which in many ways are a more demanding test of the brewer’s art. Ray […]

Red Squirrel IPA in the USA

Top Tastings 2009 CAMRA North London tasting 2010

A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER February 2010 as part of a piece about beers to taste with chocolate. For more beers tasted with chocolate, see Hoggleys Solstice Stout.

Also known as IPA in the USA, under which name it was reviewed.

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Concertina Bengal Tiger

Top Tastings 2009.

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England

This tiny brewery was set up in 1992 in the Concertina Band Club at Mexborough, near Doncaster, essentially to brew beer for the club, though occasionally its beers seep out to beer festivals, especially since Roger Protz featured this particular beer in his 300 Beers […]

Bragdy Conwy Cwrw Castell and Telford Porter

Originally published in BEER March 2006 Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop

See previous post for more Welsh beers. Note Cwrw Castell has since been discontinued.

ABV 3.8 and 5.6 per cent Origin Conwy Town, Conwy, Wales Buy from local outlets, brewery (tel 01492 585287) Website www.conwybrewery.co.uk

Conwy Cwrw Castell

At the opposite, northern […]

Breconshire Brecknock Best and Red Dragon

Originally published in BEER March 2006. Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop

ABV 4.5 and 4.7 per cent Origin Brecon, Powys, Wales Buy from specialist shops, brewery (tel 01874 623731) Website www.breconshirebrewery.com

Breconshire Red Dragon

With St David’s Day imminent as this issue hits the shelves, this month’s column finds a welcome in the […]