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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.
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Queen’s Head Shoreditch

Formerly Goose Island Brewpub Shoreditch.

Queen’s Head Shoreditch, London E1

Former brewpub221 Shoreditch High Street E1 6PJ (Hackney)queensheadshoreditch.comFirst sold beer: 21 November 2018Ceased brewing: September 2022, brewhouse removed by November 2023

Chicago brewery Goose Island, founded in 1988 and part of AB InBev since 2011, established its first London home, the Vintage Ale House, […]

Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout 2010

Top Tastings 2011

ABV: 13% Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout

I’ve been a fan of Chicago’s Goose Island beers ever since receiving some review samples of their pale ales when they were first imported to the UK (see Goose Island Honker’s Ale), and their pioneering […]

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2007

Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 13% Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: http://www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Originally brewed to celebrate this outstanding brewery’s 1000th batch of beer in 1992, this became the USA’s first cask matured beer and started a cult phenomenon among enthusiasts. […]

Goose Island Honker’s Ale

First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.

ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Honker's Ale

When marketing man John Hall opened his Goose Island brewpub […]