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AB InBev Campbell’s Christmas Ale ABV: 8.3% Origin: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen Date: 26 March 2001 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Campbell, Hope & King’s Argyle Brewery in Edinburgh’s Cowgate was founded […] AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 10% Origin: San Diego, California, USA Website: www.alesmith.com I first heard about the buzz around beer in San Diego from some itinerant locals who struck up a conversation with me at Belgium’s Zythos Bierfestival in 2008. They also very kindly gave me […] Oskar Blues Old Chub Scotch Ale Top Tastings 2012 ABV: 8% Origin: Longmont, Colorado, USA Website: www.oskarblues.com 2012’s annual British Guild of Beer Writers reception on the eve of the Great British Beer Festival could almost have been tailor made to antagonise some of the more purist supporters of the festival itself – […] Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 8.5% Origin: Achouffe, Luxembourg, Wallonie Website: www.achouffe.be Achouffe La Chouffe and Mc Chouffe Today the Achouffe brewery is one of the most internationally familiar of Belgian micros, with its cheerful trademark “chouffes” (gnomes) grinning out from beer store shelves in more than 20 countries. All this […] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV: 7.2 and 8 per cent Origin: Traquair, Scottish Borders, Scotland Buy from: Specialists Website: www.traquair.co.uk 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 […] Originally published in BEER January 2006 ABV 5 per cent Origin Munlochy, Highland, Scotland Buy from local Tesco, specialist beer and organic shops Mail order 01463 811871, www.blackislebrewery.com 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 […] |
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