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Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4% Origin: Ystradgynlais, Powys, Cymru Website: Currently unavailable Bryncelyn began as a tiny brewery in the cellar of the Wern Fawr Inn at Ystalyfera in 1999 and steadily built up a reputation as one of Wales’ best small cask ale breweries — it’s since expanded to new premises in industrial workshops […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 6.5% Origin: Binche, Hainaut, Wallonie Website: www.belgoobeer.be Binche / Belgoo Luppoo Historically, hop character hasn’t figured highly on the list of all the many and varied features of Belgian beers, which are better known for their richly malty, sweetish, sour and spicy flavours. According to lambic brewer Frank Boon, […] Top Tastings 2009. A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2009 as part of a piece about strong ales for winter. Amager Imperial Stout ABV: 10.1% Origin: Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark Website: www.amagerbryghus.dk No roundup of winter brews would be complete without a real imperial stout, and one of the very best […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 12% Origin: San Diego, California, USA Website: www.alesmith.com AleSmith Speedway Stout AleSmith brewery, based in the naval city of San Diego in southern California, emerged like many US craft breweries from the home brewing movement and has established itself as one of the most appreciated producers of big, strong […] Originally published in BEER June 2006 as part of a piece about beers in Asda supermarkets ABV: 5 per cent Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Buy from: ASDA supermarkets St Austell Smuggler's Ale I’ve been drinking a lot of St Austell beers recently: a trip deep into the brewery’s territory to research a […] Originally published in BEER May 2006 Note this brewery has since closed. For more milds see previous post. ABV: 4.2 per cent Origin: Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England Buy from: Brewery, specialists Mail order: tel 01353 699966, www.elybeer.co.uk Fenland / Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning Fenland opened in Chatteris in 1998 and moved to […] Originally published in BEER May 2006 ABV: 3.6 per cent Origin: Ickburgh, Norfolk, England Buy from: Brewery, local farmers’ markets, specialists Mail order: tel 01842 878922, www.icenibrewery.co.uk Iceni Honey Mild and Thetford Forest Mild A few years back, each May arrived with a tough challenge for your humble reviewer: finding a new bottle […] Here’s a review of BSA and Wobble in a Bottle (also known as Santa’s Wobble) originally published in BEER April 2006, followed by an earlier review of Wobble from pioneering website the Oxford Bottled Beer Database, published on 23 March 2001. Hogs Back is now one of the most successful breweries in southeast England, but […] 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 […] |
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