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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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Shopfront at the Beermongers, Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon, is a beautiful, prosperous, civilised inland port city straddling the Willamette river. Looking west from the riverside, across a fine strip of parks and beyond the traffic calmed city centre with its free public transport, elegant squares and compact walkable blocks, thickly wooded slopes […]
Beer sellers: Beermongers
ABV: 5.4% Origin: Pacific City, Oregon, USA Website: http://pelicanbrewery.com
Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale
US craft brewers, particularly West Coast ones, are known to beer fans in Europe primarily as producers of extreme beers – hyper-hopped, ultra gravity, wild fermented monsters that have preferably spent two years maturing in a bourbon […]
Beer sellers: Beermongers
ABV: 7.5% Origin: Hood River, Oregon, USA Website: http://farmhousebeer.com
Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Brewery
Dave Logsdon has more than an average brewer’s interest in yeast – he was a founder of renowned yeast culture supplier Wyeast, as well as being the original brewer at what’s now one of Oregon’s most successful […]
Beer sellers: Beermongers
ABV: 6.1% Origin: Ashland, Oregon, USA Website: www.calderabrewing.com
Caldera IPA
Of all the taboos that craft brewers in the United States have systematically busted, the notion of craft beer in a can is arguably one of the most challenging. It certainly was to me. I listened with some incredulity when […]
Glasses waiting to be filled at the Beermongers, Portland OR, September 2011
This is the fourth year of compiling a Top Tastings list and I’ve stuck to the same self-imposed rules as previously. Here are 30 beers I’ve tasted during 2011 which particularly stuck in my mind as the sensory highlights of the […]
Top Tastings 2011
ABV: 10% Origin: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Website: www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk
Wells & Young's Courage Imperial Russian Stout 2011
Excitement rippled through the beer world in Autumn 2011 as one of Britain’s most historic beer brands made an unexpected return from the dead. Courage Imperial Russian Stout can trace its lineage back to […]
Top Tastings 2011 (Ambrée), Beer sellers: Abbaye des Saveurs
ABV: 6.5% Origin: Bavay, Nord, France
Theillier La Bavaisienne (Ambrée)
Northern French bières de garde are generally assumed to have deep historic roots in the local tradition of farmhouse brewing, though today’s best known and best selling brands are of more recent origin […]
Top Tastings 2011
ABV: 7% Origin: Ouderschild, Texel (Noord-Holland), Netherlands Website: www.speciaalbier.com
Texels Bock
With my slightly sweet beer tooth, I’ve got a soft spot for the Dutch interpretation of bo(c)kbier, which has become an institution in its own right in the Netherlands, a seasonal focus for drinkers and a rallying point for […]
Top Tastings 2011 (bottled Cuvée d’Oscar), Beer sellers: Abbaye des Saveurs
ABV: 6.5% and 7.5% Origin: Lochristi, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen Website: craigallan.fr, www.proefbrouwerij.com
Craig Allan Cuvée d'Oscar (brewed at Proef)
These beers are produced in Belgian Flanders by a Scottish brewer based in Picardy, northern France, and are decidedly international at heart. Craig […]
Top Tastings 2011
ABV: 7.2% Origin: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, England Website: redwillowbrewery.com
Redwillow Ageless Double IPA
Recent years have seen the emergence of a number of new, small British breweries that place themselves firmly in the international craft beer movement rather than the native real ale tradition. I hesitate to use the label […]
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