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ABV: 4.4% Origin: Ickburgh, Norfolk, England Website: http://icenibrewery.co.uk 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. Iceni is still around, now one of the longest-surviving 1990s microbreweries, though Norvic Ale was retired […] ABV: 4.4% Origin: Ickburgh, Norfolk, England Website: http://icenibrewery.co.uk Date: 25 September 2000 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. The beer is still in Iceni founder Brendan Moore’s range today. The intriguing label designs from […] Old Chimneys Brewery AKA: Two Thousand Year Ale ABV: 9.5% Origin: Market Weston, Suffolk, England Website: www.oldchimneysbrewery.com Date: 7 September 2000 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. Old Chimneys is now something […] The unlikely handpump that lured the bloggerati — Greene King Old 5X on cask at the Great British Beer Festival, London, August 2012. Top Tastings 2012 ABV: 12% Origin: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Website: www.greeneking.co.uk It has to be admitted that these days the Greene King bar is rarely the hottest place […] Adnams Southwold Bitter in minicasks. Pic: Adnams. Top Tastings 2012 ABV: 3.7% Origin: Southwold, Suffolk, England Website: adnams.co.uk I’ve long regarded Adnams Southwold Bitter as one of the benchmark examples of a traditional English cask bitter, an outstanding demonstration of the genius of the best old estabished British breweries for achieving depth and […] 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 ABV: 3.7% Origin: Maldon, Essex, England Website: www.mightyoakbrewery.co.uk Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde This beer won Champion Beer of Britain (CBoB) at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2011, much to the consternation of some craft beer aficianados who saw this as further evidence of CAMRA conservatism and fustiness – […] An extended review of a beer featured as a new real ale in a bottle on the bottled beer review page in the February 2011 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is additionally available in selected newsagents. ABV: 5.1% and 7.7% Origin: […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.5% Origin: Sudbury, Suffolk, England Website: www.nethergate.co.uk Nethergate Augustinian Brewer Ian Hornsey, a former microbiologist, has been turning out excellent beers on a commercial scale since 1986, and has worked from his current site since 2005. He’s particularly renowned for reviving […] |
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