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First published in BEER April 2008 as part of a piece on beer in Sainsbury’s. ABV: 4.7, 6.5 and 7.5 per cent Origin: Charlton, London, England Website www.meantimebrewing.com Meantime Pale Ale When Heriot-Watt and Weihenstephan-trained brewer Alastair Hook set up on his own in an industrial unit a stone’s throw from the Thames […] London Beer Tastings 2011, London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010 A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER February 2010 as part of a piece about beers to taste with chocolate. For more beers tasted with chocolate, see Rulles JeanChris Numéro 1. ABV: 4.2% Origin: London SW11, England Website: www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010 ABV: 4.6% Origin: London N17, England Website: http://urbanbrewer.blogspot.com/ Redemption Brewery, London N17 0XL Andy Moffat’s Redemption Brewery in Edmonton is about as new generation as new generation London brewers can get, having first entered revenue earning service in January this year (2010). A former City bond trader […] London Drinker and Brodie’s Bunny Basher Beer Festivals March 2010 ABV: 12.1% Origin: London E10, England Website: www.brodiesbeers.co.uk Catherine II The Great (Екатерина II Великая, 1729-96), Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias, by D G Levitsky c1770 The Brodies only revived brewing at the King William IV in Leyton a year and […] First published in BEER November 2006 as part of a piece about beers stocked by Tesco supermarkets. NOTE: Production of Young’s beers has since been moved to Wells & Young’s in Bedford, though it appears Ruby Star is no longer brewed. ABV: 5.5 per cent Origin: Wandsworth, London, England Website: www.youngs.co.uk Young's Ruby […] Note this post has been superceded. It has been left here for archival reasons. Read a more complete and up-to-date post about this beer. Top Tastings 2009 CAMRA North London tasting 2010 ABV: 8% Origin: Chiswick, London, England Website: www.fullers.co.uk Note: tasting notes on further vintages can be found after the main article. Originally published in What’s Brewing April 2004. Origin: Wandsworth, London, England (now transferred to Wells and Youngs, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England) ABV: 6.4 per cent Buy from most supermarkets Youngs Special London Ale Youngs’ historic brewery site in the heart of Wandsworth, currently slated for possible redevelopment, produces some highly distinctive bottled beers. Most […] Originally published in What’s Brewing December 2003 Origin: Greenwich, London ABV: 4.5 per cent (since reformulated to 6.5%) Buy from supermarkets Meantime Chocolate Unlike most British brewers, Alastair Hook, who founded the Meantime microbrewery in Greenwich in 2000, comes to praise lager not to bury it. Alastair was trained both in Edinburgh and […] Originally published in BEER December 2003. Imperial stouts NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See the link at the end to continue reading about further Imperial stouts considered alongside this one. See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003 Origin: London, England (since moved to […] Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2002 Origin: Chiswick, London, England, UK ABV: 6.3% Buy from: most supermarkets, Fuller’s pubs and off licenses Fuller's 1845 Alongside its renowned cask conditioned ales, the Griffin brewery for years offered only pasteurised beers in bottle. Then to celebrate the 150th birthday in 1995 Fuller’s brewers looked […] |
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